Volodymyr Bondar

Volodymyr Nalkovych Bondar (; born 16 October 1968, Lutsk, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian political activist and later politician. Bondar served as a member of the Verkhovna Rada from 2002 to 2005 after taking on various offices at the Volyn Oblast State Administration, and after leading the rada he served as Governor of Volyn Oblast from 2005 to 2007.

Early life Bondar was born on 16 October 1968 in the city of Lutsk, which was then part of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union. After studying at Vocational School No. 9 in Lutsk, he initially entered the workforce as a locksmith at the Lutsk State Bearing Plant No. 28 and also completed his mandatory service in the Soviet Army. In 2005-2007 he served as a Governor of Volyn Oblast. After served as head of the administration, he served as an adviser to Yushchenko and as a chief consultant of the Main Service for Organizaitonal Support of the Seretariat. In November 2016 he was appointed Deputy Head of the State Agency of Forest Resources, a position that ended in 2019.