Oleksandr Turchynov

Not to be confused with Aleksandr Turchin.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Valentynovych and the family name is Turchynov.
Oleksandr Turchynov
Олександр Турчинов
Turchynov in 2014
Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council
In office
16 December 2014 – 19 May 2019
PresidentPetro Poroshenko
Preceded byAndriy Parubiy
Succeeded byOleksandr Danylyuk
Acting President of Ukraine
In office
23 February 2014 – 7 June 2014
Prime MinisterHimself (acting)
Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Preceded byViktor Yanukovych
Succeeded byPetro Poroshenko
Acting Prime Minister of Ukraine
In office
22 February 2014 – 27 February 2014
PresidentHimself (acting)
Preceded bySerhiy Arbuzov (acting)
Succeeded byArseniy Yatsenyuk
In office
4 March 2010 – 11 March 2010
PresidentViktor Yanukovych
Preceded byYulia Tymoshenko
Succeeded byMykola Azarov
Director of the Security Service of Ukraine
In office
4 February 2005 – 8 September 2005
PresidentViktor Yushchenko
Prime MinisterYulia Tymoshenko
Preceded byIhor Smeshko
Succeeded byIhor Drizhchanyi
Positions in the Verkhovna Rada
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
In office
22 February 2014 – 27 November 2014
Preceded byVolodymyr Rybak
Succeeded byVolodymyr Groysman
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
12 May 1998 – 19 December 2007
Constituency
In office
12 December 2012 – 14 January 2015[5]
Constituency
Personal details
Born (1964-03-31) 31 March 1964 (age 60)
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Dnipro, Ukraine)
Political partyEuropean Solidarity (2020-present[8])
Other political
affiliations
SpouseHanna Turchynova
ChildrenKyrylo
Alma materNational Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine
Signature
WebsiteOfficial website
Military service
Allegiance Ukraine

Oleksandr Valentynovych Turchynov (Ukrainian: Олександр Валентинович Турчинов, IPA: [ɔ.lekˈsan.dr ʋɐ.lenˈtɪ.nɔ.ʋet͡ʃ turˈt͡ʃɪ.nɔu̯]; born 31 March 1964) is a Ukrainian politician, screenwriter, Baptist minister[9][10][11] and economist. He is the former Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine.[12]

In 2005, Turchynov served as the head of the Security Service of Ukraine. Turchynov is a former acting President of Ukraine from the removal from power of President Viktor Yanukovych on 21 February 2014,[13][14][15] until Petro Poroshenko was sworn in as Ukrainian President on 7 June 2014.[16] He then became Chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament until 27 November 2014. Turchynov also served as acting Prime Minister in 2010 (when he was the First Vice Prime Minister in the absence of a prime minister after Yulia Tymoshenko's government was dismissed on 3 March 2010[17]) until the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) appointed Mykola Azarov as prime minister on 11 March 2010.[18][19]

Turchynov was the first deputy chairman of the political party Batkivshchyna (All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland") and a close associate of party leader Yulia Tymoshenko.[12][20][21][22] He started the new political party People's Front in September 2014, now together with Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.[23] In June 2020, Turchynov became one of the managers of the headquarters of European Solidarity, a political party led by former president Petro Poroshenko.[8]

  1. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the III convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  2. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the IV convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 24 January 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  3. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the V convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  4. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VI convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  5. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  6. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 24 January 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  7. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  8. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference 7257588Turchynov was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "Ukraine Names Baptist Pastor as Acting President". 24 February 2014.
  10. ^ "Baptist Pastor, Oleksandr Turchynov, Named Acting President of Ukraine; Christians Thank God for Peace". 25 February 2014.
  11. ^ "Baptist pastor Oleksandr Turchynov now Ukraine's acting President as country faces revolution". 28 February 2014.
  12. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference TurchynovbCRNBO was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ "Ukraine: Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov named interim president". BBC News. 23 February 2014. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  14. ^ "Ukraine protests timeline". BBC News. 23 February 2014. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008.
  15. ^ "Turchynov assumes duties of supreme commander-in-chief of Ukrainian Armed Forces". Interfax-Ukraine. 26 February 2014. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  16. ^ Cite error: The named reference Inaugurated 7 June 2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  17. ^ "Press secretary: Tymoshenko vacates premier's post". Kyiv Post. Interfax-Ukraine. 4 March 2010. Archived from the original on 7 March 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  18. ^ "Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych forms coalition". BBC News. 11 March 2010. Archived from the original on 12 March 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  19. ^ "Azarov became Prime Minister". UNIAN. 11 March 2010. Archived from the original on 14 March 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  20. ^ "Turchynov is summoned for interrogation to SBU today – BYUT". UNIAN. 20 September 2010. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  21. ^ "Batkivschyna to nominate Tymoshenko for presidency, Yatseniuk heads party's political council". Kyiv Post. Interfax-Ukraine. 14 June 2013. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  22. ^ "BYT-Batkivschyna replaces its leader". Kyiv Post. Interfax-Ukraine. 7 December 2011. Archived from the original on 7 December 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  23. ^ Cite error: The named reference peoples_front was invoked but never defined (see the help page).