Yurii Pavlenko

Ukrainian politician

In office
23 November 2007 – 19 December 2007ConstituencyOur Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc, No. 7In office
25 May 2006 – 12 September 2006ConstituencyOur Ukraine Bloc, No. 22In office
14 May 2002 – 3 March 2005ConstituencyOur Ukraine Bloc, No. 40Minister of Family, Youth, and SportsIn office
19 December 2007 – 11 March 2010Prime MinisterYulia TymoshenkoPreceded byViktor KorzhSucceeded byRavil SafiullinIn office
26 February 2005 – 29 November 2006Prime Minister
  • Yulia Tymoshenko
  • Yuriy Yekhanurov
  • Viktor Yanukovych
Preceded byMykola KostenkoSucceeded byViktor KorzhGovernor of Zhytomyr OblastIn office
26 December 2006 – 17 October 2007PresidentViktor YushchenkoPreceded byYurii AndriichukSucceeded byYurii Zabela Personal detailsBorn (1975-03-20) 20 March 1975 (age 49)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)Political partyOpposition Platform — For LifeOther political
affiliations
Alma mater

Yurii Oleksiiovych Pavlenko (Ukrainian: Ю́рій Олексі́йович Павле́нко; born 20 March 1975) is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine on the party list of Opposition Platform — For Life since 2019. He previously served as a member of Opposition Bloc's party list and a party-list People's Deputy from Our Ukraine Bloc between 2002 and 2006. Pavlenko has also held the office of children's ombudsman of Ukraine from 2011 to 2014, and worked as governor of Zhytomyr Oblast from 2006 to 2007.

Biography

Yurii Oleksiiovych Pavlenko was born in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on 20 March 1975.[1] He studied history at Ukrainian Humanities Lyceum and then at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv before undertaking a Master of Public Administration degree at the Ukrainian Academy of Public Administration. He took a Ph.D. in 2010.[2]

In 1999 Pavlenko became chairman of the Youth Party of Ukraine.[3][4] He was elected a People's Deputy in the 2002 parliamentary election for the Our Ukraine Bloc. In 2005 he became a member of the People's Union "Our Ukraine" party.[3] Pavlenko was reelected in 2006 and 2007 as an Our Ukraine Bloc candidate.[2][5][6]

Pavlenko served as Minister of Family, Youth and Sports in the First Tymoshenko Government, the Yekhanurov Government, briefly in the Alliance of National Unity government[7] and again in the Second Tymoshenko Government. From 2005 to 2007 Pavlenko was Ukraine's State Representative in the UNICEF Executive Board.[2] From 26 December 2006 till 17 October 2007 Pavlenko was Governor of Zhytomyr Oblast.[3][8] From 25 May to 24 October 2007 Pavlenko was a member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.[3]

On 12 August 2011 Pavlenko was appointed by President Viktor Yanukovych to the position of 'Authorized representative of the President of Ukraine for Children's Rights', or children's ombudsman.[2][9] Pavlenko said that this was done with the consent of the previous President, and leader of his party, Viktor Yushchenko.[9]

On 24 February 2014, Pavlenko was dismissed as children's ombudsman by a decree of acting President Oleksandr Turchynov.[10]

In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Pavlenko was again re-elected into parliament; this time after placing 24th on the electoral list of Opposition Bloc.[11][12]

Pavlenko was re-elected, placed 22nd on the party list of Opposition Platform — For Life this time, in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[13]

Pavlenko is the first cousin of Ukrainian singer Maria Burmaka.[citation needed] In April 2017, he introduced a draft resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to dismiss the Minister of Social Policy for violating the Constitution of Ukraine, systematic failure to perform official duties, violation of the requirements of current legislation on ensuring the rights and interests of children affected by hostilities and armed conflict, orphans and children deprived of parental care.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Павленко Юрій Олексійович" [Pavlenko, Yurii Oleksiiovych]. LB.ua (in Ukrainian). 12 September 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d Profile Archived 18 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine on the website of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine
  3. ^ a b c d (in Ukrainian) Павленко Юрій Олексійович Персоналии, Центр политической информации "Дата"
  4. ^ Павленко Юрій Олексійович.Біографія, Novynar
  5. ^ Bezsmertnyi: All ministers from Our Ukraine party have resigned, UNIAN, 19 October 2006
  6. ^ Pavlenko to occupy Baloha's place in OU-PSD electoral list, UNIAN, 1 August 2007
  7. ^ VR dismissed Pavlenko, UNIAN (29 November 2006)
  8. ^ Keywords:Yuriy Pavlenko Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, UNIAN
  9. ^ a b (in Russian) Павленко заявляет о поддержке Ющенко его назначения детским омбудсменом, Korrespondent (12 August 2011)
  10. ^ (in Russian)/(website has automatic Google Translate option) Short bio, LIGA
  11. ^ Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament Archived 12 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Ukrinform (8 November 2014)
    People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC Archived November 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
    Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
  12. ^ (in Ukrainian) Full electoral list of Opposition Bloc, Ukrayinska Pravda (19 September 2014)
  13. ^ "Велика рідня-2019. Хто кому кум, брат, син і донька у новій Верховній Раді".
  14. ^ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". w1.c1.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
Political offices
Preceded by
Valentyna Dovzhenko
 Minister of Family, Children and Youth
2005–2005 		Succeeded by
reorganized as
Ministry of Youth and Sports
Preceded by
himself as
Minister of Family, Children and Youth
 Ministry of Youth and Sports
(later as Minister of Family, Youth and Sports)
2005–2006 		Succeeded by
Viktor Korzh
Preceded by
Yuriy Andriychuk
 Governor of Zhytomyr Oblast
2006–2007 		Succeeded by
Yuriy Zabela
Preceded by
Viktor Korzh
 Minister of Family, Youth and Sports
2007–2010 		Succeeded by
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Prime-minister: Yulia Tymoshenko
First vice-premier-minister: Anatoliy Kinakh
Vice-premier-minister on European integration: Oleh Rybachuk
Vice-premier-minister on humanitarian issues: Mykola Tomenko
Vice-premier-minister on issues of administrative and territorial reform: Roman Bezsmertnyi

Agrarian policy Oleksandr Baranivskyi
Internal affairs Yuriy Lutsenko
Coal industry Viktor Topolov
Economy Serhiy Teryokhin
Foreign affairs Borys Tarasyuk
Culture and Tourism Oksana Bilozir
Emergency and protection of
population from consequences
of the Chernobyl disaster 		David Zhvania
Defense Anatoliy Hrytsenko
Education and Science Stanislav Nikolayenko
Healthcare Mykola Polishchuk
Protection of Natural Environment Pavlo Ihnatenko
Fuel and Energy Ivan Plachkov
Labor and Social policy Vyacheslav Kyrylenko
Industrial policy Volodymyr Shandra
Family, youth and sports Yuriy Pavlenko
Transportation and Communication Yevhen Chervonenko
Finance Viktor Pynzenyk
Justice Roman Zvarych
Cabinet of Ministers Petro Krupko
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Ministers of Youth and Sports of Ukraine