Vladyslav Kaskiv

Vladyslav Volodymyrovych Kaskiv (; born 1 December 1973) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician currently serving as a member of the Zakarpattia Oblast Council from the proportional list of Opposition Platform — For Life since 2020. He previously served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from the proportional list of Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc from 2007 to 2012, and helped to organise the 2004 Orange Revolution.

Early life, education and activism Kaskiv was born on 1 December 1973 in the city of Melnytsia-Podilska, in Ukraine's western Ternopil Oblast.

Education In 1990-1991, he studied at the Junior College of Fedkovych State University in Chernivtsi. In 1991, he enrolled in the History Department at the same university. Starting in 2004, he continued his studies at the History Department of Dragomanov National Pedagogical University, and in 2006, he received a specialist degree.

From 2007 to 2010, he studied at the Faculty of Senior Management, majoring in "Social Development Management," at the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine. In February 2010, he defended his master’s thesis on "Principles and Stages of Reform in the Field of Public Administration" and received a master's degree in Social Development Management.

Since 1994 he has been known for his social and political activity in Ukraine. He has acted as an advisor to the Minister of Economy, advisor to the President, World Bank contact group member in 2001 and was a coordinator of PORA's civic campaign, which played the key role in organizing the Orange Revolution.

In the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election Kaskiv was elected as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from the proportional list of the Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc During his tenure, he was an adviser to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on foreign investment. on appointment by President Viktor Yanukovych. and served as head of Ozario, an Austrian investment company.

In the 2020 Ukrainian local elections Kaskiv was elected member of the Zakarpattia Oblast Council for Opposition Platform — For Life (he was number six on its election list).

Embezzlement scandal Kaskiv was involved in an embezzlement scandal, centred around his time as director of the Ukraine State Investment Agency between 2010 and 2014.

He was arrested in Panama and extradited in order to stand trial in 2017. On November 1, 2017, he returned to Ukraine from Panama after submitting a request for voluntary extradition. Daughter Khrystyna (born 2008)