Anton Herashchenko

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Anton Yuriiovych Herashchenko
Anton Gerachenko, August 6, 2014.jpg
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
27 November 2014 – 28 August 2019
Personal details
Born (1979-02-10) 10 February 1979 (age 42)
Kharkiv, Soviet Union
(now Ukraine)
Citizenship Ukraine
Political partyPeople's Front
Our Ukraine

Anton Yuriiovych Herashchenko (Russian: Геращенко, Антон Юрьевич, Ukrainian: Геращенко Антон Юрійович, born 10 February 1979) is a current official advisor and a former deputy minister at the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs.[1][2][3][4] He is a former member of the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) (2014–2019).[3][5] and was the subject of an assassination attempt in part because of his actions.[6]

Biography[]

When Arsen Avakov became the Minister of Internal Affairs in 2014, Herashchenko became his adviser.[3] In this role, Herashchenko briefed journalists about the formation of the Donbas Battalion,[7] the Azov Battalion,[8] and the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.[9][10]

Herashchenko was elected to parliament in the 26 October 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, representing the People's Front in the multi-mandate nationwide district, he was placed 21th (as an independent candidate) on the party's election list.[11][5] He was secretary of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament) Committee on Legislative Support of Law Enforcement.[5] In parliament one of his assistant-consultants (on a voluntary basis) was the future Interior Minister (he was appointed this in July 2021) Denys Monastyrsky.[12]

Herashchenko was one of the founders of a database called "Myrotvorets" (Peacekeeper).[13]

In January 2017, it was announced that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) had prevented an assassination attempt against Herashchenko.[6] The SBU had had the two assassins under surveillance for over a month and arrested them in the act with an explosive device in their possession. The SBU stated that the assassins had been in prison in the Russian-occupied Crimea, until they agreed to assassinate Herashchenko. The SBU claim that the assassins were coordinated by Andrey Tikhonov. Tikhonov currently lives in Belgorod in Russia, and used to be a Ukrainian citizen, who had fought against Ukraine on the side of the Luhansk People's Republic.[6]

After the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Herashchenko did not return to parliament because he did not take part in the election.[11][3] On 25 September 2019 the Cabinet of Ministers appointed him one of six or seven deputy ministers at the Ministry of Internal Affairs.[3][4] The minister was Arsen Avakov.[3] After Avakov stept down as Interior Minister on 15 July 2021 Herashchenko became an official advisor for the new minister Denys Monastyrsky.[2] (Although) on 4 August 2021 he was dismissed as deputy minister.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b (in Ukrainian) The Cabinet of Ministers fired Gerashchenko from the post of Deputy Interior Minister, Ukrayinska Pravda (4 August 2021)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b (in Ukrainian) Herashchenko continues to work in the Ministry of Internal Affairs with Monastyrsky, Ukrayinska Pravda (30 August 2021)
    Parliament appoints Monastyrsky as Ukraine's interior minister, Ukrinform (16 July 2021)
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Екснардеп Геращенко став заступником Авакова" [Former People's Deputy of Ukraine Herashchenko becomes Avakov's deputy], Interfax-Ukraine, 25 September 2019, retrieved 31 March 2020
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Ukraine's Cabinet appoints new police chief – MP", UNIAN, 25 September 2019
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c "People's Deputies of Ukraine", Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine official web portal, 22 July 2018, archived from the original on 5 February 2015, retrieved 22 July 2018
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Media: SBU prevented a murder attempt on MP Anton Herashchenko", UAWire, 22 January 2017
  7. ^ "Anton Herashchenko: on the basis of "Donbas" troop another battalion of the National Guard of Ukraine has been created", Ukraine Crisis Media Center, 29 May 2014
  8. ^ "Reinforcements for the Azov Battalion". euromaidanpress.com. 24 June 2014.
  9. ^ "MH17: the evidence against Russia", The Observer, 20 July 2014
  10. ^ "Rebels take out "Buk" missile system to Russia, "black boxes" to be passed to FSB – Herashchenko", UNIAN, 18 July 2014
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b Small electoral history of Anton Herashchenko,
  12. ^ (in Ukrainian) Electoral history and small biography of Denys Monastyrsky, Civil movement "Chesno"
  13. ^ "The right to freedom of speech and opinion in Ukraine: threats and opportunities" (PDF). osce.org. 11 September 2018.
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