[2] He began his career in July 1966 as an assistant turbine driver at the Kramatorsk Metallurgical Plant, based in Kuibyshev, Donetsk Oblast.

[citation needed] In January 1970, after serving in the border troops of the KGB of the army, he worked as a gasman, mastering gas facilities, as a senior foreman of the production section of the blast furnace shop.

[citation needed] In October 1981, he was promoted to the deputy chairman of the trade union committee of the Kramatorsk metallurgical plant named after Kuibyshev, Donetsk region.

[citation needed] In September 1984, he became the deputy director for commercial and financial issues of the Kramatorsk Metallurgical Plant.

[citation needed] From August to November 1994, he was the director of procurement and metallurgical production of the Fistag-Viktoria joint venture, Kramatorsk.

[citation needed] From November 1994 to May 1996, he was the chairman of the board of the open joint-stock company Kramatorsk metallurgical plant named after Kuibyshev.

On 18 March 2010, by decree of the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, Blyznyuk was appointed governor of Donetsk Oblast again.

[13] He was elected into office as a member of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament), a multi-member constituency, Party of Regions, number 15 on the list.