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Petro Poroshenko

Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko (Ukrainian: Петро Олексійович Порошенко; born 26 September 1965 in Bolhrad[1]) is a Ukrainian billionaire businessman. He became President of Ukraine on 7 June 2014. He lost his re-election in 2019 to comedian Volodymyr Zelensky.

Petro Poroshenko
Петро Порошенко
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5th President of Ukraine
In office
7 June 2014 – 20 May 2019
Prime MinisterArseniy Yatsenyuk
Volodymyr Groysman
Preceded byOleksandr Turchynov (Acting)
Succeeded byVolodymyr Zelensky
2nd Minister of Trade and Economic Development
In office
23 March 2012 – 24 December 2012
Prime MinisterMykola Azarov
Preceded byAndriy Klyuyev
Succeeded byIhor Prasolov
9th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
9 October 2009 – 11 March 2010
Prime MinisterYulia Tymoshenko
Oleksandr Turchynov (Acting)
Preceded byVolodymyr Khandohiy
Succeeded byKostyantyn Gryshchenko
4th Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council
In office
8 February 2005 – 8 September 2005
PresidentViktor Yushchenko
Preceded byVolodymyr Radchenko
Succeeded byAnatoliy Kinakh
Personal details
Born
Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko

26 September 1965 (aged 60)
Bolhrad, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		Solidarity (2001–present)
Social Democratic Party
(Before 2001)
Our Ukraine-People's Self-defence Bloc (2002–2012)
Spouse(s)Maryna Poroshenko
ChildrenOlexiy
Yevheniya
Oleksandra
Mykhaylo
Alma materNational University of Kyiv
SignaturePetro Poroshenko's signature

Poroshenko was the People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th and 9th convocations (1998-2014, since 2019). He is a founder of the Solidarity Party of Ukraine and one of the co-founders of the Labor Solidarity Party of Ukraine, which later changed its name to the Party of Regions. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs (2009-2010) in the second government of Yulia Tymoshenko and Minister of Trade (2012) in the government of Mykola Azarov. He was a member of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine (2007-2014).

Elected President of Ukraine in May 2014, winning 54.7% of the vote in the first round. During his presidency, he suspended active Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine and gained Ukraine's foreign policy support from Western (Europe and North America) countries. Under his presidency, Ukraine received a visa-free regime with the EU (2017).[2][3] He contributed to the granting of autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (2018-2019). He initiated unprecedented reforms in the army, education, medicine, public administration, etc. He ran in the 2019 presidential election, but lost to producer and showman Volodymyr Zelensky in the second round.[4][5]

In addition to his political activities, Poroshenko is engaged in business and is considered one of the Ukrainian oligarchs;[6] regularly ranks in the rankings of the wealthiest Ukrainians. He is partly the owner of the Roshen[7] confectionery corporation, several automobile and bus factories, the 5 TV channel, etc.

Biography

The Poroshenko family is documented in the 1835 census in Safyany, Izmail County, Bessarabian Province. The family belongs to the community of Ukrainian burghers.[8] The family lived on the lands of the Ust-Danube Budzhak Cossack army.

Petro Poroshenko Media

  • Poroshenko and Viktor Yushchenko during the meeting before Mukacheve mayoral election on 16 April 2004

  • Petro Poroshenko (2005 ).jpg

    Poroshenko attending a U.S. Independence Day celebration at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, 6 July 2005

  • Yulia Tymoshenko November 2009-4.jpeg

    Poroshenko at the Russian-Ukrainian international commission meeting in 2009

  • George Papandreou and Petro Poroshenko 2009.jpg

    Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in the Polish Senate with former Greek prime minister George Papandreou, December 2009

  • Secretary Kerry Poses for a Photo With Ukrainian Opposition Leaders in Munich.jpg

    Ukrainian opposition leaders Vitali Klitschko, Poroshenko (second left) and Arsenii Yatseniuk (right) with United States Secretary of State John Kerry (second right) at the Munich Security Conference, 2014

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    2014 presidential election percentage of vote for Poroshenko

  • Петр Порошенко.jpg

    Poroshenko in Melitopol (2014)

  • Putin Renzi Poroshenko.jpeg

    Poroshenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, October 2014

  • Петро Порошенко під час виступу у Полтаві (2016 рік).jpg

    Poroshenko in Poltava (May 2016)

  • Президент підписав закон про державну мову; Мова – це платформа, на якій будується нація і держава 1.jpg

    Poroshenko and Andrii Parubii signing the law "On provision of the functioning of the Ukrainian language as the State language"

References

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  5. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  6. ↑ "Profile: Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko" (in en-GB). BBC News. 2014-06-07. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26822741. Retrieved 2020-12-14. 
  7. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  8. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).


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