Petro Poroshenko
| Petro Poroshenko Петро Порошенко |
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| 5th President of Ukraine | |
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Assumed office 7 June 2014 |
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| Prime Minister |
Arseniy Yatsenyuk Volodymyr Groysman |
| Preceded by | Oleksandr Turchynov (Acting) |
| 2nd Minister of Trade and Economic Development | |
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In office 23 March 2012 – 24 December 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Mykola Azarov |
| Preceded by | Andriy Klyuyev |
| Succeeded by | Ihor Prasolov |
| 9th Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 9 October 2009 – 11 March 2010 |
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| Prime Minister |
Yulia Tymoshenko Oleksandr Turchynov (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Volodymyr Khandohiy |
| Succeeded by | Kostyantyn Gryshchenko |
| 4th Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council | |
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In office 8 February 2005 – 8 September 2005 |
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| President | Viktor Yushchenko |
| Preceded by | Volodymyr Radchenko |
| Succeeded by | Anatoliy Kinakh |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko 26 September 1965 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 |
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| Website | Official website |
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| Allegiance |
 Soviet Union
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| Service/branch | Soviet Army |
| Years of service | 1984–1986 |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | ||||
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| 3rd convocation | ||||
| 12 May 1998 – 14 May 2002 | ||||
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Elected as: Independent, Vinnytsia Oblast, District No.12 |
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| 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 | ||||
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Elected as: Independent, Vinnytsia Oblast, District No.12 |
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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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