Hennadii Vasilyev

Hennadiy Vasilyev (; born 10 March 1953) is a People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th and 7th convocations. He is a member of the Party of Regions faction in the parliament while remaining formally unaffiliated.

Biography

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, Hanna Omelyanivna was a nurse.

Career

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 (June 1997).

Vasilyev did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.

Family

Hennadiy Vasilyev is married, and has a son and a daughter.