Andriy Parubiy

Ukrainian politician. Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine from April 14, 2016 to August 28, 2019. 

Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine from February 27 to August 7, 2014. People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th convocations. Member of the SNPU (1994–2004), "Our Ukraine" (2004–2012), "Front for Change" (2012), All-Ukrainian Union "Batkivshchyna" (2012–2014), "People's Front" (since 2014). During Euromaidan, he was the commandant of the Maidan Self-Defence.

On April 14, 2016, Parubiy was elected Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. He replaced Volodymyr Groysman in this post, who became head of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. He held the post until 2019. In the same year, he entered parliament as part of "European Solidarity".

Andriy Parubiy was killed in Lviv on August 30, 2025. A man disguised as a courier shot the politician many times. Parubiy died before the medics arrived. 

On September 1, 2025, the police detained Parubiy's suspected attacker.

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