Ihor Bondarenko

Bondarenk was born on 20 November 1964 into a family of employees in the village of Vorobyove, which was located in the Crimean Oblast of the Ukrainian SSR at the time of his birth.^[6] In 1982, he graduated from Secondary School No. 13 in Yevpatoria.^[6] In 1986, he graduated from Simferopol Higher Military-Political Construction School.^[6] Afterwards, he entered the military for the Soviet Army, serving within military Unit 93408 in Mukachevo.^[6] He was then transferred to be an officer in military Unit 11326 which was also based in Mukachevo. In 1992, he retired from military service.^[6]

In 2002, he returned to service but in the political sphere, serving as First Deputy Head of the Mukachevo Raion State Administration (and briefly in 2003 as its Deputy Head).^[7] In 2005 he graduated from the National Academy of State Administration, and began working as a assistant consultant to the People's Deputy of Ukraine Mykola Onishchuk.^[7]

In the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, he unsuccessfully ran for the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) for Election Bloc Liudmyla Suprun – Ukrainian Regional Asset.^[8][9] At the time, he was no. 93 on the party list.^[6]

From 2008 to 2010, Bondarenko headed the Administrative Department of the Ministry of Justice.^[7] He graduated from the National Academy of Internal Affairs (2012). PhD in Public Administration (2010).^[2] From 5 July to 26 December 2019 he was Governor of Zakarpattia Oblast, but was dismissed by Volodymyr Zelensky for a "lack of results".^[6]

• Ihor Bondarenko on Facebook
• "President promised turbulent times for smugglers and those who "cover" them in Zakarpattia region". Office of the President of Ukraine. July 6, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2020.