Andriy Bohdan

Bohdan studied law and economy at the Lviv University. He received an academic degree (candidate) of juridical sciences (Doctor of Law).[6] In 2007 he received his second higher education at the same university, obtaining the qualification of an economist, a specialist in finance.

In the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election Bohdan was candidate for People's Deputy from the Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc, No. 93 on the list. At election time he was a managing partner of the law firm "Legal Counsel Lawyers".[7] He was not elected but instead following the election he became an assistant to MP Andrey Portnov of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc.[8]

Bohdan was Deputy Minister of Justice from 2007 to 2010.[9] In 2010 he was appointed Deputy Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers. Bohdan worked as the Government Commissioner for Anticorruption Policy of the first and second Azarov Government terms (2010–2014).[10]

In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Bohdan was again a candidate for People's Deputy this time on the election list of Petro Poroshenko Bloc, No. 74 on the national list. At election time he was a jurisconsult of the law firm "Status".[11] Although Petro Poroshenko Bloc won 132 seats in this election, 63 seats were won on its national list (the other seats were won in constituencies).[12]

Following the election Bohdan worked as the adviser to the Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Ihor Kolomoyskyi,[13] and represented him as lawyer in the legal disputes over Privatbank.[14]

On 21 May 2019, President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Bohdan Head of the Presidential Administration[2] Within four days 25,000 Ukrainians signed an electronic petition for the dismissal of Bohdan from this post claiming he could not have been appointed because he falls under Lustration laws because of his work for the Azarov Government.[10] The head of the Public Council on lustration issues at the Justice Ministry, Tetyana Kozachenko, also claimed on 22 May 2019 that Zelenskiy's appointment of Bohdan violated the legislation on lustration.[13]

On 2 August 2019, Interfax-Ukraine reported that Bohdan had filed his resignation letter the previous day.[15] The same day, President Zelensky stated that he had not signed Bohdan's resignation letter and claimed that "all the people who came with me" had signed resignation letters in advance so they could be removed from their post when "society or president feels that this or that person fails to cope with the goals set for Ukraine."[15]

In December 2019, Bohdan was included in the list of the 100 most influential Ukrainians by Focus magazine, taking the second place.[16]

Zelensky dismissed Bohdan as Head of his presidential administration on 11 February 2020.[1] He was immediately replaced by Andriy Yermak.[1]

Journalists of the program "Our Money" Denys Bigus found out that Bohdan is involved in offshore, which engaged in credit scams for hundreds of millions of hryvnia. He owns an estate in Koncha Zaspa and large plots of land in the Kyiv Oblast, which he bought while working in the civil service. Journalists claim that Bohdan advised on how to carry out credit fraud.[21][22]