Ihor Myronovych Yeremeyev (, 3 April 1968 – 12 August 2015) was a Ukrainian politician, People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 4th, 7th and 8th convocation (non-partisan, Chairman of the Deputy Group "People's Will"). He was co-owner of the Ukrainian fuel station network WOG.Ігор Єремеєв і ще 5 бізнесменів, які раптово відійшли від справ. Як тимчасова непрацездатність олігарха позначиться на його політичній кар'єрі та бізнесі 27 ЛИПНЯ 2015, 18:30 forbes
Biography He was born in 1968 in Ostrozhets, Mlyniv Raion, Rivne Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union.
In 1992, uniting the group of comrades from his institute, created a private enterprise "Continuum" in his native village and became its director.
In 2002, he was elected to the Verkhovna Rada after winning a single-member districts seat as a member of the Agrarian Party of Ukraine in Manevychi./(website has automatic Google Translate option) Short bio, LIGA In December 2010, he ranked 41st on the Kyiv Post'''s list of the richest people in Ukraine. In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election and 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, he was elected back into parliament as a non-partisan candidate again after winning the single-member districts seat of Manevychi. He was the founder and head of the parliamentary group People's Will since its foundation on 27 February 2014 (until 27 November 2014 this group was called Sovereign European Ukraine). In the Council, a new group of 37 MPs, Ukrayinska Pravda (27 Febrero 2014) Yeremeyev: independent group formed "Sovereign European Ukraine" , TVi (channel) (27 February 2014) In Parliament created a faction, Ukrayinska Pravda (27 November 2014)
In January 2014, during the voting for the so-called "dictatorial laws", his vote was counted as "for", but within a week he submitted an application with a request to consider the result of his vote "did not vote" and by participating in the preparation of a bill to repeal the said laws.Голосування народного депутата України 7-го скликання за вибраний період з 16.01.2014 по 16.01.2014Позафракційні депутати, що "голосували" за "закони чорного четверга" тепер хочуть їх скасувати
On 26 July 2015, he received a head injury during a horse-riding accident in Lutsk, Ukraine.MP Yeremeyev who fell from horse taken to European hospital - press service, Interfax-Ukraine(29 July 2015) He died on 12 August 2015 while in a coma in a hospital in Zürich, Switzerland afterwards.Смерть Еремеева подтвердила его жена: решают, где похоронят нардепаПрес-служба підтвердила смерть Єремеєва He was survived by wife Tetyana and his children, Sofia and Roman. In 2023 they were removed from the list of WOG shareholders and the trio claimed (in Forbes Ukraine'') they had not been able to receive their inheritance.
See also List of members of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine who died in office
References
External links Official website of Ihor Yeremeyev