Vitaliy Bunechko

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovych and the family name is Bunechko.

Vitaliy Ivanovych Bunechko (Ukrainian: Віталій Іванович Бунечко; born 6 August 1973^[2]) is a Ukrainian civil servant and politician. He has served as the Governor of Zhytomyr Oblast since 2019.^[3]

Vitaliy Bunechko Віталій Бунечко
Bunechko in 2023
Governor of Zhytomyr Oblast
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 August 2019
President	Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime Minister	Volodymyr Groysman Oleksiy Honcharuk Denys Shmygal
Preceded by	Yaroslav Lahuta (Acting)[1]
Personal details
Born	Vitaliy Ivanovych Bunechko (1973-08-06) 6 August 1973 (age 52) Sarny, Rivne Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Party	Independent
Education	Lutsk Pedagogical Institute Security Service Academy
Occupation	civil servant politician

Biography

In 1995, he graduated from the Lutsk Pedagogical Institute. In 1997, he graduated from the Security Service Academy.^[4] Bunechko is a Candidate of Law Sciences.^[4]

From 1995 to 1996, he worked as a history teacher.^[4] From 1996 to 2018, Bunechko worked at the Security Service of Ukraine.^[4] He served in Mariupol (Donetsk Oblast).^[5]

Awards

• Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class (2022).^[6]