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Vitalii Yuriiovych Bezghin

Vitalii Yuriiovych Bezghin

Minister for Communities, Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine

Biography

Born on 18 April 1990 in the city of Yevpatoriia, Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

Education:

He completed his higher education at Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman, where he earned bachelor's and master's degrees in International Economics.

He also graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv with a master's degree in Public Management and Administration.

Professional experience:

2010-2019 - engaged in entrepreneurial activities.

From August 2019 to July 2026 - Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the IX convocation, Chair of the Subcommittee on Administrative and Territorial Organisation and Local Self-Government of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on State Power, Local Self-Government, Regional Development and Urban Planning.

In 2019-2020 - led the parliamentary work on providing the legislative framework for the decentralisation reform, which the European Parliament recognised in 2021 as one of Ukraine's most successful reforms.

Since March 2024 - Chair of the Good Governance Commission of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities under the President of Ukraine.

From February 2024 to May 2025 - Chair of the Temporary Special Commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Examining the Effectiveness of the Functioning of Public Authorities in the City of Kyiv as the Capital of Ukraine during the Legal Regime of Martial Law.

On 16 July 2026, he ended his term as a Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine early and was appointed Minister for Communities, Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.