Hanna Bondar

Hanna Viacheslavivna Bondar (; born 23 February 1975) is a Ukrainian architect and politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Ukraine's 220th electoral district. Prior to her election, she was acting chief architect of Kyiv and director of the Department of Urban Planning and Architecture of the Kyiv City State Administration from October 2015 to 4 April 2016.

Early life and education Hanna Bondar was born in a family of architects on 23 February 1975 in Kyiv. She graduated from school No. 25 in Kyiv. In 1997, Bondar graduated from the Faculty of Theory and History of Art of the National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture in Kyiv. In 2011, she graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of the Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture and received a bachelor's degree. In 2012, she graduated from the Lviv Polytechnic.

Bondar worked as an architect and advertiser. From 2011 to 2012, she headed the street space renovation department of the Institute of General Planning of Kyiv. From 2012 to 2015, she was the Head of the Urban Cadastre Service of the Department of Urban Planning and Architecture of the Kyiv City State Administration.

Bondar supervised architectural competitions. She curated the first festival of urban projects in Kyiv, "PRO misto," a competition of the memorial of the Heavenly Hundred "Territory of Dignity", reconstruction of the Square of Contracts. She won the election, gathering 37.2% of the vote.

In 2020, Bondar and Opposition Platform — For Life deputy Oleksandr Lukashev came to the High Anti-Corruption Court to plead for the former chief architect of Kyiv, Serhiy Tselovalynyk, who the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine accused of causing 9.3 million hryvnias of damage to Kyiv.

Controversies In 2014, Bondar submitted a paper declaration for 2014 to pass the inspection for the lustration in the Kyiv City State Administration department, she did not declare her car. Also, Bondar did not indicate that she or her family members own any real estate, although she wrote that she lives in a building on Petropavlivska Street in Kyiv. However, the electronic declaration for 2015 shows that Bondar has owned the car since 2009. Vitali Klitschko, mayor of Kyiv, later dismissed Vavrysh on suspicion of covering up corruption. "73 Strange Traps from the Life of the Architect Shchedrykov" feuilleton collection (CANactions, 2020, Kyiv) Translated from Russian by Artem Polezhaka.