Sviatoslav Yurash
Sviatoslav Andriyovych Yurash (, ; born February 16, 1996 in Lviv) is the youngest ever Ukrainian MP and a public figure. An active participant in the Revolution of Dignity. MP of Ukraine of the IX convocation from the "Servant of the People" party. Initiator and Chairman of the largest caucus in the history of the Parliament "Values. Dignity. Family", Initiator and Secretary of the second largest Parliamentary Caucus "Intermarium". Member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Relations and Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Ukrainians Abroad. Biography . Sviatoslav was born on February 16, 1996 in Lviv, in the family of Religious Studies scholar and political scientist Andriy Yurash and film producer and businesswoman Diana Yurash. He began his schooling at St. Sophia’s catholic school. He graduated from Vasyl Stus Gymnasium of International Relations. He studied in the International Relations in the University of Warsaw. Having studied in Poland, Yurash continued his studies in India and entered the University of Calcutta to study International Relations. He paused his studies due the beginning of the Euromaidan revolution in Ukraine. He returned to Ukraine in December 2013 and founded  the Euromaidan International Center, where he launched Euromaidan PR (now Euromaidan Press), which played an important role in the protesters' information campaign and provided voices from the barricades in seven languages on various media platforms. For his participation in the events of the Revolution of Dignity, he received the Order of Merit of the III degree from the President Petro Poroshenko. From 2014 to 2019, he had been a local producer for Fox News in Ukraine. During the first six months of the Russian-Ukrainian war, he had worked with Fox News in the occupied part of Donbas, covering the  crimes of Russian mercenaries and pro-Russian separatists while pretending to be a Polish producer. Having returned from the war, he cooperated with international organizations, government, public, media and business structures. Since 2014, he has been a representative and held the position of Deputy Director of the Ukrainian World Congress office in Kyiv. Political activity. Joined Zelenskiy Presidential campaign in 2019 Presidential elections to work on international outreach, civil society outreach and the campaign efforts in Western Ukraine. In 2019 parliamentary elections, Yurash was elected MP in on the party list from the "Servant of the People" party and became  the youngest MP of Ukraine in history. Has the following duties: Since October 17, 2019 – Member of the Temporary Commission of Inquiry of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to investigate compliance with the requirements of the law in the process of information television channels changing their owners and ensuring counteraction to the information influence of the Russian Federation. Since May 19, 2021 – Member of the Temporary Commission of Inquiry of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to investigate possible illegal actions of the representatives of public authorities and other persons who could facilitate violation of state sovereignty, territorial integrity, and inviolability  of Ukraine, and constitute threat to national security of Ukraine. On January 17, 2020, he initiated and became a co-chair the largest caucus in the history of Ukraine’s Parliament "Values. Dignity. Family", a conservative caucus. Over 300 deputies from all factions and groups in the parliament joined this caucus. It’s aim is to promote and protect the eternal values of a Ukrainian society and to counter attempts to destroy the fundamental precepts of natural law in the name of political fashions; preparation and adoption of the laws that will promote the strengthening of family values, the principles  of a dignified society and education of support and strengthening of families in Ukraine; as well as popularization and communication of a wide range of the world’s conservative thought to the Ukrainian intellectual community. He is Initiator and Secretary of “Intermarium,” the second largest Parliamentary Caucus in the history. Its aim is involve Ukraine in the project of unity of the wider Central and Eastern European region - Intermarium, and to work on its politically-economic, value-cultural and army-defense efforts. Awards. Order of Merit of the III degree (February 20, 2019) – for civic courage, selfless defense of the  constitutional principles of democracy, human rights and freedoms, which were shown during the Revolution of Dignity, as well as fruitful civic and volunteer activities. Family. Father – Andriy Yurash, Ukraine’s Ambassador to the Holy See, Ex-Head of the Department of Religion and Nationalities at the Ministry of Culture and Relegious Studies Scholar Mother – Diana Yurash, film producer, producer and director of DZIDZIOFILM, member of the Ukrainian Film Academy. Son – Lev Yurash (2019).