Alexander Borodai
| Alexander Borodai | |
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| Александр Бородай | |
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| First Deputy Prime Minister of Donetsk People's Republic | |
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In office 8 August 2014 – 24 October 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Alexander Zakharchenko |
| Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic | |
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In office 16 May 2014 – 7 August 2014 |
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| Deputy |
Andrei Purgin Vladimir Antyufeyev |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Zakharchenko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1972 Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Citizenship | Russian |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Transnistria Donetsk People's Republic
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| Battles/wars |
War in Transnistria 1993 Russian constitutional crisis War in Donbass |
Alexander Yurevich Borodai (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ю́рьевич Борода́й; IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ˈjʉrʲɪvʲɪtɕ bərɐˈdaj], Ukrainian: Олександр Юрійович Бородай; born July 25, 1972) was Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic in 2014. After the Donetsk People's Republic declared its independence from Ukraine on 12 May 2014, Borodai was appointed as Prime Minister by the republic's Supreme Council on May 16, 2014. Borodai, a Russian citizen, had earlier worked as a political adviser to Sergey Aksyonov, the prime minister of the Republic of Crimea. On 7 August 2014 Borodai announced his resignation. He was succeeded by Alexander Zakharchenko; under Zakharchenko, Borodai became Deputy Prime Minister.
In his interview to Novaya Gazeta Borodai acknowledged that he has known Igor Girkin since after the war in Transnistria.
Alexander Borodai lives in Moscow. He is a son of Yury Borodai, a scholar in philosophy.
Borodai has a degree in philosophy from Moscow State University. In 1994 he worked for the RIA Novosti as a military correspondent during the First Chechen War. Since 1996 he works for the Zavtra newspaper. Since 1998 he has worked as a "political technologist" specialising in elections. Since 2001 he has headed the consulting business "Sotsionaster" specializing in crisis management. Borodai and the future military commander of the Donetsk People's Republic Igor Strelkov were close associates of the controversial Russian businessmen Konstantin Malofeev.
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