Hennadiy Vasilyev (Ukrainian: Геннадій Андрійович Васильєв; born on 10 March 1953) is a People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th convocations, and a member of the Party of Regions faction in the parliament while staying formally unaffialiated.
Hennadiy Vasilyev was born in Donetsk. In 1976, he graduated from the Kharkiv Law Institute with a PhD in law. His father Andrei Antonovich was an engineer, and his mother Anna Omelyanovna was a nurse.
1976-1979 - trainee investigating officer in the prosecutor's office in the Leninsky district of Donetsk
1979-1981 - Executive assistant to prosecutor of the Leninsky district of Donetsk
January - May 1981 - Prosecutor of the Investigation Department, prosecutor-criminalist of the Donetsk regional Prosecutor's office
1981-1984 - Prosecutor of the Leninsky district of Donetsk
1984-1987 - Head of Investigation Department of the Prosecutor's office of Donetsk region
1987-1988 - Deputy Head of Investigation Department, Head of general supervision department of the USSR Prosecutor's Office
1988-1991 - Deputy Prosecutor of the Donetsk region
1991-1996, 1997-1998 - Prosecutor of the Donetsk region
1994-1998 - People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 2nd convocation. Member of the Committee on Law and Order. Member of the "Independent" group.
2002-2003 - First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
2003-2004 - General Prosecutor of Ukraine
2003-2005 - Member of the Crisis Center
Since January 2005 - Member of the Derzhava Party. Soon headed this political force.
Since 2007 - People's Deputy of Ukraine, member of Party of Regions fraction.
2010-2011 - Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration.
Honorary chairman of the public organization known as "Spadshchyna Monomakha" (Heritage of Monomakh)
Honored Lawyer of Ukraine, honored worker of Prosecutor's office of Ukraine
Vasilyev did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.
Hennadiy Vasilyev is married, and has a son and a daughter.
