Hennadiy Vasilyev

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

Biography
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, Hanna Omelyanivna 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 (June 1997).


 * Vasilyev did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.

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