Hennadiy Vasilyev

Hennadiy Vasilyev (Ukrainian: Геннадій Андрійович Васильєв; born on 10 March 1953) is a People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th convocations, and a member of the Party of Regions faction in the parliament while staying formally unaffialiated.

Hennadiy Vasilyev was born in Donetsk. In 1976, he graduated from the Kharkiv Law Institute with a PhD in law. His father Andrei Antonovich was an engineer, and his mother Anna Omelyanovna was a nurse.

Career

• 1976-1979 - trainee investigating officer in the prosecutor's office in the Leninsky district of Donetsk
• 1979-1981 - Executive assistant to prosecutor of the Leninsky district of Donetsk
• January - May 1981 - Prosecutor of the Investigation Department, prosecutor-criminalist of the Donetsk regional Prosecutor's office
• 1981-1984 - Prosecutor of the Leninsky district of Donetsk
• 1984-1987 - Head of Investigation Department of the Prosecutor's office of Donetsk region
• 1987-1988 - Deputy Head of Investigation Department, Head of general supervision department of the USSR Prosecutor's Office
• 1988-1991 - Deputy Prosecutor of the Donetsk region
• 1991-1996, 1997-1998 - Prosecutor of the Donetsk region
• 1994-1998 - People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 2nd convocation. Member of the Committee on Law and Order. Member of the "Independent" group.
• 2002-2003 - First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
• 2003-2004 - General Prosecutor of Ukraine
• 2003-2005 - Member of the Crisis Center
• Since January 2005 - Member of the Derzhava Party. Soon headed this political force.
• Since 2007 - People's Deputy of Ukraine, member of Party of Regions fraction.
• 2010-2011 - Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration.
• Honorary chairman of the public organization known as "Spadshchyna Monomakha" (Heritage of Monomakh)
• Honored Lawyer of Ukraine, honored worker of Prosecutor's office of Ukraine

Vasilyev did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.

Family

Hennadiy Vasilyev is married, and has a son and a daughter.