Levin Volodymyr Illich (ukr. ''Левін Володимир Ілліч''; born 1 June 1970 in

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

), is a

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politician, and businessman. In 2017 he became the Chairman of the club

Desna Chernihiv Football Club Desna Chernihiv ( uk, ФК «Десна» Чернігів) is a Ukrainian football club based in Chernihiv. The original name of the club was "Avanhard" (FC Avanhard Chernihiv) during its first year of existence as part of a re ...

Biography

Levin was born in

and he is a Member of the

Kyiv City Council Kyiv City Council ( uk, Київська міська рада, translit=Kyivska miska rada), also known as Kyivrada ( uk, Київрада), is the city council of Kyiv municipality, the highest representative body of the city community. The me ...

of the VIII convocation (Solidarity faction).Also Member of the Council of Entrepreneurs under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, Vice-President of the Ukrainian Market, President of the Chernihiv Desna Football Club. He is also a Member of the Standing Committee on Budget and Socio-Economic Development of the Kyiv City Council.

Economic Studies

Since 2019, Volodymyr Levin has been working on the technical implementation of Universal Basic Income (UBI). He is currently stating that the war in Ukraine is the perfect opportunity to implement UBI. He has written 4 papers discussing and explaining how can it be implemented.

Political career

Since 2013, he has been a member of the Council of Entrepreneurs under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. In addition to working in the Kyiv City Council, the candidate manages several companies, including AF-Leasing LLC, which is listed as his place of work on the CEC website. In 2015, he was elected a deputy of the Kyiv City Council from the BPP Solidarity in 86 constituencies of the Obolon district. Member of the Standing Committee on Budget and Socio-Economic Development. In 2022 According to Chernihiv Region Events and Comments, Volodymyr Levin, President of

, is being considered the main candidate from the Servant of the People in the 206th constituency election. A sociological campaign close to the Servants of the People has already included Volodymyr Levin in the initial poll, which is currently underway in 206 constituencies.

Sports and patronage

In 2017 Levin become the president of

. He managed to sign good players for the club like the Estonian international

Joonas Tamm Joonas Tamm (born 2 February 1992) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga I club FCSB and the Estonia national team. Tamm has won the Estonian Footballer of the Year in 2022. Club career Tulevik Tamm started ...

, the experience goalkeepr

Yevhen Past Yevhen Serhiyovych Past ( uk, Євген Сергійович Паст; born 16 March 1988) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Chornomorets Odesa. Club career Early years He is a product of the Chornomorets Ode ...

and bring the club to the

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League'') ...

. Furthermore, the team got into the Europa League third qualifying round for the first time in the history of the club. He also managed to sells the striker Oleksandr Filippov for 1.5 million of euro, becoming the most expensive player sold by the club, with some Italian clubs interested on the player. On 31 May 2021, the

congratulates with him during his birthday and also for his achievement and greatest as president of

with results in history of growing from year to year of the club of

Chernihiv Chernihiv ( uk, Черні́гів, , russian: Черни́гов, ; pl, Czernihów, ; la, Czernihovia), is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within ...

. In summer 2021, due to the difficult financial situation of the club Volodymyr Levin addressed the club with a serious task. He said that the club has a 4-month debt to the players for the payment of salaries and the management of the UPL club decided to cut the budget for the 2021/22 season. A number of players have left Desna. He also said that "Don't worry about Desna. Everything is fine. Desna will play, and not worse than last season. Desna has decided on sparring partners in the off-season Desna has decided on sparring partner sminamines. Desna, in addition to playing this season and do your best to choose players and build the team. The task of the club is to look at the future of football in

region, "Levin said in a comment to Tribuna. The club started very well the season 2021-22 with four winning matches in row look solid and strong and Volodymyr Levin explained the difficult task that he and his staff had to do after failing the qualification of the Europe League and Conference League, selling also 15 players and get 13 more new once on the team. On 27 September 2021, the president spoke about the situation with the wage arrears of the players in the club and confirmed that the wages started to be paid and also the wage arrears ensuring that no one has problems. He state that Desna is one big friendly family, which we play football. In december 2021, he defined

Oleksandr Ryabokon Oleksandr Ryabokon ( ua, Олександр Дмитрович Рябоконь; born 21 February 1964) is a former Ukrainian football defender, and recently, until 2022, the head-coach of FC Desna Chernihiv in the Ukrainian Premier League. He ...

, one of the best UPL of

. In February 2022, after he made public is candidacy for the Servant of the People in the 206th constituency election, he said that his task is to build a

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. In May 2022 in a meeting of UPL clubs asked to support the Chernihiv club in the 2022/23 season after the russian aggression. He also confirmed that the leadership of the club will not give up and that the main plan is to build a children's academy and training fields, restore the team. He thanks the Armed Forces for the liberation from the invaders of

Chernihiv Oblast Chernihiv Oblast ( uk, Черні́гівська о́бласть, translit=Chernihivska oblast; also referred to as Chernihivshchyna, uk, Черні́гівщина, translit=Chernihivshchyna) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. T ...

and the opportunity to begin its restoration. Glory to Ukraine, "Levin said.

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