Born May 25, 1957, Borshchivka, Lanovets district of Ternopil region
EDUCATION:
1974-1980 – Kyiv Engineering and Construction Institute, majoring in architecture
1996-2000 – Lviv National University. I. Franko, majoring in law
EMPLOYMENT:
04.1980-01.1983 – architect, structural engineer of the engineering and construction department of the All-Union Institute of Design and Engineering, Ternopil
01.1983-04.1990 – Chief of Design Bureau of Vatra Production Association, Ternopil
04.1990-04.1998 – Ternopil Mayor, Member of Ternopil Regional Council, Member of Regional Executive Committee
05.1998-01.2002 – First Deputy Executive Director of the Association of Ukrainian Cities
04.2000-11.2006 – Head of the Secretariat of the Union of Leaders of Local and Regional Authorities of Ukraine, Head of the Secretariat of the Ukrainian Association of Local and Regional Authorities
11.2006-03.2008 – Head of the Secretariat of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on State Construction, Regional Policy and Local Self-Government
03.2008-04.2010 – Deputy Minister of Mining and Construction
04.2010-06.2010 – Retired Deputy Minister
06.2010-01.2011 – Director of the Department of Regional Policy and Local Self-Government of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Secretariat
01.2011-03.2014 – First Deputy Director of the Department for Cooperation with the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and Regions, Head of the Expertise and Analysis Department for Territorial Development and Electoral Rights