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  • Matvii Bidnyi

    Matvii Bidnyi
    Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine

    Born in 1979 in Kyiv.

    Education:

    2001 – graduated from the National University of Physical Education and Sports of Ukraine with a degree in coaching.

    2004 – graduated from the Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics with a degree in enterprise finance.

    2008 – graduated from the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management with a degree in commercial law and labour law.

    In 2017, he enrolled in the National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine, where he is currently studying.

    Career:

    2001-2009 – Trainer at the State Enterprise Favoryt-S, Kyiv;

    2009-2011 – Head of the fitness club of SE Favoryt-S, Kyiv;

    2011 – Assistant to the Head of Setra Law Firm LLC;

    2011-2015 – Sales Manager at Firm IST LLC;

    2015-2016 – Manager of the Road Transport Department of the Subsidiary Enterprise ISTFRAHT;

    2016 – Assistant Consultant to the Member of Parliament of Ukraine, Secretariat of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Kyiv;

    2016 – Chief Specialist of the Division of Priority Non-Olympic Sports of the Department of Physical Culture and Non-Olympic Sports, Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine;

    2016-2020 – Director of the Department of Physical Culture and Non-Olympic Sports, Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine;

    15 July 2020 – appointed Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine.

    9 November 2023 – appointed Acting Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine

    5 September 2024 – appointed Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine.