Viktor Yanukovych Віктор Янукович |
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4th President of Ukraine | |
In office 25 February 2010 – 22 February 2014 |
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Prime Minister |
Yulia Tymoshenko Oleksandr Turchynov (acting) Mykola Azarov Serhiy Arbuzov (acting) |
Preceded by | Viktor Yushchenko |
Succeeded by | Oleksandr Turchynov (acting) |
9th and 12th Prime Minister of Ukraine | |
In office |
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President | Viktor Yushchenko |
Deputy | Mykola Azarov |
Preceded by | Yuriy Yekhanurov |
Succeeded by | Yulia Tymoshenko |
In office |
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President | Leonid Kuchma |
Deputy | Mykola Azarov |
Preceded by | Anatoliy Kinakh |
Succeeded by | Mykola Azarov (acting) |
4th Governor of Donetsk | |
In office 14 May 1997 – 21 November 2002 |
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Preceded by | Volodymyr Sherban |
Succeeded by | Anatoliy Blyzniuk |
Personal details | |
Born |
Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych 9 July 1950 Yenakiieve, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Political party |
Party of Regions (1997–2014) Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1980–1991) |
Spouse(s) | Lyudmilla Oleksandrivna (neé Nastenko) (m. 1971; div. 2016) |
Children |
Oleksandr (b. 1973) Viktor (1981–2015) |
Alma mater |
Donetsk National Technical University Ukrainian State University of Finance and International Trade |
Religion | Ukrainian Orthodox |
Signature | |
Website | Viktor Yanukovych, President of Ukraine (Archived) |
People's Deputy of Ukraine | ||||
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5th convocation | ||||
25 May 2006 – 12 September 2006 | ||||
Elected as: Party of Regions, No.1 | ||||
6th convocation | ||||
23 November 2007 – 19 February 2010 | ||||
Elected as: Party of Regions, No.1 |
In office
4 August 2006 – 18 December 2007
In office
21 November 2002 – 7 December 2004
28 December 2004 – 5 January 2005
Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych (Ukrainian: Ві́ктор Фе́дорович Януко́вич, listen ; born 9 July 1950) is a Ukrainian politician who served as the fourth President of Ukraine from February 2010 until his removal from power in February 2014. He is currently in exile in Russia and wanted by Ukraine for high treason.
Yanukovych served as the governor of Donetsk Oblast, a province in eastern Ukraine, from 1997 to 2002. He was Prime Minister of Ukraine from 21 November 2002 to 31 December 2004, under President Leonid Kuchma. Yanukovych first ran for president in 2004: he advanced to the runoff election, and initially defeated his opponent. However, the election was fraught with allegations of fraud and voter intimidation. This caused widespread citizen protests and Kiev's Independence Square was occupied in what became known as the Orange Revolution. The Ukrainian Supreme Court nullified the runoff election, and ordered a second runoff. Yanukovych lost this second runoff election to Viktor Yushchenko. Yanukovych served as Prime Minister for a second time from 4 August 2006 to 18 December 2007, under President Yushchenko.