Ihor Pavlovych Fris (Ukrainian: Ігор Павлович Фріс; born 29 June 1973) is a Ukrainian notary and politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Ukraine's 84th electoral district since 29 August 2019.
Ihor Fris | |
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Ігор Фріс | |
 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| Assumed office 29 August 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Mykhailo Dovbenko |
| Constituency | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, No. 84 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 June 1973 Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Political party | Servant of the People |
| Other political affiliations | Independent |
| Alma mater | Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University |
Early life and career
editIhor Pavlovych Fris was born on 29 June 1973 in the city of Ivano-Frankivsk, then part of the Soviet Union. From 1990 to 1992, he worked at the Rempobuttekhnika metal processing plant as a fitter, before working as a fitter at Sapfir automobile plant for a year. He subsequently worked as commercial director of Totus LLC from 1993 to 1996 before working as director of Leo-F LLC until 1998.[1]
In 1998, Fris graduated from the Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, specialising in law. The same year, he began working at the Sezon cooperative.[1] From 1999 until 2019, he was a notary public in Ivano-Frankivsk, and from 2006 to 2014 served as Ukraine's permanent representative to the European commission of the International Union of Notaries.[2]
People's Deputy of Ukraine
editIn the 2015 Ukrainian local elections, Fris was a candidate for the Ivano-Frankivsk City Council's 26th district, nominated by UKROP. However, he was unsuccessful.[3]
In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Fris ran as a candidate for People's Deputy of Ukraine in Ukraine's 84th electoral district. He was the candidate of Servant of the People, although he was not a member of any party at the time of the election.[3] He was ultimately successful, defeating incumbent People's Deputy Mykhailo Dovbenko of European Solidarity and Batkivshchyna candidate Andriy Ivaskiv, garnering 22.0% of the vote to Ivaskiv's 14.40% and Dovbenko's 12.88%.[4] In the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament), Fris joined the Servant of the People faction, as well as the Verkhovna Rada Legal Committee.[3]
In March 2020, Fris, along with multiple other People's Deputies, announced his opposition to a proposal by the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine aimed at ending the war in Donbas by bringing separatist representatives into the government of Ukraine.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Фріс Ігор Павлович" [Fris, Ihor Pavlovych]. LB.ua (in Ukrainian). 3 June 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ "Біографія" [Biography]. Ihor Fris, People's Deputy of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Фріс Ігор Павлович" [Fris, Ihor Pavlovych]. Chesno (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ "Відомості про підрахунок голосів виборців в одномандатному виборчому окрузі №84" [Information about counting of voters' votes in single-mandate electoral district No. 84]. Central Election Commission (Ukraine) (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2022.