[1][2] He began his career in 1975 as a student of the Bila Tserkva branch of the Ukrainian Training Complex.

After serving in the Soviet Army (1976-1978), he entered the Bila Tserkva Agricultural Institute, graduating in 1984 with a degree in agronomy.

[3] He was declared internationally wanted in 2005 after being involved in several criminal cases on suspicion of abuse of power and forgery.

[6][7] His wife Tetiana is the owner of Agrofirm Svitanok head-quartered in a village Kovalivka, Kyiv Oblast.

Tetiana is the ex-deputy of the Kyiv Oblast Council (1994 - 1998) and the member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in III and VI convocations.