Valeriya Novodvorskaya

Valeriya Novodvorskaya
Валерия Новодворская
Novodvorskaya in 2009
1st Chairman of the Democratic Union
In office
8 May 1988 – 12 July 2014
Preceded byPosition created
Personal details
BornValeriya Ilyinichna Novodvorskaya
(1950-05-17)17 May 1950
Died12 July 2014(2014-07-12) (aged 64)
Cause of deathToxic shock syndrome
PartyDemocratic Union
Alma materMoscow Region State University
OccupationJournalist
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Valeriya Ilyinichna Novodvorskaya (Russian: Вале́рия Ильи́нична Новодво́рская; 17 May 1950 – 12 July 2014) was a Russian and Soviet dissident, writer and liberal politician. She was the founder and the chairwoman of the Democratic Union party and a member of the editorial board of The New Times.