Pavlo Petrenko
| Pavlo Petrenko Павло Петренко |
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Petrenko in April, 2014
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| 14th Minister of Justice of Ukraine | |
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Assumed office 27 February 2014 |
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| Prime Minister |
Arseniy Yatsenyuk Volodymyr Groysman |
| Preceded by | Olena Lukash |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
17 July 1979 Chernivtsi, Ukrainian SSR |
| Political party | People's Front |
| Other political affiliations |
Front for Change Batkivshchyna |
| Alma mater |
Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University Ukrainian Academy of Foreign Trade under Ministry of Economics of Ukraine |
Pavlo Dmytrovych Petrenko (Ukrainian: Павло Дмитрович Петренко) Petrenko (b. July 17, 1979, Chernivtsi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian politician and lawyer. He began serving as Minister of Justice of Ukraine on February 27, 2014. Member of the Political Council of political party "People’s Front" political party.
MP of Ukraine 7th convocation. 14th Minister of Justice of Ukraine from 27 February 2014.
In 2001 Pavlo Petrenko graduated (with honours) from Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University (law department), gaining LLM degree.
In 2001 he moved to Kyiv where he was running law practice till 2010. Since 2001 till 2005 Pavlo Petrenko was working as chief legal adviser of OJSC "State Savings Bank of Ukraine", where he continued to work until 2005 in senior positions in the Legal Department.
In 2004 Pavlo Petrenko graduated from Ukrainian Academy of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine (international management department).
In 2004 he gained a Doctor of Law degree.
On October 7, 2015 Pavlo Petrenko was awarded an honorary title "Honored Lawyer of Ukraine".
Since 2009 Pavlo Petrenko was a member of the NGO, and later a political party, "Front for Change"; he was a head of Legal Department.
In November 2010 Pavlo Petrenko was elected a member of the Kyiv Regional Council, a member of the standing committee on law, order and fight against corruption.
In the parliamentary elections in December 2012 he was serving as head of the legal department of the united opposition "Batkivshchyna". From December 12, 2012 he was MP of Ukraine of the 7th convocation from "Batkivshchyna" (№ 52 in the list). He was also a secretary of the Parliamentary Committee on Justice and the Rule of Law.
On June 15, 2013, after the merger of "Front of Change" and "Batkivshchyna", Pavlo Petrenko was elected one of the deputy leaders of the "Batkivshchyna". During his time in Parliament Pavlo Petrenko was the author and co-author of more than 60 draft laws, one third of which were adopted by the Parliament.
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