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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Yuriy_Stets > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Yuriy_Stets.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuriy_Stets > Source revision: 1350625900 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Ukrainian journalist and politician (born 1975)}} {{family name hatnote|Yaroslavovych|Stets|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Yuriy Stets | image = Юрий Стець.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|12|29}} | birth_place = [Chortkiv](/source/Chortkiv), [Ukrainian SSR](/source/Ukrainian_SSR), [USSR](/source/USSR) | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | other_names = | parents = | office = [Minister of Information Policy](/source/Ministry_of_Information_Policy_(Ukraine)) | prime_minister = [Arseniy Yatsenyuk](/source/Arseniy_Yatsenyuk), [Volodymyr Groysman](/source/Volodymyr_Groysman) | predecessor = ''None'' (post created) | successor = none, post abolished | term_start = 2 December 2014 | term_end = 29 August 2019 | education = [Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute](/source/Kharkiv_Polytechnic_Institute) - [Information management](/source/Information_management) | occupation = Journalist | years_active = | known_for = | native_name_lang = uk | native_name = {{nobold|Юрій Стець}} }} '''Yuriy Yaroslavovych Stets''' ({{langx|uk|Юрій Ярославович Стець}}; born 29 December 1975) is a [Ukrainian](/source/Ukraine) journalist and politician.{{cite web | url=http://dovidka.com.ua/user/?code=171208 | title=Стець Юрій Ярославович (Yuriy Yaroslavovych Stets) | work=Dovidka | date=4 December 2014 | access-date=4 December 2014 | language=uk}} He was appointed to the post of [Minister of Information Policy](/source/Ministry_of_Information_Policy_(Ukraine)) at the formation of the [Second Yatsenyuk Government](/source/Second_Yatsenyuk_Government) on 2 December 2014.{{cite news | url=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/kyiv-post-plus/journalists-media-rights-activists-demand-abolishing-of-newly-formed-ministry-of-truth-374003.html | title=Journalists, free speech activists demand abolishing of newly-formed 'Ministry of Truth' | work=Kyiv Post | date=4 December 2014 | access-date=4 December 2014}} He resigned one year later because he felt he had "met all the targets".[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/309925.html Ukraine's minister of information policy resigns], [Interfax Ukraine](/source/Interfax_Ukraine) (8 December 2015) He withdrew his letter of resignation on 4 February 2016, and continued in the post.[http://www.unian.info/politics/1255996-agriculture-health-information-ministers-change-their-mind-about-resigning.html Agriculture, health, information ministers change their mind about resigning], [UNIAN](/source/UNIAN) (4 February 2016) On 31 May 2017 Stets wrote a letter of resignation for health reasons and went on sick leave the same day.{{Cite web|url=http://pda.pravda.com.ua/news/id_7145588/|title = Новини | Українська правда}} Eventually Stets stayed on as Minister until on 29 August 2019 the [Honcharuk Government](/source/Honcharuk_Government) was installed.[https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/08/29/7224810/ New Cabinet formed in Ukraine The Rada appointed the new Cabinet: Avakov and Markarova remained (РАДА ПРИЗНАЧИЛА НОВИЙ КАБМІН: АВАКОВ І МАРКАРОВА ЛИШИЛИСЬ)], [Ukrayinska Pravda](/source/Ukrayinska_Pravda) (29 August 2019) This government abolished the whole Ministry of Information Policy altogether. Stets is a member of [Petro Poroshenko Bloc](/source/Petro_Poroshenko_Bloc). ==Life== Yuriy Stets was born on 29 December 1975 at [Chortkiv](/source/Chortkiv), in [Ternopil Oblast](/source/Ternopil_Oblast). He attended the [Sydir Vorobkevych](/source/Sydir_Vorobkevych) [Chernivtsi](/source/Chernivtsi) School of Music from 1992 to 1996.{{cite web | url=http://file.liga.net/person/50754-stets-yuriy.html | title=Стець Юрий Ярославович (Stets, Yuriy Yaroslavovych) | work=[Lenta.ru](/source/Lenta.ru) | date=3 December 2014 | access-date=4 December 2014 | language=ru}} In 2000, he earned a degree in [information management](/source/information_management) from [Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute](/source/Kharkiv_Polytechnic_Institute). Stets started his career in journalism in 1990 as a reporter for the [Chernivtsi](/source/Chernivtsi) Regional State Television and Radio Company. He them worked for various television channels, including [ICTV](/source/ICTV_(Ukraine)), a local Chernivtsi-based channel called TBA. He also work for public relations firms. Starting in 2002, Stets served as the chief producer for the [Channel 5](/source/Channel_5_(Ukraine)) television network, which is owned by Ukrainian president [Petro Poroshenko](/source/Petro_Poroshenko).Poroshenko became president of Ukraine in June 2014, following [an election in May of that year](/source/2014_Ukrainian_presidential_election). He was elected to the [Ukrainian parliament](/source/Ukrainian_parliament) on [23 November 