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Petro Poroshenko

Petro Poroshenko
Петро Порошенко
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5th President of Ukraine
Assumed office
7 June 2014
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Volodymyr Groysman
Preceded by Oleksandr Turchynov (Acting)
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
Personal details
Born Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko
(1965-09-26) 26 September 1965 (age 51)
Bolhrad, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party Social Democratic
(1990–2001)
Independent
(2001–2002; 2012–2014)
Our Ukraine Bloc
(2002–2012)
Petro Poroshenko Bloc
(2014–present)
Spouse(s) Maryna Perevedentseva
Children Olexiy
Yevheniya
Oleksandra
Mykhaylo
Residence Mariyinsky Palace (official)
Kozyn, Kiev Oblast (private)
Alma mater Taras Shevchenko National University
Religion Ukrainian Orthodox
Signature
Website Official website
Military service
Allegiance  Soviet Union
Service/branch Soviet Army
Years of service 1984–1986
People's Deputy of Ukraine
3rd convocation
12 May 1998 – 14 May 2002
Elected as: Independent, Vinnytsia Oblast,
District No.12
4th convocation
14 May 2002 – 8 September 2005
Elected as: Our Ukraine Bloc, Vinnytsia Oblast, District No.12
5th convocation
25 May 2006 – 15 June 2007
Elected as: Our Ukraine Bloc, No.33
7th convocation
12 December 2012 – 3 June 2014
Elected as: Independent, Vinnytsia Oblast,
District No.12

Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko (Ukrainian: Петро́ Олексі́йович Пороше́нко, Ukrainian pronunciation: [pɛˈtrɔ ol̠ɛkˈsʲijoʋɪt͡ʃ poroˈʃɛnko]; born 28 September 1965) is the fifth and current President of Ukraine, in office since 2014. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2010, and as the Minister of Trade and Economic Development in 2012. From 2007 until 2012, Poroshenko headed the Council of Ukraine's National Bank.

Outside government, Poroshenko has been a prominent oligarch with a lucrative career in acquiring and building assets. His most recognized ownerships are Roshen, the large-scale confectionery company which has earned him the nickname of 'Chocolate King', and a TV channel 5 kanal, an all-news national TV broadcaster. Due to the scale of his business holdings in manufacturing, agriculture and financial industry, his political influence that included several stints at government prior to his presidency, and ownership of an influential mass-media outlet, Poroshenko has long been considered one of the prominent Ukrainian oligarchs even though not the most influential among them.

He was elected president on 25 May 2014, capturing more than 54% of the vote in the first round, thereby winning outright and avoiding a run-off.

Poroshenko was born in the city of Bolhrad, in Odessa Oblast, on 26 September 1965. He also spent his childhood and youth in Bendery (Moldavian SSR, now officially Moldova but under de facto control of the unrecognised breakaway state Transnistria). where his father Oleksiy was heading a machine building plant.


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