Position

• Chairman of the Court of Appeal of Kyiv.

On the free of charge ground

• Member of the High Council of Justice (appointed by Decree of the President of Ukraine, as a member of HCJ he took his oath at the plenary session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine 14.05.2004).

Place and Date of Birth

• Pashkivka, Kozelzshynsky district, Poltava region, February 23, 1951;

Education

• Faculty of Law, Odesa I.Mechnikov State University (1972–1977), speciality "Jurisprudence";

Scientific degrees and ranks

• Candidate of Law (1995)
  
• Assistant Professor (2002)

Awards

• Merited Lawyer of Ukraine (2003)

Previous Experience
1968 – 1969 – student, Odesa Auto-road – building technical college;
1969 – 1971 – military service
1971 – 1977 – student of preparatory course, student of Faculty of Law, Odesa I.Mechnikov State University;
1977– 1980 – people`s judge, Illichyovsky district people`s court, Odesa;
1980 – 2001– judge, Deputy Chairman of Odesa Regional Court;
2001 – 2003 – judge, Deputy Chairman of Appeal Court, Odesa region;
since 30.01.2003 – judge, Appeal Court of Kyiv;
since 12.02.2003 – Chairman of Appeal Court of Kyiv.