Background
Andrii Sadovyi was born on August 19, 1968 in the city of Lviv.
Andrii Sadovyi was born on August 19, 1968 in the city of Lviv.
He graduated from the Lviv Technical School of Radioelectronics in 1987 and obtained three other degrees in the following years.
From the Lviv Polytechnic State University, he obtained a degree in Electronic Engineering Technology in 1995 and an economic degree in Finance and Credits in 1997. In 1999, he received a master"s degree from the Academy of State Governance under the auspices of the President of Ukraine. He performed his military service from 1987 to 1989 in the army of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. In 1989, Sadovyi began working as an adjuster of radio-electronic devices at the Lvivprylad Manufacturers.
In 1992–1995 he was a deputy director of the Lviv branch of Social Adaptation of Youth Fund under the auspices of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
From 1997–2005 he was the Chairman and Head of the Board of joint-stock company Pivden"zakhidelectromerezhbud. From 1997–2001 he was the Head of the Board of the Lviv District Development Fund.
From 2002–2003 Sadovyi was a Director of the Lviv Development Institute that publishes the Ukrainian-wide Misto journal. Since 2002, Sadovyi has been the Head of the Board of the joint-stock Radio&television company TRK Lux.
Andrii Sadovyi has been engaged in social activity since 1997.
In 2003, he was elected a deputy head of the "Mosty na Skhid" Institute Council (Poland). On March 26, 2006, Sadovyi was elected the city mayor of Lviv. On October 31, 2010, he was re-elected for a second term to the post of mayor of Lviv.
At 23.30 hours on 25 July 2014 Sadovyi"s house was hit by a HEAT warhead of an RPG-18 fired by unknown.
Sadovyi was not home at the time. The explosion damaged the roof, beams and windows of Sadovyi"s house.
The name stems from societies that existed prior to World War I in Galicia and which were revived after World World War II as cr unions in the United States. Led by Sadovyi, the party finished third in the Ukrainian parliamentary election in October 2014.
He decided to remain as mayor of Lviv instead of taking a seat in parliament.
He is the mayor of Lviv, the administrative center of the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine, and the leader of the Self Reliance political party. Since 2005 he has been the Head of social organization Self Reliance. In October 2012, he called for the creation of a new political party, Self Reliance, which was registered in late December 2012.
Andrii Sadovyi was a member of Our Ukraine until 2010.