Oleksandr Bondarenko (; born 22 January 1987) is a Ukrainian politician, economist, businessman and former Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Education He graduated from the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Economics and Entrepreneurship), qualification "Bachelor of Finance" (with honors) and "Finance", qualification "Master" (with honors). He is finishing PhD Finance programme at his Alma Mater. A graduate of the Kyiv-Mohyla Business School numerous administration programs, the DYB Ukraine program, and the IEDC Bled School of Management. He did an internship in Sweden under the Strategic Business Management (SIDA) private sector development program for top managers and public sector leaders in European emerging countries. Bondarenko is a graduate of the Strategic Marketing Executive Program at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Chicago, US. He took part in the US Aid Parliamentary Internship Program in the Ukrainian Parliament under the Finance and Banking Committee and completed the Young Leaders Exchange Program of the US-Ukraine Foundation in Washington D.C., US. In October 2019, he took advanced training courses at the Ukrainian School of Government under the general short-term program "Organization of the activities of heads of regional state administrations in the context of reforms." In October 2020 - finished his training at UCGA (Ukrainian Academy of Corporate Governance). A graduate of the International Program of Public Administration at the University of Singapore - Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. Career Since 2021 – Director of Bureau of Investment Programs. The organization deals with investments support, development of renewable energy and public-private partnership 2007-2008 - Assistant Chairman of the Finance and Banking Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (USAID Parliamentary Internship Program), Kyiv. For 12 years he worked in a number of manufacturing companies, held leading positions. Among them are the British-Dutch concern Unilever, the Ukrainian-Bulgarian manufacturer PIRANA and the VERDANI plant. Since 2017, co-founder and manager of several companies in the field of food and retail. He is also a member of the Advisory Board in a number of Ukrainian companies in the Consumer Goods industry. In 2019-2020 - Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration. From December 2020 - Member of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council, member of the Budget Committee. Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration September 13, 2019 - appointed head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration. On December 17, 2019, Oleksandr Bondarenko presented the program of the region's development strategy. The main areas identified were airport construction, investment