Volodymyr Tykhonovych Puzakov (Ukrainian: Володимир Тихонович Пузакóв, pronounced[woloˈdɪmɪrˈtɪxonowɪtʃpʊzɐˈkɔu̯]; born December 28, 1949) is a Ukrainian politician. He is the member of the Communist Party of Ukraine, the Member of Verkhovna Rada of the 4th convocation (2002–2006), and the person currently holding the position of both the First Secretary of the Kirovohrad Regional Committee of the CPU and former Mayor of Kirovohrad, having been elected for the latter with much controversy in November 2006.
1971–1978 – occupied various positions at Ukrselkhoztekhnika/Ukrsilhosptekhnika Repair Works (Kirovohrad);
1978–1983 – superior of the repair and construction unit, deputy director and the secretary of the Communist Party Committee at Ukrremtrast Repair and Engineering Works (Kirovohrad);
1983–1990 – occupied various positions in the regional Communist Party organizations;
In 2002 Volodymyr Puzakov took part in the Ukrainian parliamentary elections as No. 25 in the Communist party ticket and on March 31 he was elected to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. In the parliament he was the member of the Communist Party of Ukraine faction and headed the Subcommittee on Securities and Stock Market within the Verkhovna Rada's Committee on Finances and Banking.
As a parliamentarian Volodymyr Puzakov was among the most active people's deputies. According to official statistics during his staying in the Parliament he spoke from the rostrum 369 times and filed 334 interpellations, what correspondingly is the 3rd and the 2nd best results for the then convocation.
