Oksana Bilozir

Oksana Bilozir
Оксана Білозір
Bilozir in 2009
Born	Oksana Rozumkevych (1957-05-30) 30 May 1957 (age 67) Smyha, Dubno Raion, Rivne Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Nationality	Ukrainian
Occupation(s)	Singer, politician
Political party	Our Ukraine
Spouse(s)	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), former People's Deputy of Ukraine and in 2005 Minister of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine.

Biography

Oksana Bilozir was born on 30 May 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.^[2]
• 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][2]

Family

• Father: Volodymyr Rozumkevych (born 1930), retired.
• Mother: Nina Vasylivna (1933–2004).
• 1st spouse, Ihor Bilozir (1955–2000), Ukrainian famous composer and singer, the frontman of VIA "Vatra", was tragically murdered in May 2000, in Lviv.^[2]
• 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, a former member of the Kyiv city council,^[4] wife of whom was elected to parliament in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election,^[5] and Yaroslav Nedzelsky.
• Daughter-in-law is a politician Larysa Bilozir; her father is a fellow politician Mykola Kucher.^[5]

Oksana Bilozir is close to the family of former Ukrainian President Yushchenko. She is as well the godmother of one of the daughters of Petro Poroshenko.^[2]

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 albums, a DVD, and 10 music films.^[2]

Teaching activities

1996 – Professor, Pop Singing Department at Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts, Head of Department, professor of the Kyiv State School of variety and circus arts. In 1996–1997 Oksana Bilozir was teaching at Kyiv State Institute of Culture.^[2]

Politics

Oksana Bilozir became the People's Deputy of Ukraine three times, twice from the bloc Our Ukraine (in 2002–2005 and in 2006), and from the bloc Our Ukraine – People's Self-Defense during early parliamentary elections in 2007.^[6] In 2004–2005 she led the Social Christian Party (in October 2008 that party merged with United Centre),^[7] later became a member of the party Our Ukraine, with the President Viktor Yushchenko acting as the Honorary chairman.^[2] In February 2008 Bilozir and several prominent members left Our Ukraine;^[8] she became a member of United Centre.^[2] Bilozir voted for the dismissal of the second Tymoshenko Government in February 2009.^[9] In September 2010 she became a member of Christian Democratic Union.^[10] Bilozir took part in the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election as an independent candidate in single-member districts number 66 (first-past-the-post wins a parliament seat) located in the town Malyn; with a third place (with 12.13% of the votes) in the district she was not (re-)elected in parliament.^[11] In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Bilozir was a candidate of Petro Poroshenko Bloc; placed 80th on the electoral list.^[12] But the party won only 63 seats on the electoral list; hence she was not (re-)elected into parliament.^[13]

See also

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

References

1. Bilozir ^{[dead link‍]}
2. "Головатенко Оксана". liga.net. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
3. "Оксана Билозир". muslib.ru. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008.
4. Son Bilozir headed a large state-owned company. Ukrayinska Pravda. 2 November 2018. (in Ukrainian)
5. "Білозір у Раді, дубль 2: невістка співачки пройшла в парламент по мажоритарці". ТаблоID. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
6. "Народний Депутат України". w1.c1.rada.gov.ua. Archived from the original on 29 November 2010.
7. (in Ukrainian)Соціально-Християнська партія України cамоліквідувалася, z i k (16 October 2008)
8. "OU lost one more member". ForUm. 27 February 2008. Archived from the original on 28 September 2008.
9. Zik news agency: Party of Regions suffers pratfall in Verkhovna Rada, Kyiv Post (6 February 2009)
10. Bilozir Oksana Volodymyrivna, Christian Democratic Union (Ukraine)
11. (in Ukrainian) Округ №66, Независимое Бюро Новостей
12. Party list of Petro Poroshenko Bloc, Ukrayinska Pravda (19 September 2014)
13. Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament Archived 12 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrinform (8 November 2014)
    People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections – CEC Archived 12 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
    Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament – CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)

External links

• Oksana Bilozir «Золотий Фонд української естради»
• Oksana Bilozir' personal website
• Oksana Bilozir' profile at the official web site of Verkhovna Rada