Pavlo Lazarenko
| Pavlo Lazarenko Павло Лазаренко |
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| 5th Prime Minister of Ukraine | |
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In office 28 May 1996 – 2 July 1997 |
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| President | Leonid Kuchma |
| Preceded by | Yevhen Marchuk |
| Succeeded by | Valeriy Pustovoitenko |
| First Vice-Premier | |
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In office September 1995 – May 1996 |
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| Prime Minister | Yevhen Marchuk |
| Preceded by | Viktor Pynzenyk |
| Succeeded by | Vasyl Durdynets |
| Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Region | |
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In office March 1992 – June 1994 |
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| President | Leonid Kravchuk |
| Personal details | |
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Pavlo Ivanovych Lazarenko 23 January 1953 Karpivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR |
| Political party | Hromada (formerly) |
| Spouse(s) | Tamara |
| Children | 1 son, 2 daughters |
Pavlo Ivanovych Lazarenko (Ukrainian: Павло Іванович Лазаренко; born 23 January 1953) is a former Ukrainian politician and former Prime Minister who in August 2006 was convicted and sentenced to prison in the United States for money laundering, wire fraud and extortion. According to United Nations, approximately US$200 million was embezzled by Lazarenko during 1996–97 from the government of Ukraine.
Pavlo Lazarenko was born in a village of Karpivka (Shyroke Raion) that is located just outside a former Inhulets city (today part of Kryvyi Rih) on 23 January 1953 in peasant family (gardener). In 1970 he worked as a driver in the kolkhoz "Zoria Komunizma" (Dawn of Communism) in Shyroke Raion. From May 1971 to June 1973 Lazarenko served in the Soviet Army on the border with Afghanistan. After that in 1973-1978 he studied at the in Agronomic Department.
After graduating Lazarenko received a specialty of agronomist. From 1978 to 1983 he worked as agronomist, chief agronomist, and head of kolkhoz administration in the Kalinin kolkhoz, Novomoskovsk Raion.
In 1984, Lazarenko was appointed a head of agricultural department of Tsarychanka Raion. From 1985 to 1987 he worked as a Communist party functionary in Tsarychanka Raion. In 1987-90 Lazarenko worked for the Communist Party of Dnipropetrovsk region in agricultural production and food industry sectors. In February 1990 he was elected a head of Agro-Industrial Complex of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. In August 1991 Lazarenko was elected as the first deputy of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor office, while he also was appointed a director of the regional department of agriculture.
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