Position
- Member of the High Council of Justice
On the free of charge ground
- Member of the High Council of Justice since 03.1998 (was elected to the HCJ for the 2nd 6-year term by the Congress of Representatives of Higher Legal Educational Establishments and Scientific Institutions 23.10.2003. As a member of HCJ she took her oath at the plenary session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine 24.03.1998);
- President of the Union of Advocates of Ukraine (1990 - 2006);
- Head of the High Qualification Commission of the Bar of Ukraine under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (1994 - 2004);
- President of the International Advocate Company "B.I.M.";
- Chairman of the Social-Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) (1998 - 2007);
- Member of the Coordinating Committee on Combating Corruption and Organized Crime under the President of Ukraine (1994 - 1999);
- Member of the Council of Employers and Manufacturers under the President of Ukraine (1995 - 2000);
- Adviser to the President of Ukraine on Tax Policy Issues (1996 - 2000);
- Member of the Coordinating Council on Legal Reform under the President of Ukraine (1997 - 2000);
- Member of the Supreme Economic Council under the President of Ukraine (1997 - 2004);
- Deputy Chairman of the Coordinating Council on Internal Policy Issues (1998 - 2004);
- Chairman of the National Council on Youth Policy Issues under the President of Ukraine (1999 - 2004);
- Member of the State Commission on Administrative Reform in Ukraine (1997 - 2001);
Member of the Coordinating Council on Local Self-government Issues (1998 - 2000);
Chairman of the Commission on State Awards and Heraldry (2002 - 2005);
Member of the Council of National Security and Defense of Ukraine (2002 - 2005);
Place and Date of Birth
- August 7, 1954; Pochet, Abanskiy district, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia.
Education
- Kyiv Taras Shevchenko State University (1972 - 1978), speciality "Jurisprudence"
Scientific degrees and ranks
- Doctor of Law (1997);
- Academician, Academy of Law of Ukraine (2000);
- Academician, International Slavic Academy of Science (1998);
- Acting member, Academy of Economics of Ukraine (1998);
- Professor (2001)
Awards
- Merited Lawyer of Ukraine (1992);
- "Order for Merits", all three grades (1996, 1998, 2000);
- The Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, the 5-th grade (2004)
Previous Experience
1978 - 1989 - advocate, District Juridical Consulting, Shevchenkivskiy district, Kyiv City Bar;
1989 - 1991 - chief of the District Juridical Consulting, Shevchenkivskiy district, Kyiv City Bar;
1990 - 1991 - member of the board, Union of Advocates of USSR (representative of Ukraine);
1990 - 2006 - President of the Union of Advocates of Ukraine, reelected three times for this position;
1997 - 1998 - National Deputy of Ukraine, 2nd convocation, elected by Irshavskyy constituency ь 171, member of the Committee on Law and Order;
1998 - 2000 - National Deputy of Ukraine, 3d convocation, elected by constituency ь 73 (center - the city of Irshava);
1998 - 2000 - Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine;
2000 - 2001 - First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine;
2001 - 2002 - National Deputy of Ukraine, 4th convocation, elected by multi-mandate state-general constituency as member of "the SDPU(u)";
12.06.2002 - 21.01.2005 - Head of the Administration of the President of Ukraine;
2005 - 27.07.2007 - Chairman of the Social-Democratic Party of Ukraine (united).
