Bohdan Matkivskyi

Bohdan Myronovych Matkivskyi (Ukrainian: Богдан Миронович Матківський; born 14 February 1980) is a Ukrainian politician who served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine in the 8th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, representing Ukraine's 121st electoral district.[1]

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Myronovych and the family name is Matkivskyi.

Bohdan Matkivskyi
Богдан Матківський
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
27 November 2014 – 29 August 2019
Preceded byRoman Ilyk
Succeeded byOrest Salamakha
ConstituencyLviv Oblast, No. 121
Personal details
Born (1980-02-14) 14 February 1980
Truskavets, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Political partyIndependent
Alma materDrohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University

Early life and career

Matkivskyi graduated the 9th form in secondary school No. 3, then studied at the Heroes of Kruty Lviv Military Lyceum. He graduated from vocational training school No. 19 with honours, and graduated from the Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University's faculty of management and marketing, but did not pursue a pedagogical nor economic career. From 2008, Matkivskyi has been involved in social-economic programs, and he additionally was general director of Zet-Avtor PLC.

Political career

During Euromaidan, Matkivskyi was a deputy of the 12th sotnia of the Maidan Self-Defence. In February 2014, Bohdan Matkivskyi was appointed a coordinator of self-defence in Drohobych by Andriy Parubiy. He is a commander of the 2nd section of the 2nd company command of the 1st battalion of Ukrainian National Army.

Matkivskyi is one of the founders of the People's Control Civic Movement political party.

In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Matkivskyi was elected as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from Ukraine's 121st electoral district, located in Lviv Oblast. Matkivskyi won his district with 26,924 votes, 23.62% of the total vote.[2] He assumed office on 27 November 2014. He is an independent. He was secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on the questions of economic policy, and a member of groups for inter-parliamentary cooperation with Norway, Finland, Vietnam, India, and China.[3]

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Matkivskyi failed to get reelected in 121st electoral district, this time he was a candidate for the party Civil Position.[4][5]

Honours and awards

Ukraine's President's Honour — anniversary medal «25 Years of Ukraine’s Independence» (2016).[6]

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References
  1. "Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine". Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  2. (in Ukrainian) Bohdan Matkivskyi won in district No. 121 of the Lviv region, - 100% of the protocols of the CEC, RBC Ukraine (29 October 2014)
  3. "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України".
  4. Small biography on Bohdan Matkivskyi, Civil movement "Chesno" (in Ukrainian)
  5. CEC counts 100 percent of vote in Ukraine's parliamentary elections, Ukrinform (26 July 2019)
    (in Russian) Results of the extraordinary elections of the People's Deputies of Ukraine 2019, Ukrayinska Pravda (21 July 2019)
  6. "Богдан Матківський: «Я відкритий для співпраці»". Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
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