Andriy Biletsky (politician)
| Andriy Biletsky | |
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Biletsky June 2014.
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| Leader of National Corps | |
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Assumed office 14 October 2016 |
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| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
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Assumed office 27 November 2014 |
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| Commander of Azov Battalion | |
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In office 5 May 2014 – October 2016 |
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| Personal details | |
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Andriy Yevhenovych Biletsky 5 August 1979 Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR |
| Citizenship | Ukrainian |
| Political party | National Corps |
| Spouse(s) | Yulia Biletsky |
| Residence | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Alma mater | University of Kharkiv |
Andriy Yevhenovych Biletsky (Ukrainian: Андрій Євгенович Білецький; born 5 August 1979) is a Ukrainian soldier and politician, who is leader and founder of the National Corps and founder of former leader of Social-National Assembly and Patriot of Ukraine, described as far-right or neo-Nazi organizations. He is also the founder and former military commander of Azov Battalion.
Born in 1979 in Kharkiv, Soviet Union, Biletsky's father Yevhen Mykhailovych Biletsky hailed from an old Cossack family that founded the village of Krasnopavlivka (Lozova Raion), while Biletsky's mother Olena Anatolivna Biletsky (née Lukashevych) descended from a noble family from Zhytomyr region, to which belong the Decembrist Vasiliy Lukashevich (Vasyl Lukashevych) who founded the "Little-Russian Secret Society".
In his youth, Biletsky practiced several types of martial arts and boxing. In 1990 he refused to be accepted into the Vladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneer Organization. Biletsky, along with senior schoolmates, raised the Ukrainian flag over his school. His major patriotic influence in his youth was his father's gift of a book prohibited in the Soviet Union, History of Ukraine for children by Anton Lototsky. In 2001, Biletsky graduated with honors from the History faculty of the University of Kharkiv. His thesis was about the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. The same year Biletsky participated in the Ukraine without Kuchma (UBK) protests, for which he was placed under administrative arrest. The Security Service of Ukraine pressured university administration to expel Biletsky from the institution.
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