[4][5] In 1986, he graduated from Simferopol Higher Military-Political Construction School.

[2] Bondarenko served as Deputy Chairman of the Mukachevo Raion State Administration.

[6] He worked as an assistant consultant to the People's Deputy of Ukraine Mykola Onishchuk.

[6] In the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, he unsuccessfully ran for the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) for Election Bloc Liudmyla Suprun – Ukrainian Regional Asset.

[7][8] From 2008 to 2010, Bondarenko headed the Administrative Department of the Ministry of Justice.