Ivan Drach

Who is Ivan Drach?

Ivan Drach is a Ukrainian poet, screenwriter, literary critic, politician dissident, and political activist.

Drach played an important role in the founding of Rukh – the People's Movement of Ukraine – and led the organisation from 1989 to 1992. Drach has promoted the use of the Ukrainian language in Ukraine and whilst serving as the Ukraine's minister of communication proposed wide-ranging measures including setting quotas for Ukrainian-language broadcasts and tax breaks for Ukrainian publishing. Drach's other positions have included the chairmanship of the Ukrainian Intelligentsia Congress and heading the Writers' Union. In 2006 Drach was awarded the title Hero of Ukraine.