On May 16, a meeting of the head of the party All-Ukrainian Union "Svoboda" Oleh Tyahnybok with the public of the city took place in Lutsk. About 250 people were present at the meeting, which was held in the assembly hall of the House of Technology. The main, not publicly disclosed purpose of the meeting was to present in Volyn to the general public the new name of the Social-National Party of Ukraine (SNPU) — All-Ukrainian Union "Svoboda", which the party received in February of this year. Thus, Oleh Tyahnybok told those present about the main program goals of the party and the ways to achieve them in modern Ukrainian society. He also spoke in favor of supporting Viktor Yushchenko in the presidential elections, but noted that the decision to support one or another candidate must be approved by the party congress. Reference: Tyahnybok Oleh Yaroslavovych was born on November 7, 1968, in Lviv, in a family of medical workers. Education — higher. In 1993, he graduated from the medical faculty of the Lviv State Medical Institute. In 1999, he defended a law diploma at Lviv State University named after I. Franko. He was a member of the branches of the Society of the Ukrainian Language, Rukh, one of the founders of the Student Brotherhood of the Lviv Medical Institute, which he headed in March 1990. Chairman of the Student Brotherhood of the city of Lviv (1991-1994). Participant and one of the leaders of the student hunger strikes of 1990 and 1992 in Kyiv. Deputy of the Lviv Regional Council of the 2nd convocation (1994-1998). People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 3rd (1998-2002) and 4th (from 2002) convocations. Member of the Committee on Budget Issues of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. President of the Federation of Ukrainian Combat Hopak. Member of the SNPU since 1991. Chairman of the Lviv Regional Organization (1995-1998), Chairman of the Kyiv City Organization (1998-2003), member of the Committee of Authorized Representatives (from 1995-2004). In February 2004, at the 9th congress, after the renaming of the SNPU into the All-Ukrainian Union "Svoboda", he was elected chairman of the party. Married. Together with his wife Olha, they are raising three children.