Yuriy Pavlenko
Yuriy Oleksiiovych Pavlenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Олексійович Павленко) is a Ukrainian politician and administrator, and former children's ombudsman of Ukraine.
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Biography
Born in Kyiv in 1975, Pavlenko studied history at Ukrainian Humanitarian 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.[1]
In 1999 Pavlenko became chairman of the Youth Party of Ukraine.[2][3] 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.[2] Pavlenko was reelected in 2006 and 2007 as an Our Ukraine Bloc candidate.[1][4][5]
Pavlenko served as Minister for Family, Youth and Sport in the First Tymoshenko Government, the Yekhanurov Government, briefly in the Alliance of National Unity government[6] and again in the Second Tymoshenko Government. From 2005 to 2007 Pavlenko was Ukraine's State Representative in the UNICEF Executive Board.[1] From 26 December 2006 till 17 October 2007 Pavlenko was the (appointed) Governor of Zhytomyr Oblast.[2][7] From 25 May to 24 October 2007 Pavlenko was a member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.[2]
In August 2011 Pavlenko was appointed by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to the position of 'Authorized representative of the President of Ukraine for Children's Rights', or children's ombudsman.[1][8] Pavlenko said that this was done with the consent of the previous President, and leader of his party, Viktor Yushchenko.[8]
On 24 February 2014 Pavlenko was dismissed as children's ombudsman by a decree of acting Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov .[9]
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.[10][11]
Pavlenko was re-elected, placed 22nd on the party list of Opposition Platform — For Life this time, in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[12]
Pavlenko is the first cousin of Ukrainian singer Maria Burmaka.
References
- Profile Archived August 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine on the website of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine
- (in Ukrainian) Павленко Юрій Олексійович Персоналии, Центр политической информации "Дата"
- Павленко Юрій Олексійович.Біографія, Novynar
- Bezsmertnyi: All ministers from Our Ukraine party have resigned, UNIAN, 19 October 2006
- Pavlenko to occupy Baloha's place in OU-PSD electoral list, UNIAN, 1 August 2007
- VR dismissed Pavlenko, UNIAN (29 November 2006)
- Keywords:Yuriy Pavlenko, UNIAN
- (in Russian) Павленко заявляет о поддержке Ющенко его назначения детским омбудсменом, Korrespondent (12 August 2011)
- (in Russian)/(website has automatic Google Translate option) Short bio, LIGA
- Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament Archived November 12, 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) - (in Ukrainian) Full electoral list of Opposition Bloc, Ukrayinska Pravda (19 September 2014)
- https://espreso.tv/article/2019/07/29/velyka_ridnya_2019_khto_komu_kum_brat_syn_i_donka_u_noviy_verkhovniy_radi
Political offices | ||
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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 Ravil Safiullin |