Background
Volodymyr Groysman was born in Vinnytsia into a Jewish family on 20 January 1978.
Volodymyr Groysman was born in Vinnytsia into a Jewish family on 20 January 1978.
In the First Yatsenyuk Government which was in office from 27 February until 27 November 2014, Groysman held two concurrent positions as the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for Regional Policy and the Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine. From 28 March 2006 until 27 February 2014, Groysman was the Mayor of Vinnytsia. Early career
In 1994 he started his career as a commercial director of the small private business company "ОКО" and as a commercial director of the private enterprise "Youth".
In the city council, he worked as the Deputy Head of the Permanent Committee of the City Council on Human Rights, Lawfulness, Council Members" Activities and Ethics.
In 2003, he graduated from the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management with a specialty in Jurisprudence. On 25 November 2005, he was elected the head of the city council and the acting mayor.
In the March 26, 2006 local elections, he was elected as the city"s mayor, becoming the youngest mayor of a Ukraine"s administrative center. In the October 10, 2010 local elections, he was re-elected mayor for a second term as a candidate of the party Conscience of Ukraine, gaining the support of 77.81% of citizens.
While mayor, Groysman was the Vice-President of the Association of Ukrainian Cities and the Legal Issues society.
In February 2010, Groysman graduated from the National Academy of State Administration with a specialty in Community Development Management, especially management on the local and regional levels. Government minister
On 27 February 2014, Groysman was concurrently appointed as the Vice Prime Minister for Regional Policy and the Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine in the First Yatsenyuk Government. The parliamentary coalition that supported this government collapsed on 24 July 2014, and on the same day, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced that he was immediately resigning from his office.
However, Yatsenyuk"s resignation was not accepted by parliament.
Nevertheless, on 25 July 2014 the Yatsenyuk Government appointed Groysman as its acting Prime Minister. However, on 31 July 2014 the Verkhovna Rada declined Yatsenyuk"s resignation because only 16 of the 450 MPs voted for his resignation.
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
On 27 November 2014, at the first session of newly elected parliament, Groysman was elected as the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada with 313 votes in favor. 359 (of the 423 deputies) supported his nomination, he was also the only candidate for the post.
He was elected into parliament on the party lists of the pro-presidential Petro Poroshenko Bloc. In the 2014 parliamentary election, Groysman was elected into parliament after being in the top 10 of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc"s electoral list.
In the 2002 local elections, he was elected as a member of the Vinnytsia City Council from the 29th electoral district.