Valeriy Pysarenko
Valeriy Volodimirovich Pysarenko (; born July 8, 1980, Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian politician, nonpartisan, who was a People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Convocations from 2006 until 2019. He is an Honored Lawyer of Ukraine and candidate of Juridical Sciences. In 2006 and 2007 he was elected to parliament as a candidate of Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko. Since then he has been an independent candidate. In October 2016 he was elected as Vice-Chairman of the Bureau of the Group of Experts on Renewable Energy and Vice-Chairman of the Bureau of the Group of Experts on Energy Efficiency of the Committee on Sustainable Energy of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). Career highlights 1997 – entered the Academy of Advocacy of Ukraine at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (former Institute of Advocacy at Kyiv National University named after Taras Shevchenko). 2002 – took the oath of attorney of Ukraine and obtained the certificate of the right to practice law. 2002–2006 – made a legal career. March 26, 2006 – firstly elected as People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko. July 1, 2010 – became a candidate of legal sciences by specialty "Constitutional and Municipal Law". December 17, 2010 – received the title of Honored Lawyer of Ukraine. 2011 – recognized as the Lawyer of the Year in Ukraine in the nomination "Legislator of the Year". 2010–2013 – lecturer at the Department of Constitutional Law at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. 2011–2014 – Associate Professor of Constitutional, Municipal and International Law of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. April–May 2015 – graduated from the program "Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management" at the University of California, Berkeley. July 2015 – graduated from the course "Geopolitics" at the Geneva Institute of geopolitical studies (GIGS). September–October 2015 – graduated from the course "Formation of public confidence in the legislative power" at the House of Congress (Washington). February 2016 – graduated from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Business course "Leadership for the 21 century: chaos, conflict and courage". April 2016 – graduated from the Yale School of Management (Yale SOM). The course "Sustainability as a business strategy". October 2016 – elected for two years as Vice-Chairman of the Bureau of the Group of Experts on Renewable Energy and Vice-Chairman of the Bureau of the Group of Experts on Energy Efficiency of the Committee on Sustainable Energy of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). Parliamentary activity March 26, 2006 – elected People's Deputy of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine elected to parliament as a candidate of Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko. Member of the Committee on Legal Policy. Chairman of the Subcommittee on organization and functioning of justice and the notary, the executive service. The representative of Ukraine of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Eurasian Economic Community. November 23, 2007 – elected as People's Deputy of the