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Pavlo Petrenko
Павло Петренко
Petrenko in 16 November 2018
14th Minister of Justice of Ukraine
In office
27 February 2014 – 29 August 2019
Prime MinisterArseniy Yatsenyuk
Volodymyr Groysman[1]
Preceded byOlena Lukash
Succeeded byDenys Maliuska
Personal details
Born (1979-07-17) 17 July 1979 (age 45)
Chernivtsi, Ukrainian SSR
Political partyPeople's Front
Other political
affiliations
Front for Change
Batkivshchyna
Alma materChernivtsi University

Pavlo Dmitrovich Petrenko (Template:Lang-uk) is Ukrainian politician, jurist, lawyer.

MP of Ukraine 7th convocation. Minister of Justice of Ukraine[2] from 27 February 2014 until 29 August 2019.

Education

After secondary education, he entered the law faculty of Chernivtsi National University, handicrafts, graduating with honors in 2001 and was educated in the specialty "Jurisprudence". Has the educational qualification of Master of Laws degree.

In 2004 he received the diploma of the Ukrainian Academy of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine in "Management".

In 2014 he received a Candidate of Sciences degree in juridical sciences.

Career

Work began legal counsel for private law firms, and in December 2001 became General Counsel of State Savings Bank of Ukraine, where he continued to work until 2005 in senior positions in the department of legal support.

From 2006 to 2010, engaged in the practice of law.[citation needed]

Since 2009 he has been a member of the political party "Front of Changes", was a bureau of the party and led the legal department.[citation needed]

In November 2010 he was elected a deputy of the Kyiv Regional Council, member of the standing committee on law and order and fighting corruption.[citation needed]

In the parliamentary elections in December 2012 has held the position of Head of Legal Department of the United Opposition "Batkivshchyna". From 12 December 2012 – Deputy of Ukraine of the 7th convocation of the party "Batkivshchyna", № 52 on the list. Secretary of the Parliamentary Committee on the rule of law and justice.[citation needed]

15 June 2013, after the unification of the "Front of Changes" and the "Batkivshchyna" was chosen as one of the deputy leader of the "Batkivshchyna".[citation needed]

In September 2014 Petrenko became a founding member of his new party People's Front.[3]

Petrenko took part in the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election with the party Ukrainian Strategy.[4] But in the election they won 2.41% of the votes, less than half if the 5% election threshold, and thus no parliamentary seats.[5]

References

  1. ^ New Cabinet formed in Ukraine, UNIAN (14 April 2016)
  2. ^ Nee, Patrick W. Key Facts on Ukraine: Ukraine, facts, Kiev, government, business, economy, travel. The Internationalist. p. 14. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  3. ^ Yatseniuk elected head of political council of People's Front Party Archived 2 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Demotix (9 September 2014)
  4. ^ "Groysman presents his party team to run for parliament. Photos".
  5. ^ CEC counts 100 percent of vote in Ukraine's parliamentary elections, Ukrinform (26 July 2019)
    (in Russian) Results of the extraordinary elections of the People's Deputies of Ukraine 2019, Ukrayinska Pravda (21 July 2019)