2007](/source/2007_Ukrainian_parliamentary_election), and was a member of [Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defence Bloc](/source/Our_Ukraine%E2%80%93People's_Self-Defence_Bloc). He was elected again on [12 December 2012](/source/2012_Ukrainian_parliamentary_election), this time as a member of [Yulia Tymoshenko](/source/Yulia_Tymoshenko)'s [Fatherland party](/source/Fatherland_Party_(Ukraine)). During the tenure of former Ukrainian president [Viktor Yanukovych](/source/Viktor_Yanukovych), Stets was a member of the [united opposition](/source/All-Ukrainian_Union_%22Fatherland%22)'s political council. On 17 June 2013, Stets became head of Poroshenko's Solidarity party, which had not participated in elections since 2002.For more information on the status of "Solidarity", see [Petro Poroshenko Bloc](/source/Petro_Poroshenko_Bloc).[http://ukrainianweek.com/Politics/83457 United Twice], ''[The Ukrainian Week](/source/The_Ukrainian_Week)'' (2 July 2013) After the February [2014 Ukrainian revolution](/source/2014_Ukrainian_revolution), he served as the Director of Information Security for [National Guard of Ukraine](/source/National_Guard_of_Ukraine). During a 27 August 2014 party congress, Solidarity changed its name to "[Petro Poroshenko Bloc](/source/Petro_Poroshenko_Bloc)", and elected former [Internal Affairs Minister](/source/Ministry_of_Internal_Affairs_of_Ukraine) [Yuriy Lutsenko](/source/Yuriy_Lutsenko) as the new leader of the party.[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/220240.html Poroshenko wants coalition to be formed before parliamentary elections], [Interfax-Ukraine](/source/Interfax-Ukraine) (27 August 2014)
[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/220216.html Solidarity Party to be renamed Bloc of Petro Poroshenko – congress], [Interfax-Ukraine](/source/Interfax-Ukraine) (27 August 2014) In the [October 2014 parliamentary election](/source/2012_Ukrainian_parliamentary_election), Stets was re-elected to parliament as a member of [Petro Poroshenko Bloc](/source/Petro_Poroshenko_Bloc). He was appointed [Minister of Information Policy](/source/Ministry_of_Information_Policy_(Ukraine)) on 2 December 2014, vacating his seat in parliament to fill that post. At the time he vowed to resign one year later if he would successfully implement his policy. He at the time was considered a "close ally" of President Poroshenko.{{cite news | url=http://mashable.com/2014/12/02/ukraine-ministry-of-truth/ | title=Ukraine just created its own version of Orwell's 'Ministry of Truth' | work=Mashable | date=2 December 2014 | access-date=2 December 2014}} Stets resigned from the post of Minister of Information Policy on 8 December 2015.{{cite news | url=http://uatoday.tv/news/ukraine-s-unpopular-minister-of-information-policy-resigns-549974.html | title=Ukraine's unpopular minister of information policy resigns | work=Ukraine Today | date=8 December 2015 | access-date=8 December 2015}} He said that he did so because he felt he had "met all the targets". He withdrew this resignation on 4 February 2016, and continued in the post. On 31 May 2017 Stets wrote a letter of resignation citing health reasons and went on sick leave the same day. [Emine Dzhaparova](/source/Emine_Dzhaparova), the first deputy minister, became acting minister. Eventually Stets stayed on as Minister until on 29 August 2019 the [Honcharuk Government](/source/Honcharuk_Government) was installed. This government abolished the whole Ministry of Information Policy altogether. ==Family== Yuriy Stets is married to [Yana Konotop](/source/Yana_Konotop), a journalist and political commentator for [Channel 5](/source/Channel_5_(Ukraine)). They have two sons, Vladislav and Serhiy, and a daughter, Eva. An April 2013 article in the Ukrainian newspaper ''[Ukrayinska Pravda](/source/Ukrayinska_Pravda)'' showed the families of Petro Poroshenko and [Yuriy Lutsenko](/source/Yuriy_Lutsenko) attending the baptism of Stets' daughter Eva. Lutsenko became Eva's godfather, and [Maryna Poroshenko](/source/Maryna_Poroshenko) became her godmother.[http://tabloid.pravda.com.ua/photos/5165121a0601d/ Poroshenko, Lutsenko, and Stets established family relations] (photo, video). [Ukrayinska Pravda](/source/Ukrayinska_Pravda). 10 April 2014 ==Notes== {{Reflist|group=note}} ==References== {{reflist|25em}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stets, Yuriy}} Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:People from Chortkiv Category:Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute alumni Category:5 Kanal people Category:ICTV (Ukraine) people Category:Independent politicians in Ukraine Category:Petro Poroshenko Bloc politicians Category:Information ministers of Ukraine Category:Solidarity Party (Ukraine) politicians Category:Members of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Category:21st-century Ukrainian politicians Category:Recipients of the Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Yuriy Stets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuriy_Stets) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuriy_Stets?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.