In 1995, he graduated from the institute, and managed a small farm in the village of Vinohradovka, a town in the Bolhrad Raion, of the Odesa Oblast.
In 2005, he graduated from the National Academy of Internal Affairs of Ukraine with a degree in Law, as a lawyer.
He hold his position as the Chairman of the farm “Agrofirm Burgudzhi”, Artsyzsky District, Odesa Region from February 2004 to March 2019.
[3] On 10 April 2019, after Stepanov stepped down from office, Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko, appointed Paraschenko as the acting Governor of Odesa Oblast.
[4] From 21 August 2019 to 4 December 2020, Paraschenko was the chairman of the Odesa Oblast Council of the VII convocation.