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Andriy Bohdan

Not to be confused with Bohdan Andriiv.

Andriy Yosypovych Bohdan (Ukrainian: Андрій Йосипович Богдан; born 3 December 1976) is a Ukrainian lawyer and former Head of the Presidential Administration. On 21 May 2019 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Bohdan to lead this office.[2] He was responsible for communication, legal and political issues. Zelensky dismissed him on 11 February 2020.[1][3] In the past, he was the personal lawyer of oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky.[4]

Andriy Bohdan
Андрій Богдан
Bohdan in 2019
Head of the
Office of the President of Ukraine
In office
21 May 2019 – 11 February 2020
PresidentVolodymyr Zelensky
Preceded byIhor Rainin
Succeeded byAndriy Yermak[1]
Personal details
Born (1976-12-03) 3 December 1976 (age 47)
Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Political partyIndependent
EducationUniversity of Lviv
ProfessionLawyer, politician, anti-corruption specialist
AwardsHonored Lawyer of Ukraine (2007)

In 2007, Bohdan was honoured with the title Honored Lawyer of Ukraine.[5]

Biography

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Education

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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.

Career

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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]

Investigations

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Bohdan was involved in a criminal case by the GPU, he is suspected of influencing court decisions, according to which Ukraine was obliged to pay Russia ₴3.2 billion under the guarantees of the United Energy Systems company. Draft notifications of suspicions were prepared in the case, but the GPU leadership blocked further investigation.[17]

In December 2019, a lawsuit was opened against Bohdan by Mykhailo Nonyak, the former head of Ukrtransbezpeky. Nonyak demands that Bohdan's demand to bring Nonyak to justice and his subsequent dismissal be declared illegal.[18]

In addition, on 19–20 November 2019, the anonymous Telegram Channel "Trumpet Breakthrough" began publishing recordings from the office of the Director of the State Bureau of Investigation Roman Truba, the content of which showed that the bureau was fulfilling political orders. In particular, it was an order of the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Bohdan regarding the illegal persecution of the fifth President of Ukraine and members of his team.[19][20]

Journalistic investigations

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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]

Personal life

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Father — Bohdan Yosyp Hnatovych (Associate Professor of Civil Law and Procedure of Lviv National University).[23][24]

Divorced, has 4 daughters: Victoria, Anastasia, Catherine and Sofia.

He is dating Anastasia Slichna (since 2018).[25][26]

Bohdan is a Greek Catholic.[27]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Zelensky dismisses head of president's office Bohdan, appoints Yermak instead, Interfax-Ukraine (11 February 2020)
  2. ^ a b "Zelensky appoints Bohdan as head of Presidential Administration". Ukrinform. 21 May 2019.
  3. ^ Президент України Володимир Зеленський. Офіційне інтернет-представництво. "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №46/2020. Про звільнення А.Богдана з посади Керівника Офісу Президента України". president.gov.ua (in Ukrainian).
  4. ^ "Андрій Богдан: Коломойський не вірив, що Зеленський виграє". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  5. ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ № 549/2007 Про відзначення державними нагородами України". president.gov.ua (in Ukrainian).
  6. ^ "Богдан Андрій Йосипович". irbis-nbuv.gov.ua. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Блок "Наша Україна — Народна самооборона"". CEC (in Ukrainian).
  8. ^ "The 'shadow cardinal' of Ukrainian politics: Who is Andriy Bohdan?". Ukrainian Weekly. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Команда преЗЕдента. До Андрія Богдана дослухається Зеленський, його цінує Коломойський, а в Раді під нього прийняли закон. Чому він (поки) не стане главою АП". 27 July 2019. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ^ a b "Public Lustration Committee files lawsuit over Bohdan's appointment as head of presidential administration". ukrinform.net.
  11. ^ "Богдан Андрій Йосипович". CEC (in Ukrainian).
  12. ^ "People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC". Interfax-Ukraine. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
    "Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC". Interfax-Ukraine. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  13. ^ a b "Ukraine Lawmakers To Discuss Changes To Electoral Law In Emergency Session". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 22 May 2019.
  14. ^ Seddon, Max; Hall, Ben; Olearchyk, Roman. "Kiev moots Privatbank deal with Kolomoisky despite $5.5bn scandal". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 17 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  15. ^ a b "Intrigue As Zelenskiy Says He Has Not Signed Chief Of Staff's Resignation Letter". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 2 August 2019.
  16. ^ "100 самых влиятельных украинцев". Focus (Ukrainian magazine). 23 December 2019.
  17. ^ "Горбатюк підтвердив перевірку Богдана в рамках кримінальної справи". РБК-Украина (in Russian). Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  18. ^ "Суд відкрив провадження за позовом проти Богдана". РБК-Украина (in Russian). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  19. ^ "Truba leaks: Anonymous Telegram channel posts allegedly intercepted communications of SBI chief". unian.info. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  20. ^ Censor.NET. "Zelenskyi's tapegate: Truba's conversations recorded in his cabinet leaked". Censor.NET. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  21. ^ Fb, Or on (3 July 2019). "Credit scammer as Head of Office and pro-Russian Oblast Head among Zelenskyy's appointments". Euromaidan Press. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  22. ^ "Глава АП Богдан засвітився в офшорах, які відмили сотні мільйонів". Ukrayinska Pravda. Українська правда. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  23. ^ "Богдан Йосип Гнатович". Юридичний факультет. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  24. ^ "Батько керівника Адміністрації Президента Йосип Богдан дав ексклюзивне інтерв'ю: відео". «Вголос». 21 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  25. ^ "Анастасія Слічна – ось що відомо про кохану дівчину українського політика Андрія Богдана". Люкс ФМ (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  26. ^ "Кохана Андрія Богдана розповіла, чи змінилося її життя після того, як він пішов у політику". ТСН.ua (in Ukrainian). 27 October 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  27. ^ "Bohdan turbo mode. As he broke into the team of Zelensky and left the OPU head". Ukrainska Pravda. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
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