Andriy Parubiy

Andriy Parubiy
Андрій Парубій
Official portrait, 2016
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
In office
April 14, 2016 – August 29, 2019
DeputyIryna Herashchenko
Preceded byVolodymyr Groysman
Succeeded byDmytro Razumkov
First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
In office
December 4, 2014 – April 14, 2016
PresidentPetro Poroshenko
Preceded byIhor Kalietnik
Succeeded byIryna Herashchenko
Secretary of National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine
In office
February 27, 2014 – August 7, 2014
PresidentOleksandr Turchynov (acting)
Petro Poroshenko
Preceded byAndriy Klyuyev
Succeeded byOleksandr Turchynov
People's Deputy of Ukraine
6th convocation
In office
November 23, 2007 – December 12, 2012
ConstituencyOur Ukraine, No.80
7th convocation
In office
December 12, 12, 2012 – March 17, 2014
ConstituencyIndependent, No.21
8th convocation
In office
November 27, 2014 – August 29, 2019
ConstituencyPeople's Front, No.4
9th convocation
In office
August 29, 2019 – August 30, 2025
ConstituencyEuropean Solidarity, No.2
Personal details
Born(1971-01-31)January 31, 1971
Chervonohrad, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
DiedAugust 30, 2025(2025-08-30) (aged 54)
Chervonohrad, Ukraine
Cause of deathGunshot wound
Political partyEuropean Solidarity (2019–2025)
Other political
affiliations
People's Front (2014–2019)
Fatherland (2012–2014)
Front for Chang (2012)
Our Ukraine (2004–2012)
Social-National Party of Ukraine (1994–2004)
ResidenceKyiv, Ukraine
Alma materLviv University
Websitewww.parubiy.org

Andriy Volodymyrovych Parubiy (Ukrainian: Андрій Володимирович Парубій; January 31, 1971 – August 30, 2025) was a Ukrainian politician[1] who has been the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament, from 2016 to 2019.[2][3] He was the Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, appointed after the Euromaidan protests in the 2014 Ukrainian revolution,[4] until he left on August 7, 2014.[5][6]

Death

On August 30, 2025, Andriy Parubiy was fatally shot in Lviv, Ukraine by a lone gunman who fled on an electric bike.[7] He was 54 years old. The suspect, Mykhailo Stselnikov, 52 years old, was arrested two days later in Khmelnytskyi Oblast.

References

  1. ↑ "Парубій Андрій". LIGA (in Ukrainian). Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  2. ↑ Rada appoints Andriy Parubiy its speaker, Interfax-Ukraine (April 14, 2016)
  3. ↑ Razumkov elected as Chairman of Verkhovna Rada, Ukrinform (August 29, 2019)
  4. ↑ "Ukraine's new government: Who's who". AFP. February 27, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Parubiy steps down as secretary of Ukraine's NSDC". Interfax-Ukraine. August 7, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  6. ↑ Poroshenko signs decree dismissing Parubiy as NSDC secretary, Interfax-Ukraine (August 7, 2014)
  7. ↑ "BREAKING: Ukraine's ex-parliament speaker shot dead in Lviv". The Kyiv Independent. August 30, 2025. Retrieved August 30, 2025.