Pavlo Matviienko

Pavlo Volodymyrovych Matvienko (; born 6 August 1973) is a Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur who is the chairman of the All-Ukrainian Union "Democrats" since March 2001, and a member of the 4th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada from 2002 to 2006.

Early years Matvienko Pavlo Volodymyrovych was born on 6 August 1973, in Dnipropetrovsk in the family of a financier, Ukrainian.

Father Matvienko Volodymyr (1938) — at that time held the position of manager of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Office of the Budbank of the USSR, mother Matviienko Halyna (1941).

He graduated from secondary school No. 125 in Kyiv, where the family moved permanently in 1979. During his studies, he was actively involved in sports, paying great attention to self-development and self-improvement.

Inspired by the example of his father, who in 1991 was appointed chairman of the Board of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), and later became the founder and chairman of the board of Prominvestbank PJSC, decided to connect his life with the economic sphere.

Education In 1995, he graduated from the Faculty of international economic relations of the Kyiv state economic University, now KNEU named after V. Hetman, with a degree in economics with knowledge of a foreign language.

In parallel with studying at KSEU, in 1992-1994 he studied with an in-depth study of professional disciplines at Thames Valley University European and International Studies in the UK ("TVU" London).

In 2004, on the basis of KNEU named after V. Hetman, he defended his PhD thesis on the topic Development of monetary relations in the transformational economy of Ukraine, received the degree of candidate of Economic Sciences in the specialty "Finance, money circulation and loans".

In 2012, he received a bachelor's degree in law, graduating from the Private Higher Education Institution "European University". He is fluent in Ukrainian, English and Russian.

Banking He started his career in 1994 as an economist in the International Department of Prominvestbank PJSC.

In 1996, he held the positions of chief economist and head of the International Information and Correspondent Relations Department of the Department of international relations, methodology and statistics of the International Department of Prominvestbank PJSC.

In 1997, he was appointed deputy chairman of the management board of National Credit JSCB.

From 1998 to 2002, he was chairman of the Management Board of National Credit JSCB. In the period from 2006 to 2008, after completing his parliamentary powers, he was appointed chairman of the Supervisory Board of National Credit JSCB.

Political career In March 1998 he became a candidate for people's Deputies of Ukraine from the party of National Economic Development Party of Ukraine, No. 49 on the list. At the time of the election: member of the National Economic Development Party of Ukraine, Deputy Chairman of the management board of "National Credit" JSCB (Kyiv).

During 2002-2006, about 5 million hryvnias were allocated to help institutions and individual segments of the population, and more than 20 socially significant infrastructure facilities were built in the district.

Personal life Matvienko's father is Volodymyr Matvienko (born 1938), is a prominent figure in Ukrainian politics, entrepreneurship, artistry, and philanthropy. His wife, Nataliia Matvienko (born 1975), works at Prominvestbank of Ukraine, and together they have two children: Halyna (born 1997) and Volodymyr (born 1998). They have been married since 1996.