Vitalii Barvinenko

Early years and education

1. 1981

   Born on 3 June 1981 in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Odesa region.

2. 2003

   Graduated from Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University, Faculty of International Economics.

3. 2013–2014

   Continued studies in Administrative Management at the Academy of Municipal Administration.

4. 2014

   Received the degree of Candidate of Sciences in Public Administration.

5. 2016

   Earned a Master’s degree in Public Administration with distinction at the National Academy of Public Administration.

6. 2024

   Defended a doctoral dissertation in law on the administrative and legal structure of local self-government in Ukraine.

Political career

1. 2007

   Elected member of the Parliament of Ukraine.

2. 2012

   Re-elected to the Verkhovna Rada, winning single-mandate constituency No. 141 in the Odesa region.

3. 2014

   Won constituency No. 141 in the Odesa region again.

Parliamentary work

Legislative initiatives included amendments to the Labour Code and the Criminal Code of Ukraine concerning labour disputes and countering smuggling, as well as laws on the social protection of former law enforcement officers and their families.

1. 2013

   Organised the First Conference of Parliamentarians of the Danube Region in Ulm, Germany, bringing together representatives of fourteen Danube countries.

Took part in parliamentary delegations and groups, including the Permanent Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly and inter-parliamentary groups with Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Romania, France and Greece.

Odesa District Council

1. 2020

   On 15 December elected the first chairman of the Odesa District Council. Under his leadership the district joined the European Association for Local Democracy (ALDA) and the Assembly of European Regions.

2. 2022

   The Council’s work was recognised by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe for its contribution to local democracy.

3. 2023

   Elected vice-president of the Ukrainian Association of District and Regional Councils. In November the Council opened a local ALDA office in Odesa to support regional recovery projects with EU partners.

Awards

1. 2013

   Order of Merit, III class (Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 355/2013 of 27 June 2013).

2. 2014

   Honorary Citizen of Vylkove, Odesa region.

Academic work

Doctor of Law. Author of more than thirty research papers in international and specialised journals and of a monograph on municipal law. His research concerns public administration and the legal structure of local self-government in Ukraine.