Vitaly Bort

Vitaliy Bort (; born 1 September 1972) is a former People's Deputy of Ukraine and a member of the Party of Regions (since May 2006).

Biography

Vitaliy Petrovych Bort was born on 1 September 1972 in Donetsk, which was then part of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union. In 1994, Bort graduated from Donetsk Polytechnic University (Horlivka branch) in the faculty of the Construction of Roads and Bridges.

Career From 1995 to 2000 he was a commercial agent for Donetskelectrotorg LLC. Additionally, he has served as part of the parliamentary group on relations with Norway, Russia, Pakistan, and Kazakhstan.

In the 2014 parliamentary election, Bort sought re-election to parliament for a constituency seat in Makiyivka; this time as a non-partisan candidate. During the start of Euromaidan, he called the events "lawlessness". At that time, the constituency was held by pro-Russian insurgents during the War in Donbass and the elections did not take place.