Denis Pushilin

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Denis Pushilin
Денис Пушилин
Pushilin in 2023
Head of the Donetsk People's Republic
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 November 2018[a]
Prime Minister	Alexander Ananchenko Vitaliy Khotsenko Yevgeny Solntsev
Preceded by	Alexander Zakharchenko Dmitry Trapeznikov (acting)
Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic
Acting 7 September 2018 – 18 October 2018
Preceded by	Dmitry Trapeznikov (acting)
Succeeded by	Alexander Ananchenko
Chairman of the Donetsk People's Council
In office 4 September 2015 – 14 September 2018
Preceded by	Andrei Purgin
Succeeded by	Olga Makeeva
In office 15 May 2014 – 18 July 2014
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Vladimir Makovych (acting)
Personal details
Born	(1981-05-09) 9 May 1981 (age 43) Makiivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	United Russia (2021–present)
Other political affiliations	Donetsk Republic (2014–present)
Spouse	Elena Pushilina
Children	2
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Denis Vladimirovich Pushilin^[b] (born 9 May 1981^[1]) is a Russian politician who has served as the Head of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) since 2018.^{[citation needed]} He has held the position in an acting capacity ever since the Russian annexation of the DPR in 2022.

He had previously served as Chairman of the People's Council, and became the acting head of state and government following the assassination of incumbent Alexander Zakharchenko amidst the conflict in the east Ukraine region.^[2] He successfully ran for election to a full term in the controversial 2018 elections.^[3] Pushilin's role in MMM Global prior to his political career is cited by critics that describe him as a fraudster who was involved in a Ponzi scheme.^[4]

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