Shapovalov was born on 16 February 1963, in
Izium. In 1986, he graduated from the
Kharkiv Petro Vasylenko National Technical University of Agriculture with a degree in mechanical engineering. In 1988, he began working for
Komsomol as the group's first secretary in Izium. In 1996, he earned a degree in finance from the
National University of Kharkiv. In July 1997, he started working for the before directing a gas complex in
Bezliudivka. On 15 February 2005, Shapovalov was elected President of the Kharkiv Oblast Council, serving until 28 April 2006. On 26 March 2006, he was elected as a deputy in the Council. In July 2006, he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration. He was dismissed in January 2009 and became general director of an electric plant in
Kharkiv. On 31 October 2010, he was re-elected to the Kharkiv Oblast Council and served as Chairman of the Standing Committee on Fuel and Energy, Housing and Communal Services, Industry, Construction, Transport, Roads and Communications. Oleg Shapovalov died on 6 August 2021, at the age of 58. ==Distinctions==