Oksana Bilozir

Oksana Volodymyrivna Bilozir Оксана Володимирівна Білозір
Born	Oksana Rozumkevych 30 May 1957 (1957-05-30) (age 54) Smyha, Dubno Raion, Rivne Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Nationality	Ukraine
Occupation	Singer, Politician
Political party	Our Ukraine
Spouse	1st spouse: Ihor Bilozir 2nd spouse: Roman Nedzelsky
Children	Andriy Bilozir Yaroslav Nedzelsky

Oksana Volodymyrivna Bilozir (Ukrainian: Оксана Володимирівна Білозір), née Rozumkevych (Ukrainian: Розумкевич), is a People's Artist of Ukraine (1994), People's Deputy of Ukraine, member of Our Ukraine fraction, in 2005 Minister of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine.

Biography

Oksana Bilozir was born on May 30, 1957 in Smyha settlement, Dubno Raion, Rivne Oblast, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine).^[1][2][3]

Education

• 1976 - Lviv Musical-Pedagogical College named after F. Kolessi^[4]
• 1981 - Lviv State Conservatory named after M. Lysenka
• 1999 - Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine, affiliated with MFA of Ukraine, with qualification of Master of foreign policy and diplomacy.^[1][4]

Family

Father, Volodymyr Rozumkevych (b. 1930), retired
Mother, Nina Vasylivna (1933 - 2004)
1st spouse, Ihor Bilozir (1955-2000), Ukrainian famous composer and singer, the frontman of VIA "Vatra", tragically died in May 2000, after slaughter in Lviv^[4]
2nd spouse, Roman Nedzelsky, is the Director of the state enterprise "Ukraina Gastrol'na" (eng. - Touring Ukraine) under Ministry of Culture of Ukraine
Sons: Andriy Bilozir and Yaroslav Nedzelsky.

Oksana Bilozir is close to the family of former Ukrainian President Yushchenko. She is as well the godmother of one of the daughters of Poroshenko.^[4]

Artistic achievements

Oksana Bilozir started her concert activity in 1979, as soloist of VIA "Vatra", founded by her first husband^[1]. Since 1994 she has been the lead singer of music band "Oksana". She released 15 CD albums, a DVD, and 10 music films.^[4]

Teaching activities

1996 - Professor, Pop Singing Department at Kiev National University of Culture and Arts, Head of Department, professor of the Kiev State School of variety and circus arts. In 1996-1997 Oksana Bilozir was teaching at Kiev State Institute of Culture.^[4]

Politics

Oksana Bilozir became the People's Deputy of Ukraine for three times, twice from the bloc Our Ukraine (in 2002-2005 and in 2006), and from the block Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense during early parliamentary elections in 2007^[5]. In 2004-2005 she led the Social Christian Party (in October 2008 that party merged with United Centre), ^[6] later became a member of the party Our Ukraine, with the the President Viktor Yushchenko acting as the Honorary Chairman^[4]. In February 2008 Bilozir and several prominent members left Our Ukraine;^[7] she became a member of United Centre.^[4] Bilozir voted for the dismissal of the second Tymoshenko Government in February 2009.^[8] In September 2010 she became a member of Christian Democratic Union.^[9]

• Chairman of the Subcommittee on Interparliamentary Relations, Bilateral and Multilateral relations of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Member of the Permanent Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
• Head of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with Canada
• Head of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
• Head of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Republic of Korea
• Co-Head of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with Poland
• Deputy Head of Group for Interparliamentary Relations with Australia
• Deputy head of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Republic of Croatia
• Deputy Head of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Kingdom of Spain
• Deputy Head of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Kingdom of Sweden
• Deputy Head of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with Azerbaijan
• Deputy Head of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the United Mexican States
• Deputy Head of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Deputy Head of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Republic of Peru
• Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
• Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
• Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Slovak Republic
• Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the United Arab Emirates
• Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Federal Republic of Germany
• Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with Syria
• Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Arab Republic of Egypt
• Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Republic of Portugal
• Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Republic of Slovenia
• Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with Turkmenistan^[10]

See also

• Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007
• List of Ukrainian Parliament Members 2007
• Verkhovna Rada

External links

• Oksana Bilozir' personal website
• Oksana Bilozir' profile at the official web site of Verkhovna Rada

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} http://bilozir.com/index.php?Itemid=379&id=150&option=com_content&task=view&lang=ru
2. ^ http://file.liga.net/person/99.html
3. ^ http://muslib.ru/b12074/%D0%9E%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%80/
4. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} http://file.liga.net/person/99.html
5. ^ http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/site/p_deputat?d_id=5503
6. ^ (Ukrainian)Соціально-Християнська партія України cамоліквідувалася, z i k (October 16, 2008)
7. ^ "OU lost one more member". ForUm. 2008-02-27. http://en.for-ua.com/news/2008/02/27/155733.html. 
8. ^ Zik news agency: Party of Regions suffers pratfall in Verkhovna Rada, Kyiv Post (February 6, 2009)
9. ^ Bilozir Oksana Volodymyrivna, Christian Democratic Union (Ukraine)
10. ^ http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/site/p_deputat?d_id=5503