Vladimir Bodnar (born December 26, 1942 in

Stara Ushytsia Stara Ushytsia ( uk, Стара Ушиця, yi, אַלט־אישיצע / אישיצע, russian: Старая Ушица) is an urban-type settlement in Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion (district) of Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine. Stara Ushytsia ...

village,

Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion ( uk, Кам'янець-Подільський район, ) is one of the three administrative raions (a Raions of Ukraine, ''district'') of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine. Its Administrative centre, administ ...

Khmelnytskyi Oblast Khmelnytskyi Oblast ( uk, Хмельни́цька о́бласть, translit=Khmelnytska oblast; also referred to as Khmelnychchyna — uk, Хмельни́ччина) is an oblast (province) of western Ukraine covering portions of the histo ...

, Ukrainian SSR) is a politician and community leader from

Transnistria Transnistria, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), is an unrecognised breakaway state that is internationally recognised as a part of Moldova. Transnistria controls most of the narrow strip of land between the Dniester riv ...

. He is co-chairman of the

Joint Control Commission The Joint Control Commission ( ro, Comisia Unificată de Control, COC; russian: Объединенная контрольная комиссия, ОКК) is a tri-lateral peacekeeping force and joint military command structure from Moldova, Transni ...

which was formed to oversee the negotiated ceasefire following the 1992 War of Transnistria. He is a former member and deputy speaker of

parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...

(2001–2005) and president of the

Union of Ukrainians in Transnistria The Union of Ukrainians in Transnistria is a non-governmental organization based in Transnistria. Its president is Vladimir Bodnar, an ethnic Ukrainian born in Transnistria. The union is composed of ethnic Ukrainians. It acts as a federation of loc ...

. While in parliament, he was head of the parliamentary committee on security and defense.

Biography

Vladimir Bodnar is born in

, Kamenets-Podolsk region of

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

on December 26, 1942. He is a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

. After graduating from the Financial College in

Chernivtsi Chernivtsi ( uk, Чернівці́}, ; ro, Cernăuți, ; see also other names) is a city in the historical region of Bukovina, which is now divided along the borders of Romania and Ukraine, including this city, which is situated on the upp ...

, he worked in the

Moldovan SSR The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic ( ro, Republica Sovietică Socialistă Moldovenească, Moldovan Cyrillic: ) was one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union which existed from 1940 to 1991. The republic was formed on 2 August 1940 ...

Financial-Budget Administration. In 1982 he graduated from Odessa National Institute of Economics, specializing in labor economics and then working in agricultural organizations in Grigoriopol district. He is elected deputy to the People's Deputies' Rural Soviet and vice-president of the Grigoriopol District Executive Committee and the Provisional Supreme Soviet of the self-proclaimed Moldovan Dniester Republic. Vladimir Bodnar is a founding member of the

, serving as prime vice president (1991-1998) and president (1998-2004). He was dismissed from the leadership of the Union of Ukrainians in Transnistria at the end of 2004. He is a staunch opponent of attempts to unify Transnistria and

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and has at times advocated the incorporation of Transnistria into

.BBCRomanian, 12 iulie 2006 - ''Referendum în Transnistria pe 17 septembrie''
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References

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