predecessor death_date birth_name birth_place death_place religion imagesize nationality party birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
position created 12 july 2014 valeriya ilyinichna novodvorskaya baranovichi , byelorussian ssr , soviet union moscow , russia ukrainian autocephalous orthodox church 200px russian democratic union 17 may 1950 1st chairman of the democratic union 8 may 1988 valeriya novodvorskaya3.jpg valeriya novodvorskaya
 12 july 2014 valeriya novodvorskaya journalist moscow region state university
valeriya novodvorskaya

valeriya ilyinichna novodvorskaya -lrb- ; 17 may 1950 -- 12 july 2014 -rrb- was a liberal russian politician , soviet dissident , the founder and the chairwoman of the `` democratic union '' party , and a member of the editorial board of `` the new times '' .
