Ahtem Chiygoz

Ahtem Chiygoz
Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People
Incumbent
Assumed office
2007
People's Deputy of Ukraine
9th convocation
Incumbent
Assumed office
August 29, 2019
ConstituencyEuropean Solidarity, No.8
Personal details
Born (1964-12-14) 14 December 1964 (age 60)
Bulungur, Uzbek SSR
CitizenshipUkraine
NationalityCrimean Tatar

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. He is the Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People,[1] a People's Deputy of Ukraine in the current convocation,[2] Chairman of the Bakhchysaray regional Mejlis, and delegate to the Qurultay of the Crimean Tatar People.

Biography

He is a former political prisoner of the Kremlin; following 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] He was freed on October 25, 2017.[5]

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Chiygoz was elected to the Ukrainian parliament as a deputy for the party European Solidarity.[6]

Head of the Subcommittee on Ethnic Policy, Rights of Indigenous Peoples and National Minorities of Ukraine of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Human Rights, De-occupation and Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories in Donetsk and Luhansk Regions and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the City of Sevastopol, National Minorities and International Relations[20]. Currently, in 2024, he is living in Turkey with his family.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Deputies Chairman оf Mejlis". qtmm.org. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  2. ^ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". itd.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  3. ^ "Crimea is Ukraine". U.S. Embassy in Ukraine. 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  4. ^ ""February 26" Case: Resistance and Punishment". CrimeaSOS. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  5. ^ "Crimean Tatar Leaders 'Freed,' Fly To Turkey". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  6. ^ Чийгоз Ахтем: Народный депутат Верховной Рады IX созыва (Европейская солидарность)
  7. ^ Комітет з питань прав людини, деокупації та реінтеграції тимчасово окупованих територій у Донецькій, Луганській областях та АР Крим, м. Севастополя, національних меншин і міжнаціональних відносин обговорив питання проведення виїзного засідання на Донбасі Archived 2019-09-15 at the Wayback Machine Верховна Рада України (5 вересня 2019)