Volodymyr Ariev


Volodymyr Ariev is a Ukrainian journalist, film director, author of the project "Restricted Area". He also is the Member of Parliament of Ukraine since the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, chairman of Ukrainian delegation in Parliament Assembly of Council of Europe in 2015-2019, PACE Vice-President, President of PACE Committee for Culture, Education, Science and Media

Biography

Volodymyr Ariev was born in Kyiv Ukraine on 31 March 1975.

Education

MP 6th Verkhovna Rada since November 2007, was elected by the lists of "Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense Bloc"
Second term in MP office 7th Verkhovna Rada since November 2012, was elected in constituency 218, Kyiv for Batkivshchyna.
Third term in MP office 8th Verkhovna Rada since November 2014, was re-elected in constituency 218, Kyiv for Petro Poroshenko Bloc.
Since 2015 Chairman of Ukrainian delegation to PACE
PACE Vice-President
In 2016-2017 President of PACE Committee for Culture, Education, Science and Media, PACE General Rapporteur for media freedom and safety of journalists
Since September 2017 Ariev hosts a political talk show on the TV channel "Direct".
Ariev was elected to parliament 4th time for European Solidarity in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election as number 17 of its election list.

Filmography

Ariev is married to Natalka Fitsych, editor-in-chief of the production company "Restricted Area". They have a daughter Yaryna.