Yuriy Mykolayovych Bereza (Ukrainian: Юрій Миколайович Береза; born 8 February 1970)^[1] is a Ukrainian politician and the commander of the Dnipro Battalion.^[2][3] Representing People's Front, he was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.^[1] In the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Bereza was not re-elected.^[4] As an independent candidate in constituency 24 (in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast) he gained 7.55% of the vote and lost the election to Dmytro Kysylevskyi of the party Servant of the People (who won with 59.36% of the votes)^[5][6]

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Yuriy Bereza
Юрій Береза
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office 27 November 2014 – 24 July 2019
Constituency	People's Front, No. 10
Personal details
Born	(1970-02-08) 8 February 1970 (age 54) Saksahan, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Political party	People's Front
Alma mater	Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Military service
Allegiance	Ukraine
Branch/service	Dnipro-1 Regiment
Years of service	1992-2003, 2014
Rank	Major

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In 2018 he was involved in a parliamentary brawl, ultimately punching Nestor Shufrych, after a member accused another of being 'Putin's agent' using a poster. ^[7]

• In September 2014, he was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class.^[8]