1. Hanna Herman was born in a village of Kolodruby in Lviv Oblast to Mykola Petrovych Stetsiv and Kateryna Hryhorivna Hanushchak.
17 Facts About Hanna Herman
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In 1982, Hanna Herman graduated from the Journalism faculty of Lviv University as a journalist.
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From 1991 to 2002, Hanna Herman worked at the Lviv city newspaper "Ratusha" as a reporter, while being an independent correspondent of Radio Liberty.
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Hanna Herman was the chief of press service of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
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Hanna Herman was advisor to the Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych.
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From May 2006 to November 2007 Hanna Herman was the People's Deputy of Ukraine of V convocation, first deputy head of the parliamentary committee on freedom of speech and information, member of the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs.
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From November 2007 to February 2010 Hanna Herman was the People's Deputy of Ukraine of VI convocation, Head of the parliamentary committee on freedom of speech and information.
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On 25 February 2010, Hanna Herman was appointed deputy head of the Presidential Administration.
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Hanna Herman has been ranked among the top 10 most influential women since the introduction of the rating in 2006.
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On 28 October 2012, at the parliamentary elections Hanna Herman was elected member of Ukraine's parliament.
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Hanna Herman became the Head of the Ukrainian parliamentary interfactional union of MPs "In the Support of Freedom of Conscience", which was created for promoting the freedom of conscience, protecting the rights of people of different faiths and beliefs, including the representatives of all churches and religious organizations of Ukraine.
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On 16 January 2014 Hanna Herman voted for the anti-protest laws that conflict with Constitution of Ukraine, Convention about the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, obligations and duties of Ukraine as a member of the UNO, CE and OSCE.
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Hanna Herman did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.
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Hanna Herman's book was highly valued by the European representatives of intellectual elite.
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On 30 May 2015, together with the publishing house "Yaroslaviv Val" Hanna Herman presented her book at the Book Arsenale in Kyiv.
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On 18 November 2016 Hanna Herman was named one of the most powerful speakers in the times of Ukraine's independence, along with dissident Viacheslav Chornovil and writer Lina Kostenko.
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Hanna Herman was one of the few former Yanukovich supporters, who did not denounce Yanukovych when he had lost the presidential post.