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, Parubiy was gunned down 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.