Draft:Viacheslav Zadorenko

Viacheslav Valentynovych Zadorenko (Вячеслав Валентинович Задоренко; born 26 March 1979) is a Ukrainian official, politician and local self-government figure.

From May 2010 to September 2010, he was an adviser to the chairman of the Derhachi District Council. From November 2010 to November 2020, he was the head of the Kozacha Lopan settlement.

On 19 November 2020 he became Head of the Derhachi urban hromada.

On 14 October 2022 he was appointed Head of the Derhachi City Military Administration.

Family, personal life and education
Viacheslav Zadorenko was born on March 26, 1979 in Kozacha Lopan. His father is Valentyn Zadorenko (born in 1950), and his mother is Nataliia Kubrak (born in 1954). He has a brother, Ihor (born in 1981), and a sister, Oksana (born in 1982).

From 1986 to 1996, Viacheslav Zadorenko studied at the Secondary School of Kozacha Lopan (now the Kozacholopan Lyceum).

He has three higher education degrees and is currently studying for his fourth.

In 2002, he graduated from the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, he got a qualification in jurisprudence (lawyer).

In 2005, he graduated from the International Slavic University, he got a qualification in international economic relations.

In 2010, he graduated from the Kharkiv Regional Institute of Public Administration of the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine he has a master's degree in public administration.

Since 2022, he has been studying at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, doing a degree in political science.

Viacheslav Zadorenko has a wife, Karina (was born in 1983), and a son Yaroslav (was born in 2007), who is currently studying at the State Gymnasium - Boarding School with enhanced military and physical training “Cadet Corps”.

Social and political activities
From March 2003 to May 2008, he worked as a lawyer at the private company "Vitex".

In May 2010, he became an adviser to the chairman of the Derhachi District Council. In November 2010 he was elected as the Kozacholopan village chairman.

After that, a comprehensive improvement reform aimed at streamlining the settlement environment was launched in Kozacha Lopan. At that time, a system of door-to-door garbage removal is being implemented in the territory of the village and surrounding settlements, the roofs of apartment buildings, residential and communal communications, roads and sidewalks are being repaired, and street lighting is being installed. Also, new principles of public control are beginning to operate, which provide for close coordination between the Kozacholopan settlement council, law enforcement structures and public activists in matters of cleanliness and law and order. As a result, in 2011, Kozacha Lopan took the third place in the all-Ukrainian competition "The settlement with the best improvement and maintenance of public order". In 2012, the village won the first place in this competition and became the best in Ukraine among all settlements assigned to the fifth category.

After beginning of Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine in 2014, Viacheslav Zadorenko, as the head of the border village Kozacha Lopan, was the first of the heads of settlements in the Derhachi district who initiated a volunteer campaign to support the Ukrainian military in order to strengthen the state border. Zadorenko actively involved local residents in this campaign. In 2017 he received a medal and certificate from the State Border Service "For a significant contribution to ensuring the reliable protection of the state border of Ukraine and on the occasion of the Day of the Border Guard".

In 2015, he was elected as Head of the Kozacholopan settlement council again.

In 2019, he ran for the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine as a self-nominated candidate in the single-mandate election district №175 in the extraordinary elections of people's deputies. . According to the results of the elections, he received 4129 votes and took fifth place.

In 2020, Zadorenko ran for the post of Derhachi city mayor in the regular local elections held on 25th of October, and won with 41.2% (5306) of the votes. On 19 November 2020, he officially assumed a new position - Head of the Derhachi urban hromada. The local elections in 2020 completed the administrative-territorial reform, which provided formation of communities through the unification of village, settlement, and city councils. So, Viacheslav Zadorenko became the first chairman of the Derhachi urban hromada and the second Derhachi city mayor during the independence of Ukraine after Oleksandr Lysytskyi.

