Ahtem Chiygoz
Ahtem Chiygoz (Crimean Tatar: Ahtem Zeytulla oğlu Çiygoz, Ukrainian: Ахтем Зейтуллайович Чийгоз, born 14 December 1964, Bulungur, Uzbek SSR) is a Ukrainian Crimean Tatar politician, Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People,[1] People's Deputy of Ukraine of the current 9th convocation,[2] Chairman of the Bakhchysaray regional Mejlis, delegate to the Qurultay of the Crimean Tatar People.
Ahtem Chiygoz | |
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| Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People | |
| Assumed office 2007 | |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| 9th convocation | |
| Assumed office August 29, 2019 | |
| Constituency | European Solidarity, No.8 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 December 1964 Bulungur, Uzbek SSR |
| Citizenship | Ukraine |
| Nationality | Crimean Tatar |
Former political prisoner of the Kremlin - following the Russia’s attempted annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula[3] he was arrested on January 29, 2015 and charged with organization of a rally in support of the territorial integrity of Ukraine that took place in Simferopol on February 26, 2014;[4] freed on October 25, 2017.[5]
In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Chiygoz was elected as a deputy for the party European Solidarity into the Ukrainian parliament.[6]
References
- "Deputies Chairman оf Mejlis". qtmm.org. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". itd.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- "Crimea is Ukraine". U.S. Embassy in Ukraine. 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ""February 26" Case: Resistance and Punishment". CrimeaSOS. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- "Crimean Tatar Leaders 'Freed,' Fly To Turkey". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- Чийгоз Ахтем: Народный депутат Верховной Рады IX созыва (Европейская солидарность)