Oleh Tyahnybok

Oleh Tyahnybok
Олег Тягнибок
Tyahnybok in 2014
Leader of Svoboda
Assumed office
14 February 2004
Preceded byYaroslav Andruschkiv
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
12 December 2012  27 November 2014
ConstituencySvoboda, No. 1
In office
12 May 1998  25 May 2006
Preceded by
  • Constituency established (1998)
  • Ivan Bilas (2002)
Succeeded by
Constituency
  • Lviv Oblast, No. 119 (1998–2002)
  • Lviv Oblast, No. 120 (2002–2006)
Deputy of the Lviv Oblast Council
In office
1994–1998
ConstituencyIndependent
Personal details
Born (1968-11-07) 7 November 1968
Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partySvoboda
Other political
affiliations
SpouseOlha Demchyschyn
Children3
Websitewww.tyahnybok.info

Oleh Yaroslavovych Tyahnybok (Ukrainian: Олег Ярославович Тягнибок, born 7 November 1968) is a Ukrainian politician and far-right activist who is the leader of the Svoboda political party. He was a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 1998 to 2006, representing Lviv Oblast, and from 2012 to 2014 on the proportional list of Svoboda. Previously, he was elected councilman of the Lviv Oblast Council for the second session.