With the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022, Viacheslav Zadorenko, as the mayor of Derhachi, organized the work of the humanitarian headquarters, medical and communal institutions of the community, and also created and led a partisan movement of resistance to Russian aggression in Derhachi urban hromada, which was joined by more than 20 local residents. Members of the partisan squad took direct part in combat operations together with the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, carried out aerial reconnaissance of the occupied territories, evacuated people from the so-called gray zones and territories under the control of the Russian army. On 11 September 2022, during the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region, Zadorenko and a partisan squad were the first who entered in Kozacha Lopan. For these actions, Viacheslav Zadorenko was awarded the medal "For the defense of the hero city of Kharkiv" and the order "For Courage" of the III degree.

At the beginning of October 2022, the Derhachi City Military Administration was established on the territory of the Derhachi urban hromada by the Decree of the President of Ukraine, and Viacheslav Zadorenko was appointed as Head of the Derhachi City Military Administration.

After the liberation of Derhachi urban hromada from the Russian occupiers, under the leadership of Zadorenko, in cooperation with state authorities and charitable organizations, complex works began to restore critical infrastructure, repair apartment buildings, medical and educational institutions  , local highways , etc. In 2022 and in 2023, in order to find investors and exchange experience, the head of the Derhachi urban hromada visited investment forums in Warsaw, Poland, and Hiroshima, Japan.

At the end of September 2023, Viacheslav Zadorenko, in the commentary "Suspilne Kharkiv", announced the need to hold public hearings regarding the return of the city of Derhachi to its historical name - Derkachi.

On 10 October 2023, by the decision of the XIV session of the Kharkiv District Council of the VIII convocation, Viacheslav Zadorenko was awarded the title "Honorary Citizen of the Kharkiv Raion" for his significant contribution to the socio-economic and cultural development of the Kharkiv Raion and active public activity

Achievements, awards, and recognition

 * Medal and Certificate of the Kharkiv Border Guard Detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine "For a significant contribution to ensuring reliable protection of the state border of Ukraine"
 * Medal "For the Defense of the Hero City Kharkiv"
 * "Order of Courage", 3rd Class (for significant personal contribution to state building, development of local self-government, civic courage and dedication demonstrated during the defense of state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine in conditions of martial law, loyalty to the Ukrainian people)
 * Honorary breastplate "Commander's Award of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Roman the Great"
 * Badge of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (SBGSU) "For Cooperation"
 * Medal of the National Guard of Ukraine (NGU) "For Patriotism and Cooperation"
 * The title "Honorary Citizen of the Kharkiv Raion"

Links

 * "ABOUT100: One Hundred Days of War in Derhachi urban hromada". A film by the Derhachi City Council about the first 100 days of resistance to the full-scale Russian aggression against Ukraine
 * "It's known about all the collaborators," - Zadorenko. How does the one-third occupied Derhachi urban hromada in Kharkiv region live
 * How the Derhachi urban hromada resisted the occupation: material Ukraїner
 * "They sat in a tank wearing tracksuits," - Zadorenko. How did the Derhachi urban hromada halt the advance on Kharkiv
 * "Derhachi urban hromada: A Year of Unbroken Spirit". This is the film by the Derhachi City Council commemorating the anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine
 * Conversation with Mrs. Mayor. Viacheslav Zadorenko – within 5 kilometers of the border
 * "Derhachi Region: A Year of Unbreakable Spirit". This is the film by the Derhachi City Council commemorating the anniversary of the liberation of the Derhachi urban hromada from Russian occupiers
 * "Our region is a Cossack land", - Zadorenko. In Kharkiv region, there are plans to restore the historical name to the town of Derhachi
 * Reconstruction During War: Challenges for the Derhachi and Mykolaiv
 * "We are prepared for various scenarios", - Viacheslav Zadorenko on preparing for the heating season
 * "Derhachi Region 2023: Year in Review". This is the film produced by the Derhachi City Council summarizing the events of the year
 * "Our region is a Cossack land", - Zadorenko. In Kharkiv region, there are plans to restore the historical name to the town of Derhachi
 * Reconstruction During War: Challenges for the Derhachi and Mykolaiv
 * "We are prepared for various scenarios", - Viacheslav Zadorenko on preparing for the heating season
 * "Derhachi Region 2023: Year in Review". This is the film produced by the Derhachi City Council summarizing the events of the year