Vasyl Stolyar
Vasyl Stolyar Василь Столяр | |
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| Born | April 11, 1962 |
| Occupations | Chairman, FC Volyn Lutsk |
| Children | 3 |
Vasyl Stolyar (Ukrainian: Василь Столяр) (born April 11, 1962[1]) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician. he served as a member of the Volyn Oblast council from 2006 to 2020. He was also previously chairman of FC Volyn Lutsk from 2003 to 2013, when he was replaced by Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi.[2]
Early life
Stolyar was born on 11 April 1962 in the city of Lutsk, which was then part of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union.[3] After attending Secondary School No. 5 in Lutsk, he completed his compulsory military service in the Soviet Armed Forces in 1982.[3] Afterwords, he studied at Donetsk National University of Economics and Trade named after M. Tugan-Baranovsky within the Faculty of Technology, graduating in 1988.[3] He later graduated from Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University within the Faculty of Law.[3]
Business activities and FC Volyn Lutsk
In March 2000, Vasyl Stolyar founded the Junior Football School "Femida-Inter" (Lutsk), presently Junior Football School "Volyn". Since January 2001 – FC Volyn Lutsk vice-president. Holds the position of FC Volyn Lutsk president since 2003.[1][4][5]
As of 2025, Stolyar remains the co-owner of more than 10 companies, including plastic manufacturing firm SK-Budplast and berry cultivation company Flora-Pivnich.[6] He was also formerly director of the municipal enterprise "Volynpryrodresurs" from 2017 to 2020.[3]
Political activities
Stolyar is a member of the Volyn Oblast council (the parliament of Volyn Oblast) since 2006; during the 2006 Ukrainian local elections he was elected on the list of Our Ukraine and during the 2010 Ukrainian local elections he was elected for Front of Changes.[1] As a member of Front of Changes.[4] On 15 June 2013 his Front for Change (party) merged into "Fatherland".[7] He was re-elected again in 2015 from Batkivshchyna, but was not re-elected during the 2020 elections when he ran as a Servant of the People candidate.[8]
Family
Stolyar is divorced and has three sons.[4][1]
Legal issues
Stolyar has been the subject of a local investigation for his long-running land-lease dispute with the village of Pidhaitsi in Lutsk.[6] In 2025, it was reported by the village council that he had accumulated more than ₴900,000 in unpaid rent on several land parcels he has originally leased in 2005 for fish farming, despite continuing to use the plots after ending his registration as the proprietor in 2014.[6] The council subsequently sought legal action to recover the debt and terminate the lease, with the courts ruling that the case could proceed.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d (in Ukrainian) Василь Столяр: «Пока печатают деньги, они у всех могут быть. Просто их надо правильно поднять» Just raise the right's mercy, Volyn Post (22 December 2011)
- ^ "Головного тренера "Волині" Віталія Кварцяного призначено президентом клубу". ZN. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
- ^ a b c d e "Столяр Василь Андрійович". Волинські новини. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
- ^ a b c (in Ukrainian) Short biography, Volyn Oblast council
- ^ "Керівництво : ФК Волинь : www.fc.volyn.net". fc.volyn.net. Archived from the original on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d Криштоф, Олег (15 December 2025). "Бізнесмен і колишній депутат Волиньради боргує майже мільйон гривень громаді | Центр журналістських розслідувань «Сила правди»" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 15 February 2026.
- ^ Sobolev: Front for Change and Reform and Order Party to join Batkivschyna, Interfax-Ukraine (11 June 2013)
Front for Change, Reforms and Order to dissolve for merger with Batkivshchyna - Sobolev, Ukrinform (11 June 2013) - ^ "Столяр Василь Андрійович — Біографія, Балотування, Фракції, Політична Агітація | ПолітХаб". www.chesno.org (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 15 February 2026.
External links
- Vasyl Stolyar's profile on FC Volyn Lutsk official website Archived 2008-08-21 at the Wayback Machine (in English)