Yevhen Buket


Yevhen Vasyl'ovych Buket is a Ukrainian local historian, journalist and public figure. He is an honorary ethnographer of Ukraine. In 2012, he was named Chairman of the NGO "Wikimedia Ukraine". In 2011, he initiated the Ukrainian Wikiexpeditions and in 2013 he initiated the photo contest "Wiki Loves Earth". Both projects are among the most successful initiatives of NGO "Wikimedia Ukraine".
Buket is a Member of the National Union of local lore of Ukraine, member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine, the winner of the Youth Prize Head of Kyiv Regional State Administration, International Award Oles Honchar, Medal of Olexander Dovzhenko and International Literary and Art Prize Panteleimon Kulish.
On August 15, 2012 the Central Election Commission of Ukraine registered Buket as a candidate for people's deputies of Ukraine in the 212 majoritarian election district of the political party "Our Ukraine". He received 0.34% of votes at the Ukrainian parliamentary elections of 2012..
Since May 2015, he has served as chief editor of the newspaper "Культура i життя".

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