Yaroslav Stetsko
Ukrainian politician and leader of the OUN-B (1912–1986) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yaroslav Semenovych Stetsko (Ukrainian: Ярослав Семенович Стецько; 19 January 1912 – 5 July 1986) was a Ukrainian politician, writer and ideologist who served as the leader of Stepan Bandera's faction of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, the OUN-B, from 1941 until his death. During the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, he was named the temporary head of an independent Ukrainian government which was declared in the act of restoration of the Ukrainian state. During 1942-1944 was imprisoned in Sachsenhausen concentration camp. After the WW2, Stetsko was the head of the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations until his death in 1986.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Semenovych and the family name is Stetsko.
Quick Facts Leader of the OUN-B, Preceded by ...
Yaroslav Stetsko | |
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Ярослав Стецько | |
Leader of the OUN-B | |
In office 1968–1986 | |
Preceded by | Stepan Lenkavskyi |
Succeeded by | Vasyl Oleskiv |
Prime Minister of the Ukrainian National Government | |
In office 30 June 1941 – 12 July 1941 | |
Preceded by | Government established |
Succeeded by | Government disestablished |
Chairman of the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations | |
In office 1945/1946–July 5, 1986 | |
Preceded by | Alfred Rosenberg (unofficial, until 1944) |
Succeeded by | Slava Stetsko |
Personal details | |
Born | (1912-01-19)19 January 1912 Tarnopol, Austria-Hungary (now Ternopil, Ukraine) |
Died | 5 July 1986(1986-07-05) (aged 74) Munich, West Germany |
Political party | OUN-B |
Spouse | Slava Stetsko |
Occupation | Politician |
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