Yuriy Meshkov
| Yuriy Meshkov | |
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Yuriy Meshkov in 2014
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| President of Crimea | |
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In office February 16, 1994 – March 17, 1995 |
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| Preceded by | post created |
| Succeeded by | post abolished |
| 3rd Prime Minister of Crimea | |
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In office February 4, 1994 – October 6, 1994 |
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| Preceded by | Borys Samsonov |
| Succeeded by | Anatoliy Franchuk |
| Personal details | |
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Yuriy Oleksandrovich Meshkov 25 October 1945 Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Political party | Republican Party of Crimea |
| Other political affiliations |
Bloc "Russia" |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University (1977) |
| Occupation | lawyer |
Yuriy Olexandrovych Meshkov (Ukrainian: Юрій Олександрович Мєшков, Russian: Юрий Александрович Мешков (Yuriy Alexandrovich Meshkov); born October 25, 1945) is a former Ukrainian politician and Russian separatist in Crimea. Yuriy Meshkov served as the only President of Crimea (an autonomous republic of Ukraine, currently annexed by Russia) from 1994 to 1995.
Eleven days after his first return to Crimea since 1995, Meshkov was deported from Ukraine on July 13, 2011 with the restriction of entry for 5 years.
Yuriy Meshkov was born on October 25, 1945 in Synelnykove in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (now Ukraine) to a Ukrainian-born mother and a native Kuban Cossack Russian father. He grew up in Simferopol where he finished high school. When he was about eight years old the region of Crimea was officially transferred from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR. His military obligation he served in the Border Guard. In 1967 (in some sources 1977) he graduated from the Law School of Moscow State University. Until 1982 he worked as a detective and then as the head detective in the office of the District's Attorney. From 1982 to 1985 he spent time on the science-researching yacht Skif. After 1985 and until 1990 worked privately as a judicial consultant. At that time he also was one of the leaders of the Crimea department of the All-Union historical-enlighting society "Memorial", and the president of the Crimean Federation of kickboxing.
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