Ekaterina Gubareva

Ekaterina Gubareva
Екатерина Губарева
Gubareva in 2015
Deputy Head of the Kherson Military-Civilian Administration
In office
16 June 2022 – 16 November 2022
GovernorVolodymyr Saldo
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Donetsk People's Republic
In office
16 May 2014 – 15 August 2014
Preceded byPost established
Succeeded byAlexandru Caraman
Personal details
Born (1983-07-05) 5 July 1983 (age 41)
Kakhovka, Kherson Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Political partyNew Russia Party
SpousePavel Gubarev
Children3
Alma materDonetsk National Technical University

Ekaterina Yuryevna Gubareva[a] (Russian: Екатерина Юрьевна Губарева; Ukrainian: Катерина Юріївна Губарєва;[b] born 5 July 1983) is a Ukrainian-born, pro-Russian activist and political figure.[1]

Gubareva held a senior positions in pro-Russian separatist-held territory during the war in Donbas as the "Minister of Foreign Affairs" in Russian-occupied Donetsk for the Donetsk People's Republic.[2][3] In November 2022, Gubareva was detained, and then dismissed from her last position, as deputy head of the collaborationist Kherson Military-Civilian Administration in Russian-occupied Ukraine. As of 2024, this was her last position in public life.[4][5]


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  1. ^ "Главой МИДа Донецкой республики стала Екатерина Губарева" [Ekaterina Gubereva became Head of Internal Affairs of the Donetsk Republic]. ПОЛИТИКУС (in Russian). 11 April 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  2. ^ "У прокурорши Крыма появился конкурент - Екатерина Губарева (фото) назначена министром иностранных дел Донецкой республики" [Prosecutor of Crimea received a competitor, Ekaterina Gubareva who became a foreign minister] (in Russian). 11 April 2014. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  3. ^ Higgins, Andrew; E Kramer, Andrew (12 April 2014). "Pro-Russia Ukrainians Are Promised More Power, but Remain Dubious". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
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  5. ^ "Institute for the Study of War". Institute for the Study of War. 24 March 2022. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.