Bohdan Horyn

Bohdan Horyn
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
1990–1998
Personal details
Born Bohdan Mykhailovych Horyn
(1936-02-10) 10 February 1936
Kniselo, Lwów Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic
Nationality Ukrainian
Political party People's Movement of Ukraine
Republican Christian Party
Spouse(s) Oksana (b. 1939)
Alma mater Lviv University
Occupation Human rights activist, politician
Profession journalist, philologist
Religion Greek-Catholic
Awards

Bohdan Horyn (Ukrainian: Богдан Миколайович Горинь; born 10 February 1936 in Kniselo, Lwów Voivodeship) is an Ukrainian human rights activist and dissident. He was a People's Deputy of the first and second convocations of the Verkhovna Rada from May 15, 1990 to May 12, 1998.[1]

His older brother is Mykhailo Horyn (1930-2013), also was a Ukrainian human rights activist and Soviet dissident.

References

  1. Горинь Богдан Миколайович (in Ukrainian). party.civicua.org. 2013-01-17.
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