Iryna Farion

Ukrainian linguist and politician

Born: 29 April 1964, Lviv
Died: 19 July 2024, aged 60
Birth name: Ірина Дмитрівна Фаріон

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Iryna Dmytrivna Farion (29 April 1964 – 19 July 2024) was a Ukrainian linguist and nationalist politician who served as a deputy in the Verkhovna Rada from 2012 to 2014. She served as a political member of Svoboda in 2005 until her assassination in 2024. She was a professor at the Department of Ukrainian Language at Lviv Polytechnic's Institute of Humanitarian and Social Sciences.

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