Andriy Iosifovich Bogdan – Ukrainian lawyer, Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine (2019), Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine (2019 – 2020).
Place of Birth, Education
He was born on December 3, 1976 in Lviv.
His father, Joseph Bohdan, once worked as an associate professor at the Department of Civil Law at Ivan Franko University of Lviv. From 1991 to 1994, he served as deputy dean of the Faculty of Law, and in 1998 he ran for the Verkhovna Rada (Verkhovna Rada), but without success.
In 1998, Bohdan completed his studies at the Franko University of Lviv and received a law degree. In 2007, he received a second higher education at the same university – an economist.
In 2010, he defended his dissertation and received the degree of Candidate of Legal Sciences.
Career
After graduating from the university, Bohdan began working as a legal adviser on the Lviv Railway.
In April 2001, he received a lawyer’s certificate and moved to Kyiv. In the capital, he quickly found a job as a lawyer in the company “Pravis”, which dealt with economic and administrative disputes with state structures, in particular with tax authorities.
At the end of the year, the judge of the Kyiv Economic Court of Appeal Mykhailo Novikov lost the position of assistant, which was eventually taken by Bohdan after a probationary period. Later he received a permanent seat in the court.
In 2004, he had the opportunity to move in the direction of a refereeing career, but decided to abandon it. At the same time, he was offered to join as a partner the company “Pukshin and Partners”, which Igor Pukshin created after leaving Pravis.
In 2007, he became the managing partner of the firm, which already worked under the name “Legal Advisors”. In the same year, he represented the interests of Yuriy Lutsenko, who at that time was the former Minister of Internal Affairs. The latter was accused of illegally providing award weapons.
In 2014, after leaving his political career, he returned to the private sector and joined the law firm “Status” as a lawyer.
In May 2014, he became an adviser to businessman Ihor Kolomoisky.
In the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration (RSA), Bohdan first dealt with legal issues, but later he was involved in working with volunteers. He coordinated the import of armored trucks for the needs of the front. The regional administration then helped both regular military units and volunteer battalions.
From 2015 to 2016, he began working as Kolomoisky’s lawyer.
From August 13, 2019 to March 18, 2020, Bohdan headed the Commission of State Awards and Heraldry.
Political career
In the parliamentary elections of 2007, Bohdan ran from the Our Ukraine – People’s Self-Defense bloc, but without success.
In the fall, for a month, he worked as an assistant to the deputy from the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc Andriy Portnov.
At the end of the same year, he moved to the Ministry of Justice, where he became Deputy Minister of Mykola Onishchuk.
After Viktor Yanukovych’s victory in the 2010 elections, Bohdan received a position in the government of Mykola Azarov.
In March, he was appointed Deputy Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers – Government Commissioner for Anti-Corruption Policy. Subsequently, this position was eliminated, but in 2013, Azarov reappointed Bohdan as the Cabinet of Ministers’ Commissioner for Anti-Corruption Issues.
After the Euromaidan and the resignation of the Azarov government, Bohdan was dismissed from the Cabinet of Ministers.
In September 2014, his position was included in the list of those subject to lustration.
In the elections to the Rada in October 2014, he ran again – this time from the “Petro Poroshenko Bloc” (“BPP”), but also without success. Two years later, he was expelled from the BPP list, and another attempt to get into parliament was unsuccessful.
Later, Bohdan joined Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s team at the start of the presidential campaign. Then he advised the headquarters on legal issues and provided advice.
From May 21, 2019 to June 25, 2019, Bohdan served as head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine. After the reorganization, he became the head of the Office of the President (OP).
On May 23, an initiative appeared on the website of electronic petitions demanding the dismissal of Bohdan from his post. She received the required 25 thousand signatures in less than a day, and by the end of the collection period, the number of votes had increased to 33.2 thousand. The petition stated that Bohdan falls under the Law of Ukraine “On the Purification of Power”, and therefore does not have the right to hold public office, including the post of head of the Presidential Administration. This followed from part 5 of Article 2 of the law.
On June 6, 2019, the President considered the petition and provided an official response. It provided legal arguments, but in fact there was no direct answer.
On February 11, 2020, Bohdan submitted his resignation.
Marital Status
Bohdan is single. He has four daughters.
