Name Viktor Bondar Preceded by Nadiya Deyeva Role Politician | Succeeded by Semen Krol (acting) Political party Revival Spouse(s) Alla Bondar Residence Ukraine | |
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Preceded by Yevhen Alfredovych Chervonenko Succeeded by Mykola Mykolayovych Rudkovsky Education Kyiv Polytechnic Institute Similar People Viktor Baloha, Vitaly Barvinenko, Volodymyr Parasyuk | ||
Viktor Vasylyovych Bondar (Ukrainian: Ві́ктор Васи́льович Бо́ндар; Russian: Виктор Васильевич Бондарь, Viktor Vasilevich Bondar [ˈviktor vɐˈsʲilʲjovʲɪtɕ bondar]) is Ukrainian politician, member of Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) of the 7th and 8th convocations, Minister of Transport and Communication of Ukraine (2005–2006) and Head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration (2007–2010).
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Since 5 June 2015 Bondar is party chairman of the party "Revival".
Biography
Viktor Bondar was born on November 5, 1975 in Dashkivtsi, Vinkivtsi Raion, Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union.
In 1997 graduated from the Yaroslav the Wise Law Academy of Ukraine, majoring in legal science.
In 2004 graduated from Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, majoring in information management system and technologies (computer system analysis).
Had academic degree (candidate) of juridical sciences (Doctor of Law).
On March 17, 2011 he is appointed Director of Organization and Management Department under the State Customs Service of Ukraine. [2]
In 2012 he was elected into Ukrainian parliament Verkhovna Rada as an independent candidate after winning a constituency in Khmelnytsky Oblast. In parliament he joined the Party of Regions faction.
On February 19, 2014 Vikor Bondar left the Party of Regions faction. He stated that make his decision after The Security Service of Ukraine in Khmelnytsky Oblast fired guns at Euromaidan protesters. After leaving Viktor Bondar together with other members of parliament founded new parliament faction Sovereign European Ukraine.
In the October 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. In parliament he joined the parliamentary group Revival. During the 5 June 2015 party congress of the party "Revival" it was decided that this faction is the parliamentary wing of the Revival party. Bondar was elected Revival party chairman.
Criminal record
In March 2010, Viktor Bondar was charged with accessory in crime regarding deliberate destruction of the uncompleted Teremky Bus Terminal (Kyiv). According to the case materials, these actions caused the state over five and a half million hryvnias of damages. Viktor Bondar, who had criticized the team of Viktor Yanukovych before the second round of the elections, was charged with causing damages to the state, as based on the documents he had signed jointly with other officials in 2006, while holding the position of the Minister of Transport and Communication. This refers to the documents signed by Viktor Bondar permitting a 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. 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 being a consistent supporter 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, organized an address to the President and subsequent dismissal of eight district heads in Dnipropetrovsk region, with abstractive 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.
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 was: Victor Bondar got 25.4% (22'449 votes) what was by 4,66% (4117 votes) more that his opponent got.
Awards
Private life
Viktor Bondar has three sons and a daughter. Divorced.
He collects photographs of unusual or funny monuments from all over the world, as well as their miniature figurines. Also he is interested in IT technologies.