Viktor Bondar

Viktor Vasylyovych Bondar Віктор Васильович Бондар
Party chairman of the party "Revival".[1], head of the parliamentary group of party "Revival". Former Minister of Transport and Communication of Ukraine
In office 28 September 2005 – 4 August 2006
President	Viktor Yushchenko
Preceded by	Yevhen Chervonenko
Succeeded by	Mykola Rudkovsky
Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
In office 10 December 2007 – 4 February 2010
Preceded by	Nadiya Deyeva
Succeeded by	Semen Krol (acting)
People's Deputy of Ukraine
7th convocation
In office 15 December 2012[2] – 2014
Constituency	Non-partisan, 191st electoral district
8th convocation
In office June 2014 – present
Constituency	Non-partisan, 191st electoral district
Personal details
Born	(1975-11-05) November 5, 1975 Leningrad, Soviet Union
Political party	Revival[1] (since June 2015,[1] before Non-partisan)
Relations	divorced
Children	Nikita (2001) Daria (2005) Maxim (2008) Kirill (2010)
Residence	Ukraine

Viktor Vasylyovych Bondar (Ukrainian: Ві́ктор Васи́льович Бо́ндар; Russian: Виктор Васильевич Бондарь, Viktor Vasilevich Bondar pronounced [ˈviktor vɐˈsʲilʲjovʲɪtɕ bondar]) is a Ukrainian politician, a member of Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) of the 7th and 8th convocations, the Minister of Transport and Communication of Ukraine (2005–2006), and the Head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration (2007–2010).

Since June 5th, 2015, Victor Bondar has been the chairman of the political party Revival.^[1] On September 5th, 2017, he became the head of the parliamentary group of the Revival party.

Biography

Viktor Bondar was born on November 5, 1975, in Dashkivtsi, Vinkivtsi Raion, Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. In 1997, he graduated from the Yaroslav the Wise Law Academy of Ukraine, majoring in legal science. In 2004, he graduated from Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, majoring in information management system and technologies (computer system analysis).

He received an academic degree (candidate) of juridical sciences (Doctor of Law).

• In 1993–1996, he founded and managed the legal firm Stalker, along with a partner.
• In 1996–1997, legal advisor of the President of Sigma Financial and Industrial Group JSC (Kharkiv).
• In 1997–1999, Deputy Director of the European Development Fund LLC (Kharkiv).
• In 1999–2000, Chairman of the Board of Donetsk Meat Processing Plant OJSC.
• From July to September 2000, Vice-President of Ukrainian Communications LLC (Kyiv).
• In 2000–2005, Head of the Information Resources Center under the Internal Policy Department, Deputy Director of the Department of Communications with Verkhovna Rada (parliament) of Ukraine, Head of Administrator of Information Resources and Technologies Development Strategy under the Secretary of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

Working meeting at the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Administration, 2009

• From June to September 2005, he acted as the First Deputy Minister of Transport and Communication of Ukraine.^[3]
• From 28 September 2005 to 4 August 2006, he was Minister of Transport and Communication of Ukraine in the Yekhanurov Government.
• From September 2006 to September 2007 Deputy of Viktor Baloha, Head of the Secretariat of the President of Ukraine; in charge of regional and personnel policy.
• From September to December 2007, acting Head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Administration.
• From December 2007 to February 4, 2010, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Administration.^[4] In 2007, 32-year Viktor Bondar was the 161st most influential Ukrainian according to national newsweekly Focus.^[5] Before dismissal from this office, deputies of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council expressed distrust to Viktor Bondar. He openly declared his support to the Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko during the campaign for the presidency, while the majority of votes at the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council were held by the Party of Regions, whose leader Viktor Yanukovych was her rival^[6][7]
• From May 2010 to March 15, 2011, Deputy of Ihor Kaletnyk, Chief of the State Customs Service of Ukraine.

