Olena Bondarenko (Party of Regions politician)

Olena Anatoliivna Bondarenko (née Kovalenko) (Ukrainian: Олена Анатоліївна Бондаренко) is a Ukrainian journalist, a former People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, 1st Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Verkhovna Rada on freedom of speech and information; Head of Subcommittee of Television and Radio Broadcasting Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on freedom of speech and information. Member of the Party of Regions grouping since May 2006. In 2012 she was re-elected into parliament on the party list of Party of Regions.

Bondarenko was born on 26 May 1974, in Makeevka, Donetsk oblast', her father is a miner, and her mother is a nurse.

In 1991 Bondarenko entered Donetsk State University, Department of History. When at the third year, she entered the Faculty of related and complementary disciplines, with a qualification in journalism. In 1996 she graduated from both faculties.
In 2004 Olena Bondarenko graduated from the Department of Administrative Management, Donetsk State Academy of Management.

Co-working with Borys Kolesnikov, who in 2003 headed the Donetsk regional branch of Party of Regions, predetermined further political career of Bondarenko. She not only became the personal media consultant for Boris Kolesnikov, but also was one of the key players in the team. She managed to create an effective press service and ensure smooth communication between People's Deputies and Kolesnikov and the media.

In 2007 during parliamentary elections Bondarenko led the Department of Communications of the central campaign office of the Party of Regions. Since December 2007 she's been the member of the Committee on freedom of speech and information, Party of Regions faction member since November 2007, member of Ukrainian National Union of Journalists, member of the Party of Regions.

In 2012 she was re-elected into parliament on the party list of Party of Regions.

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