Tamila Tasheva

Tamila Ravilivna Tasheva (; ; born 1 August 1985) is a Ukrainian activist and politician serving as a Member of the Verkhovna Rada since 25 November 2024. She also served as the Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea from 2022 to 2024.

Biography She was born on 1 August 1985, in Samarkand, Uzbek SSR, USSR, to a deported Crimean Tatar family. In 1991, she returned to Crimea with her family, like many other Crimean Tatars, and settled in Simferopol. She graduated at the Faculty of Oriental Languages at the Tavrida National V.I. Vernadsky University.

She participated in the Orange Revolution and organized rallies in Crimea. She later headed the Foundation for Regional Initiatives NGO branch in Crimea.

Following the Russian annexation of Crimea, Tasheva gathered facts about the disappearance, abuse and violation of Crimean Tatars. On 25 April 2022 Tasheva was promoted to the new Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, replacing Anton Korynevych.

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, she remained active in tracking the fate of Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars remaining on the Crimean peninsula.

Awards

In 2016 she received a medal "25 years of independence of Ukraine". The medal was for her as a chairman of the board of "Crimea SOS" organization (Крим SOS). On 25 October 2019, Tamila Tasheva became the winner of the Polish Sergio Vieira di Mello Award in the "Personality" category. The award is determined annually in two equivalent categories: the individual and the non-governmental organization, whose activities are aimed at the peaceful coexistence and cooperation between societies, religions and cultures.