On the morning of 26 June in Warsaw, a member of the Board of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (Banderivites), Chairman of the OUN (b) from 2009 to 2022, prominent public and political figure, vice-president of the Anti-Imperial Block of Nations, Deputy President of the World Congress of Ukrainians, chairman of the commission on recognition of the Holodomor as genocide against the Ukrainian people, Head of the Union of Ukrainian Organizations of Australia
Born on 12 November 1955 in Melbourne, Australia.
His father Ilko Romaniv was from Ternopil (arrived in Australia in 1949), and his mother was German from Stuttgart.
Since childhood, he attended the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Melbourne, his native Ukrainian school, and was a member of the Ukrainian Youth Association. He graduated from the Pedagogical University in Melbourne and worked as a primary school teacher.
He was the Head of the SUM branch in Melbourne, the Regional Board of the SUM in Australia, and the head of the parish council of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Cathedral in Melbourne. He headed the Parliamentary Commission on Multiculturalism in the state of Victoria.
He worked as the executive director of the organization “Community Language in Australia”, responsible for teaching foreign languages and preserving cultures.
Long-time head of the Ukrainian community in Victoria, long-time head of the Ukrainian fraternal school, Head of the School Council and former Deputy Head of the World Board of the Ukrainian Youth Association.
From 2008 to 2018, Stefan Romaniv was the General Secretary, and on November 27, 2018, he was elected First Deputy President of the World Congress of Ukrainians.
Together with his wife Anastasia, he raised children Peter and Teresa.
He was awarded the state awards of Ukraine and Australia, in particular the orders of Yaroslav the Wise V degree (January 22, 2022), “For Merit” I degree (August 20, 2008), “For Merit” II degree (November 29, 2007), “For Merit” III degree ( August 17, 2006).
Saddened by the painful loss, we express our sincere condolences to his relatives and friends.
In Eternal memory!
OUN (b)
