Former Lviv regional council member Ivan Salo has passed away.

"The heart of Ivan Sal, a member of the first democratic convocation of the Lviv Regional Council and a distinguished journalist of Ukraine, has stopped," the Lviv Regional Council reported.

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Ivan Salo, a member of the Lviv Regional Council from the first democratic convocation, writer, and journalist, passed away at the age of 84. This was reported on Saturday, February 8, by the Lviv Regional Council.

“The heart of the deputy of the Lviv Regional Council from the first democratic convocation, Honored Journalist of Ukraine Ivan Salo, has stopped,” the Lviv Regional Council stated.

Ivan Salo was born in 1940 in Stare Selo in the Lviv region and worked as an associate professor at the Department of Ukrainian Press at the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. He led the Lviv Regional Football Federation (1989-1992) and the national law enforcement newspaper "Militsiyiskyi Kurier" (1995-2006). He was a member of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine.

The memorial service will take place on Sunday, February 9, at 18:00 at the military church of the Presentation of the Lord in Lviv (30 Kleparivska Street).