Hanna Herman | |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Hanna Mykolaivna Stetsiv 24 April 1959 Mykolaiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR |
Nationality | Ukraine |
Political party | Party of Regions |
Spouse(s) | Serhiy Mykhailovych Herman |
Residence | Kyiv |
Alma mater | Lviv University |
Occupation | politician, journalist, spokeswoman |
Committees |
parliamentary: on Human Rights, National Minorities and Interethnic Relations (2012-2014) on Freedom of Speech and Information (2006–2010) on Foreign Affairs (2007) |
Website | www.hannaherman.com |
Hanna Mykolaivna Herman (Ukrainian: Га́нна Микола́ївна Ге́рман) (born 24 April 1959; Lviv region,) is a Ukrainian politician, former Member of Parliament of Ukraine, and advisor to former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych.
Hanna Herman was born in a village of Kolodruby in Lviv Oblast to Mykola Petrovych Stetsiv (1932–1971, worker) and Kateryna Hryhorivna Hanushchak (1936 - 2013, cultural activist). In 1982, Hanna Herman graduated from the Journalism faculty of Lviv University as a journalist.
From 1981 to 1984, she worked at the Mykolaiv Raion newspaper "Leninska Zorya" (Lenin's Dawn) as a teletypist, reporter, head of department. After that Hanna Herman worked at the Lviv newspaper "Leninska Molod" (Lenin's Youth) until 1990. During that period she was a member of the Union of journalists of USSR.
From 1991 to 2002, Hanna Herman worked at the Lviv city newspaper "Ratusha" () as a reporter, while being an independent correspondent of Radio Liberty. From 2002 to 2004 she was head of the Kyiv bureau of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Since 6 May 2004, H.Herman was the spokeswoman for Viktor Yanukovych who at that time held position of the Prime Minister of Ukraine. She was also the chief of press service of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
In January 2005 – May 2006, H.Herman was advisor to the Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych. From May 2006 to November 2007 Hanna Herman was the People's Deputy of Ukraine of V convocation, first deputy head of the parliamentary committee on freedom of speech and information (07.2006–01.2007), member of the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs (01.2007–11.2007).