Roman Zabzalyuk

Date of Birth: 18.07.1960

Place of Birth. Education. Born in Lviv. In 1981, he graduated from the Lviv Higher Military School.

Career. 1981-1993 - Served in officer positions in the armed forces. Participated in combat operations in Afghanistan: 1985-1986 - Deputy Commander of a separate reconnaissance unit with special designation, was wounded. Has state awards. Left the armed forces in December 1993 as a Major in Mykolaiv. Holds a brown belt in hand-to-hand combat.

Organized and led a number of public organizations at his time, including the youth organization Internacionalist, the sports club 'Molodëzhny', the volunteer people's militia 'Kaskad', and the Southern Bug Cossack Palanka.

In 1995, he became one of the founders of the Mykolaiv organization of the Peace Forces Fatherland Association, which transformed in 1999 into the regional organization of the Fatherland party in Mykolaiv (Chairperson - Yulia Tymoshenko).

In 1999, he was elected to the Presidium Council of the party. In the same year, he was elected as the First Deputy Chairman of the Central Control and Revision Commission of the party at the II Congress of the party. Founder and co-editor of the regional public-political newspaper Nasha Rodina. Served for four years as an advisor to the people's deputies of Ukraine, including for Timoshenko.

From 2001 to 2003, he held the position of Chairman of the Regional Committee of the National Salvation Forum, head of the regional election headquarters of the All-Ukrainian Fatherland Association, and was a member of the regional council of the Coordinating Committee 'Rise, Ukraine!'. He was the immediate organizer and participant in the All-Ukrainian actions 'Ukraine without Kuchma!', 'Rise up, Ukraine!' in the Mykolaiv region.

During the 2004 election campaign, he performed the duties of an authorized representative for the candidate for the office of President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, was a member of the regional committee of the People's Coalition, and Deputy Head of the Regional Council for National Salvation in Mykolaiv. For his active and professional work, he was thanked by the President of Ukraine Yushchenko.

In 2005, he held the position of head of the Main Department of Emergencies and Protection of the Population from the Consequences of the Chernobyl Disaster of the Mykolaiv Regional Administration, as well as advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Timoshenko. Deputy of the Mykolaiv Regional Council.

2006-2007 - Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine V Convocation of Fatherland (No. 49 in the electoral list). Member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Combating Organized Crime and Corruption.

2007-2012 - Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine VI Convocation of Fatherland (No. 34 in the list). Member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Combating Organized Crime and Corruption, Head of the Subcommittee on Monitoring Compliance with the Law in the Area of Organized Crime and Corruption by State Authorities and Local Government.

From December 2012 to November 2014 - Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine VII Convocation, who was on the party list of Fatherland (No. 31 in the list). Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense Issues.

Member of the Political Council of the Fatherland party, head of the regional party organization Fatherland Mykolaiv.

Scandals. On February 8, 2012, Roman Zabzalyuk revealed sensational recordings about the bribery of deputies of the Verkhovna Rada for transitioning to the camp of Viktor Yanukovych. Zabzalyuk stated that his exit from Fatherland was a special operation in which he participated to expose Yanukovych's camp. Zabzalyuk clarified that after his statement about leaving Fatherland, he was offered to join the group of defectors loyal to Yanukovych. To prove this, Zabzalyuk presented a tape recording of his conversation with deputy Igor Rybakov, who heads the Future Reform Group, which unites defecting deputies in Parliament. In the recording, Zabzalyuk was offered up to $500,000 for the transition to Yanukovych, then a monthly support of $20-25,000 and a 'bonus' of another $500,000 in case of successful work. As Zabzalyuk claims, the recording was made by him on his mobile phone during negotiations with Rybakov in his office. Zabzalyuk specified that he developed the operation to expose his opponents together with the head of the parliamentary faction of Fatherland, Andrey Kozhemyakin, a former KGB and SBU officer.

Regalia. Order of the Red Star, Order 'For Merit' III class, Order of Vladimir the Great III class. Reserve Lieutenant Colonel.

Family Ties. Single.

Death. Roman Zabzalyuk died on October 9, 2018, from cancer.

07.16.2019