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.
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| 5th President of Ukraine | |
| In office 7 June 2014 – 20 May 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Arseniy Yatsenyuk Volodymyr Groysman |
| Preceded by | Oleksandr Turchynov (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Volodymyr Zelensky |
| 2nd Minister of Trade and Economic Development | |
| In office 23 March 2012 – 24 December 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Mykola Azarov |
| Preceded by | Andriy Klyuyev |
| Succeeded by | Ihor Prasolov |
| 9th Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 9 October 2009 – 11 March 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Yulia Tymoshenko Oleksandr Turchynov (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Volodymyr Khandohiy |
| Succeeded by | Kostyantyn Gryshchenko |
| 4th Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council | |
| In office 8 February 2005 – 8 September 2005 | |
| President | Viktor Yushchenko |
| Preceded by | Volodymyr Radchenko |
| Succeeded by | Anatoliy Kinakh |
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| Born | Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko 26 September 1965 Bolhrad, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Solidarity (2001–present) Social Democratic Party (Before 2001) Our Ukraine-People's Self-defence Bloc (2002–2012) |
| Spouse(s) | Maryna Poroshenko |
| Children | Olexiy Yevheniya Oleksandra Mykhaylo |
| Alma mater | National University of Kyiv |
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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
Poroshenko attending a U.S. Independence Day celebration at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, 6 July 2005
Poroshenko at the Russian-Ukrainian international commission meeting in 2009
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in the Polish Senate with former Greek prime minister George Papandreou, December 2009
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
2014 presidential election percentage of vote for Poroshenko
Poroshenko delivers a speech to the Council of Europe parliamentary assembly in Strasbourg, 26 June 2014.
Poroshenko in Melitopol (2014)
Poroshenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, October 2014
Poroshenko in Poltava (May 2016)
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References
- ↑ "Petro Poroshenko Net Worth". The Richest. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ↑ "Безвізовий режим для України підписали у Стразбурзі". 24 Канал (in українська). Retrieved 2020-12-14.
- ↑ "Майже півмільйона українців встигли скористатися безвізом". ukraine.segodnya.ua (in українська). Retrieved 2020-12-14.
- ↑ "Зеленський: Порошенко привітав із перемогою". Радіо Свобода (in українська). Retrieved 2020-12-14.
- ↑ Zaxid.net. "Порошенко привітав Зеленського з офіційними результатами виборів". ZAXID.NET (in українська). Retrieved 2020-12-14.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "У Roshen підтвердили, що Порошенко переоформлює кондитерський бізнес на сина Олексія". nv.ua (in українська). Retrieved 2020-12-14.
- ↑ "26 вересня | «ГРОМАДА Схід» | Для людей, про людей" (in українська). 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
