Maria Humeniuk

Maria Vasylivna Humeniuk (; née Kuzemko; born 26 February 1948) is a Ukrainian politician and writer who served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 1990 to 1994, representing the city of Ternopil for the Democratic Bloc coalition. Humeniuk is also a prose writer.

Early life and education Maria Humeniuk (Kuzemko) was born on 26 February 1948 in the village of Buriakivka, Ternopil Oblast. In 1991, she graduated from the Faculty of Philology of the Ternopil Pedagogical Institute (now the Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University). From 1986 to 1988, Maria Humeniuk was the referent of the Ternopil Oblast branch of the Znannia society.

During 1989–1991, Humeniuk organized and headed the Ternopil Oblast branch of the Memorial society. There, she prepared a draft decision on the rehabilitation of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic and Autocephalous Churches".

Humeniuk was elected as a People's Deputy of Ukraine in the 1990 Ukrainian Supreme Soviet election, representing the city of Ternopil. She was elected from the Democratic Bloc, a coalition that included Rukh. Humeniuk was a member of the Verkhovna Rada Spiritual and Cultural Revival Commission. She authored amendments to the Law "On Military Service".

Humeniuk took part in hunger strikes as part of the Revolution on Granite in October 1990. On 9 September 2009, she received the Gratitude of the President of Ukraine on the occasion of the formation of Rukh.

Literary and personal life Since 1983, Humeniuk's stories have been published in the Literary Ukraine, the magazine "Soviet Woman", and in the regional press. In 1988, her first prose book, I Live and Love, was published.

Humeniuk's daughter is Larysa Lebedivna, a poet. Larysa is the author of the poetry books Nioba (2018), Not Eve (2017) and the prose poetry collection Winter Dialogues (2012).