On March 17, 2011, he was appointed Director of the Organization and Management Department under the State Customs Service of Ukraine. [2] After winning a constituency in Khmelnytsky Oblast^[8][9][10] in 2012 he was elected into the Ukrainian parliament Verkhovna Rada as an independent candidate. Once in parliament, he joined the Party of Regions faction.^[11][12] On February 19, 2014, Vikor Bondar left the Party of Regions faction.^[13] He stated he made his decision after The Security Service of Ukraine in Khmelnytsky Oblast fired guns at Euromaidan protesters.^[14] After retiring, Viktor Bondar with other members of parliament founded a new parliament faction Sovereign European Ukraine.^[15] In October of 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Bondar was re-elected into the Ukrainian parliament as a non-partisan after winning a single-member districts seat in Starokostiantyniv with 18.61% of the votes.^[16] Within parliament, he joined the parliamentary group Revival.^[1] On June 5th, 2015, it was decided that this faction, group of the party "Revival," would be the parliamentary wing of the Revival party.^[1] Bondar was elected Revival party chairman.^[1] In September 2017, Victor Bondar became the head of the parliamentary group of the party "Revival" in the Parliament of Ukraine.

Legislation activity

Criminal record

In March 2010, Viktor Bondar was charged as an accessory to a crime regarding the deliberate destruction of the uncompleted Teremky Bus Terminal (Kyiv).^[17] According to case materials, these actions caused the state over five and a half million hryvnias in damage. Bondar, who had criticized the team of Viktor Yanukovych before the second round of the elections, was charged with causing damages to the state, based on the documents he had signed jointly with other officials in 2006 while he was Minister of Transport and Communication. These documents permitted shopping mall construction in place of the waste ground. In 2011, the State Prosecutor's Office established that back in 1975 а set of posts with the total value of UAH5mln had been dug in at the site, and destruction of those posts was classified by the Prosecutor's Office as damage to the state and the basis for the charges pressed against Viktor Bondar.^[18] In 2011 the criminal case in relation to Viktor Bondar was terminated due to the absence of elements of a crime in his actions.

Political views

Viktor Bondar repeatedly declared his consistent support of Viktor Yushchenko. He was a managing member of Our Ukraine. During the campaign of 2007, he assisted leaders of Dnipropetrovsk branch of the People's Union "Our Ukraine" (as the then Governor of the region) by providing them with material and technical resources for early elections to the parliament. Viktor Bondar was dissatisfied with the outcomes of the campaign in the region, where the party headed by Viktor Yushchenko has traditionally never been very popular. Two days after the elections, along with other organizational conclusions regarding the officials involved, he organized an address to the President and subsequent dismissal of eight district heads in Dnipropetrovsk region, with abstract wording.

From July 2008 to April 2009 — deputy leader of United Centre, initiated by Viktor Baloha, Head of Administration of the President of Ukraine. Having arranged the funding for the branch in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, as a result of conflicting views as to the role of the Party in the presidential campaign, voluntarily withdrew from its members and publicly declared his intention to avoid future membership in any party.

Since April 2009, Viktor Bondar has no party affiliation.^[19]

In May 2012 Viktor Bondar quit his job as a Director of Organization and Management Department under the State Customs Service of Ukraine and started active election campaign in the 191st district. His main opponent was a candidate from the Party of Regions, the head of Khmelnytskyi administration Mykola Derikot. The voting results were as follows: Victor Bondar got 25.4% (22'449 votes) which was 4.66% (4117 votes) more than his opponent.^[20]

Awards

• 3rd Degree Ukrainian Order of Merits.
• Cross of Officer of the Order for Merits to Lithuania.
• Honorary Certificates from the Government of Ukraine.

Private life

Viktor Bondar has three sons a daughter and is divorced.

He collects photographs of unusual or funny monuments from all over the world, as well as their miniature figurines. He is also interested in IT technologies.

References and notes

External links

• Viktor Bondar biography at the site of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Administration
• Dnipropetrovsk Regional Administration YouTube channel with Viktor Bondar Interviews (in Ukrainian and Russian)