Education
Slobodian graduated from the Kiev Technological Institute of Food Science in 1978.
Slobodian graduated from the Kiev Technological Institute of Food Science in 1978.
He is the original Chief Executive Officer and current honorary president of the Kiev-based Obolon CJSC, Europe"s largest brewing company, and the president of the Ukrainian Premier League football club Obolon Kyiv (both since 1998). Since 1980 he works for Obolon CJSC. In 1989 he became Chief Executive Officer and in 1993 the head of the board of Obolon. In 1998 he landed th posts President of CJSC Obolon and President of Football Club Obolon Kyiv.
Since 1999 he is deputy head of the party.
He was runner-up in the district with 28.26% of the votes. On 21 February 2013 Football Club Obolon Kyiv (which he was the President of) withdrew voluntary from the Ukrainian First League after Slobodyan had refused to finance the club after goalkeeper Kostyantyn Makhnovskyi was sold by the club without his consent.
In December 2012 Slobodian announced he would created a new team under the moniker "Obolon Brovar". Slobodian did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.
Slobodian was also a long-time member of parliament in the Verkhovna Rada (from 1998 till December 2012), representing the Our Ukraine Bloc & Our Ukraine–People"s Self-Defense Bloc as a member of Ukrainian People"s Party from 2002 till December 2012. Slobodian is a member of the Ukrainian People"s Party since 1997.