Volodymyr Illich Ivanov was born on 14 July 1982 in the city of Kherson, in southern Ukraine. He is a graduate of the Kherson State Agricultural University [uk], specialising in construction engineering. He has held high positions at multiple companies; he was production director of Ahroproekt-Yuh TOV, manager of Bornmut TOV until 2019, and director of Kyivnorbud TOV until 2017.[1]
In the Verkhovna Rada (parliament of Ukraine), Ivanov joined the Servant of the People faction and became a member of the South Ukraine inter-fractional association and Verkhovna Rada Committee on State Power, and Local Self-Government. Ivanov's actions on the committee, particularly his support for a September 2022 bill, were criticised by anti-corruption non-governmental organisation Chesno for allegedly reducing the power of anti-corruption agencies within the Ukrainian government.[3]
Ivanov also acquired attention during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine, when, during remote sessions of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on State Power and Local Self-Government, an unknown woman took Ivanov's place and voted in his stead six occasions, in violation of both Ukrainian law and the Constitution of Ukraine. As a result of the events, Chairman of the Verkhovna RadaDmytro Razumkov refused to consider remote work for the Verkhovna Rada as a whole.[4]
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^ ab"Іванов Володимир Ілліч" [Ivanov, Volodymyr Illich]. LB.ua (in Ukrainian). 20 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2022.