# Petro Pysarchuk

Petro Ivanovych Pysarchuk (Ukrainian: Петро Іванович Писарчук; born 6 June 1955) is a Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur who served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 2002 to 2012, first from Ukraine's 124th electoral district in Lviv Oblast and later from the proportional list of the Party of Regions.

## Professional career

Pysarchuk graduated from Lviv Polytechnic in 1977, with a specialty in heat and power engineering. From 1977 he associated as the Secretary of Komsomol Committee at Railway Carriage Repair Depot of Lviv Railway Station. From 1979 to 1984 he worked as Komsomol official. In 1984 he became the Deputy of principal of staff at the construction of Kachinskaja, Achinsk fuel energy complex, Krasnoyarsk Krai. In November 1986 he became Deputy of Machine-Shop Manager, and later, in 1987 he became the Machine-Shop Manager in the Lviv Insulator Plant . From 1989 to 1990 he worked mainly in Communist Party becoming involved as a Full-time Associate, and in late 1990-th he became the Chief Engineer and Vice President of the Joint Stock Company, Galychyna and became the CEO of Small Enterprise "Lavaz". From 1993 to 2002 he became the General Manager of AJPIE-L Co. Ltd. He founded the Trade-Manufacturing Enterprise "Pivdennyj Market", later turning into the largest trade complex of the City of Lviv. In 2000 there was an attempt to assassinate him, but he survived. In 2008 he became an owner of Lviv's newspapers "Ukraina I Chas" and "Informator".

## Political career

From May 2002 Pysarchuk served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine in the 4th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (parliament), representing Ukraine's 124th electoral district in Lviv Oblast. Pysarchuk won in the district with a result of 46.13%, overtaking six competitors. He was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) until December 2004, when he defected to the Regions of Ukraine faction. He was a member of the Committee on Economic Policy, National Economic Management, Property and Investment from June 2002.
Pysarchuk was elected to the 5th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada in April 2006 as a member of the Party of Regions placed 132nd on the party's proportional list. He served as a member of the Committee on Government Construction, Regional Policy, and Local Self-Government. A year later, he was elected into the 6th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada from the Party of Regions, this time as the 154th candidate on the party's proportional list. He served as a member of the Verkhovna Rada Budget Committee.

## Awards

* Letter of Commendation, granted by Cabinet Council of Ukraine

## Charity

* Thanks to P.Pysarchuk's help more than twenty villages and homesteads in Lviv Region, have been supplied with conventional gas, such as Borshiv, Lisovi, Mereshiv, Bolotne, Bagiv, Selesjka, Snovychi, Vilhovets, et cetera.
* P.Pysarchuk donated to recovery of Zolochiv Castle. These funds were used for restoration of The Kytajskij (The Chinese) and The Korolivskyj(The Royal) Palaces, laying of water and heat supply systems, renewal of facade of The Velykyj(The Grand) Palace, and for construction of tunnel with entrance, ravelin and drawbridge. The monument of sacral art “Джерело”(Spring) was opened near the castle, which became a symbolic entrance sign.
* P.Pysarchuk permanently helps various congregations of different confessions. Thanks to his sponsorship nearly 100 churches were restored not only in Lviv Region, but also in Ternopil, Kherson, Odesa and in other Ukrainian regions.
* More than 50 million hrivnas were spent to help Lviv Region patient care institutions to strengthen their facilities and equipment.

## Family

Pysarchuk come from a peasant family. Wife - Oksana Pavlivna (1980), sons - Maxim (1995) and Serhyj (1999), daughter - Justyna-Lubov (2005)