Valeriy Asadchev

Valeriy Asadchev was born on 14 July 1953, in Kyiv. In 1977, he graduated from the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute as a technological engineer and from the Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music as a choir conductor.^[1] He attained another degree from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in 2003.^[2]

Asadchev was first elected to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) in the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election, when he was elected as the 37th candidate on the proportional-representative list of the People's Movement of Ukraine. Following a split in the party, he joined the Ukrainian People's Party. He was chairman of the Subcommittee on the Budget of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.^[3] During this time, he was among those who expressed opposition to the privatisation of land, arguing that "We cannot allow a dozen latifundists to be formed in Ukraine, and for the entire nation to become farm servants."^[4]

In the 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election Asadchev was re-elected, this time from the 220th electoral district in Kyiv. He was elected as a member of the Our Ukraine Bloc, though he retained his membership in the Ukrainian People's Party. Within the Verkhovna Rada he was deputy chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Budget Committee.^[3]

On 26 May 2006, President Viktor Yushchenko appointed Asadchev as the head of the Poltava Regional State Administration.^[5] At the time, he was a member of the Ukrainian People's Party. He held the post until 26 March 2010.^[6]