Ihor Bondarenko

Ihor Samiylovych Bondarenko (; born 20 November 1964 ) is a Ukrainian entrepreneur and politician. He is the former Governor of Zakarpattia Oblast.

Biography Bondarenk was born on 20 November 1964 into a family of employees in the village of Vorobyove, which was located in the Crimean Oblast of the Ukrainian SSR at the time of his birth. In 1982, he graduated from Secondary School No. 13 in Yevpatoria. In 2005 he graduated from the National Academy of State Administration, and began working as an assistant consultant to the People's Deputy of Ukraine Mykola Onishchuk. At the time, he was no. 93 on the party list.

From 2008 to 2010, Bondarenko headed the Administrative Department of the Ministry of Justice. He graduated from the National Academy of Internal Affairs (2012). PhD in Public Administration (2010). From 5 July to 26 December 2019 he was Governor of Zakarpattia Oblast, but was dismissed by Volodymyr Zelensky for a "lack of results".