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Hryhoriy Mykhailovych Nemyria (Ukrainian: Григо́рій Миха́йлович Неми́ря; born 5 April 1960, Donetsk)[1] is the First Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Ukraine and Deputy Chairman of the Batkivshchyna party, also chairman of the subcommittee on global risks and challenges.
Hryhoriy Nemyria | |
|---|---|
Григoрій Немиря | |
 2014 | |
| Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for European Integration | |
| In office December 18, 2007 – March 11, 2010 | |
| President | Viktor Yushchenko |
| Prime Minister | Yulia Tymoshenko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 5, 1960 Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Citizenship |  Ukraine |
| Political party | Batkivshchyna |
| Profession | Historian, Sociologist, Political scientist |
It is believed that Nemyrya deals with international issues in Tymoshenko's team.[2][3] He was called "Tymoshenko's personal minister of foreign affairs" [4] and "unofficial ambassador of Yulia Tymoshenko and the Motherland in the European Union and the USA".[5]
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Nemyria is married to his wife Lyudmila Nemyrya;[6] he has a son Mykhailo, and a daughter.[6]
Nemyria born on April 5, 1960, in Donetsk. In 1977, where he began his academic career. He has an MA in history from Donetsk State University with honors, and a Ph.D. from Kyiv Shevchenko University. In 1996–1998 he was Vice-Rector of the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy and chaired the European Integration Department of the National Academy of Public Administration.[1] He is also a graduate of the National Security Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard.
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In the previous Rada convocations, Dr. Nemyria chaired the Committees on European Integration and on Human Rights. He served as Deputy Prime Minister in the government of Prime Minister Tymoshenko (2007-2010). He was Governor from Ukraine in the World Bank and co-chairman of the Ukraine-China Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation.
From 2006 to 2007, Nemyria was the Deputy Head of the Parliamentary Delegation to the PACE and the Ukrainian delegation to the Committee on Parliamentary Cooperation between Ukraine and the EU.[7] In Tymoshenko's first government (2005), he served as her Foreign Policy Advisor.
From 2012 to 2014, Nemyria headed the Parliamentary Committee on European Integration.[8]
From December 2014 to August 2019, Nemyria headed the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Human Rights.[9] At a meeting of the committee, Nemyria spoke in support of Kotsaba, who was accused of treason, saying that "the situation with Ruslan Kotsaba causes significant damage to the image of Ukraine and is absolutely unacceptable in a legal and democratic state, which Ukraine has constitutionally proclaimed itself to be."
He was elected to parliament as a candidate from Batkivshchyna in the 2019 parliamentary elections, No. 8 on the list. Since September 2019, he has been the First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Foreign Policy and Interparliamentary Cooperation,[10] Chairman of the Subcommittee on Global Risks and Challenges.[11]
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Nemyria was chief editor of the scientific journal New Security, and head of the Department of European Integration of the National Academy of Public Administration President of Ukraine. At various times he also served as a consultant to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on European integration, was the chief advisor to MDCSU Ukraine, and advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko.
- Member of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS, Washington 1994)
- Member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS, London)
- Member of the Advisory Council for Central and Eastern Europe at Freedom House
According to an electronic declaration, in 2019, Hryhoriy Nemyria received ₴1,052,192 (US$38,970) as salary and reimbursement of expenses as deputy of the Verkhovna Rada. On bank accounts, Nemyria had US$22,896, €8,619 and ₴39,919. He also declared US$87,800 and ₴200,000 in cash. Additionally, Hryhoriy Nemyria had an apartment (total area of 81,54 m2) and cottage (total area of 361,2 m2). Hryhoriy Nemyria also declared a 2009 MAZDA CX-7 car.[12]
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