1. Ivan Bakanov was a member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine from 2019 to 2022.
12 Facts About Ivan Bakanov
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Previously, Ivan Bakanov was the leader of the Servant of the People party from 2017 to 2019.
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Ivan Bakanov was the head of the Kvartal 95 troupe from January 2013 and of Kvartal 95 Studio since December 2013.
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Ivan Bakanov was part of Volodymyr Zelenskyy's team during 2019 presidential campaign.
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Ivan Bakanov was the leader of the Servant of the People party from 2017 to 2019.
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In July 2024 Ivan Bakanov received a lawyer's certificate from the Poltava Oblast Bar Council.
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Ivan Bakanov was appointed as a Member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine on 28 May 2019.
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Ivan Bakanov was awarded with the military rank of "lieutenant" in the end of May 2019 in order to have an access to classified information.
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Ivan Bakanov was officially appointed as the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine by parliament on 29 August 2019.
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Ivan Bakanov was dismissed as head of SBU by Zelenskyy on 17 July 2022.
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Ivan Bakanov is married to Oksana Lazarenko, a former Russian citizen, who has lived and worked in Ukraine since 1998 and has permanent residence permit.
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Ivan Bakanov has a son Artur, who was a student at Kyiv National Economic University as of 2019.