Viktor Yushchenko

Viktor Yushchenko
Viktor Yushchenko
Віктор Ющенко
	Official portrait, 2008
3rd President of Ukraine
	In office; 23 January 2005 – 25 February 2010
Prime Minister	Yulia Tymoshenko; Yuriy Yekhanurov; Viktor Yanukovych;
Preceded by	Leonid Kuchma
Succeeded by	Viktor Yanukovych
7th Prime Minister of Ukraine
	In office; 22 December 1999 – 29 May 2001; Cabinet Yushchenko Government
President	Leonid Kuchma
Deputy	Yuriy Yekhanurov
Preceded by	Valeriy Pustovoitenko
Succeeded by	Anatoliy Kinakh
Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine
	In office; January 1993 – 22 December 1999
Preceded by	Vadym Hetman
Succeeded by	Volodymyr Stelmakh
People's Deputy of Ukraine
4th convocation
	In office; 14 May 2002 – 23 January 2005
Constituency	Independent, No. 1
Personal details
Born	Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko; 23 February 1954 (age 70); Khoruzhivka, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Communist Party of Ukraine; (1980–1991); Independent; (1991–2005); Our Ukraine; (2005–present);
Spouse(s)	Svetlana Kolesnyk (divorced); Kateryna Yushchenko;
Children	Vitalina Yushchenko, Andriy Yushchenko, Sophia, Khrystyna, Taras
Alma mater	Ternopil National Economic University; Academy of Banking;
Signature
Website	www.razom.org.ua
Military service
Branch/service	Border Guard unit of KGB
Years of service	1975–1976
Rank	Captain

Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko (Ukrainian: Віктор Андрійович Ющенкоcode: uk is deprecated ) (born February 23, 1954) is a previous President of Ukraine. On November 26, 2004, he lost the Ukrainian presidential election. However, he and his followers argued that the election had been corrupted. They argued that the election results had been falsified by the Ukrainian government, in support of the opposing candidate Viktor Yanukovych. They organized political demonstrations in the autumn and winter of 2004 that gathered millions of people all over the country. They called the demonstrations The Orange Revolution. The Constitutional Court ordered a second round of elections, which Yuschenko won.^[1]

Yushchenko claimed to have been poisoned by political enemies. He was hospitalized and his appearance showed signs of a serious illness.^[1]

Yulia Tymoshenko and Yushchenko were once strong allies (during the Orange Revolution). Today there is a lot of political misunderstanding between Tymoshenko and Yushchenko.^[2]

In February 2010 Yushchenko lost the presidential election to Viktor Yanukovych.^[3]

From December 1999 till May 2001 Yushchenko was the Ukrainian prime minister and from January 1993 till December 1999 head of the national bank of Ukraine.^[4]

Viktor Yushchenko Media

Yushchenko as prime minister visiting Poland in 2000
Yushchenko with fellow opposition leader Oleksandr Moroz during the Orange Revolution, 2004
Yushchenko's approval rating stood at 7% as of October 2009 according to FOM-Ukraine polling results.
Pro-Orange Revolution demonstration in Brussels, Belgium
Yushchenko at the University of Amsterdam, with chloracne from TCDD poisoning (2006).
Yushchenko meeting United States President George W. Bush at an April 2005 press conference.
EPP Summit 19 March 2009
Yushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko representing their parties ("Our Ukraine" and "Fatherland") at the Summit of European People's Party, Lisbon, Portugal, 18 October 2007
Viktor Yushchenko (first round) – percentage of total national vote (5.5%)
Yushchenko speaking at the University of Zurich in 2009