Hryhoriy Nemyria

Hryhoriy Mykhailovych Nemyria (also spelled Nemyrya; ; born 5 April 1960) is a Ukrainian politician, historian, and sociologist, who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for European Integration from 2007 to 2010.

It is believed that, as Batkivshchyna member, Nemyrya deals with international issues in Yulia Tymoshenko's team. He was called "Tymoshenko's personal minister of foreign affairs" and "unofficial ambassador of Yulia Tymoshenko and Batkivshchyna in the European Union and the United States".

Family Nemyria is married to Lyudmila Nemyrya. He has a son Mykhailo, and a daughter. In the First Tymoshenko Government, he served as her Foreign Policy Advisor.

From 2012 to 2014, Nemyria headed the Parliamentary Committee on European Integration.

From December 2014 to August 2019, Nemyria headed the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Human Rights. At a meeting of the committee, Nemyria spoke in support of Kotsaba, who was accused of treason, saying that "the situation with Ruslan Kotsaba causes significant damage to the image of Ukraine and is absolutely unacceptable in a legal and democratic state, which Ukraine has constitutionally proclaimed itself to be."

He was elected to parliament as a candidate from Batkivshchyna in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, No. 8 on the list. Since September 2019, he has been the First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Foreign Policy and Interparliamentary Cooperation, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Global Risks and Challenges.

Other activities Nemyria was chief editor of the scientific journal "New Security", and head of the Department of European Integration of the National Academy of Public Administration of the President of Ukraine. At various times he also served as a consultant to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on European integration, was the chief advisor to MDCSU Ukraine, and advisor to then-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

At various times, he was: Member of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS, Washington 1994) Member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS, London) Member of the Advisory Council for Central and Eastern Europe at Freedom House as well.

Earnings According to an electronic declaration, in 2019, Hryhoriy Nemyria received ₴1,052,192 (US$38,970) as salary and reimbursement of expenses as deputy of the Verkhovna Rada. On bank accounts, Nemyria had US$22,896, €8,619 and ₴39,919. He also declared US$87,800 and ₴200,000 in cash. Additionally, Hryhoriy Nemyria had an apartment (total area of 81,54 m2) and cottage (total area of 361,2 m2). Hryhoriy Nemyria also declared a 2009 MAZDA CX-7 car.