He was born on July 19, 1969, in the village of Hannivka, Marinsky, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, into a family of rural workers.
He was an independent candidate and joined the faction of the "Opposition Bloc" after taking the oath.
He was one of 59 deputies who signed the submission based on which the Constitutional Court of Ukraine canceled the article of the Criminal Code of Ukraine on illegal enrichment, which required public officials to explain the sources of their income and the income of their family members.
Criminal liability for illegal enrichment in Ukraine was introduced in 2015.
This was one of the requirements of the EU for the implementation of the Visa Liberalization Action Plan, as well as one of Ukraine's obligations to the IMF, secured in the memorandum.