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Victor Yushchenko

Viktor Yushchenko
Віктор Ющенко
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Yushchenko in 2016
3rd President of Ukraine
In office
23 January 2005 – 25 February 2010
Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko
Yuriy Yekhanurov
Viktor Yanukovych
Yulia Tymoshenko
Preceded by Leonid Kuchma
Succeeded by Viktor Yanukovych
7th Prime Minister of Ukraine

In office
22 December 1999 – 29 May 2001

Cabinet Yushchenko Government
President Leonid Kuchma
Deputy Yuriy Yekhanurov
Preceded by Valeriy Pustovoitenko
Succeeded by Anatoliy Kinakh
3rd Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine
In office
January 1993 – 22 December 1999
Preceded by Vadym Hetman
Succeeded by Volodymyr Stelmakh
Personal details
Born Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko
(1954-02-23) 23 February 1954 (age 63)
Khoruzhivka, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party Communist Party of Ukraine
(1980–1991)
Independent
(1991-2005)
Our Ukraine
(2005–present)
Spouse(s) Svetlana Kolesnyk (Divorced) Kateryna Chumachenko
Children Vitalina, Andriy, Sophia, Khrystyna, Taras
Alma mater Ternopil National Economic University
Academy of Banking
Religion Ukrainian Orthodoxy
Signature
Website www.razom.org.ua
Military service
Service/branch Border Guard unit of KGB
Years of service 1975–1976
Rank Captain
People's Deputy of Ukraine
4th convocation
May 14, 2002 – January 23, 2005
Elected as: Independent, No.1

In office
22 December 1999 – 29 May 2001

Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko (born February 23, 1954) is a Ukrainian politician who was the third President of Ukraine from January 23, 2005 to February 25, 2010.

As an informal leader of the Ukrainian opposition coalition, he was one of the two main candidates in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election. Yushchenko won the presidency through a repeat runoff election between him and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych. The Ukrainian Supreme Court called for the runoff election to be repeated because of widespread electoral fraud in favor of Viktor Yanukovych in the original vote. Yushchenko won in the revote (52% to 44%). Public protests prompted by the electoral fraud played a major role in that presidential election and led to Ukraine's Orange Revolution.

Following an assassination attempt in late 2004 during his election campaign, Yushchenko was confirmed to have ingested hazardous amounts of TCDD, the most potent dioxin and a contaminant in Agent Orange. He suffered disfigurement as a result of the poisoning, but has since made a full physical recovery.

Before his election as President, Yushchenko already had a career in Ukrainian politics. In 1993, he became Governor (head) of the National Bank of Ukraine. From 1999 to 2001 he was Prime Minister. After his dismissal as Prime Minister, Yushchenko went into opposition to President Leonid Kuchma and he founded the Our Ukraine bloc, which at the 2002 parliamentary election became Ukraine's most popular political force, with 23.57% of the votes.


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