Mykola Azarov

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Yanovych and the family name is Azarov.

Mykola Azarov
Микола Азаров
Николай Азаров
Azarov in 2012
14th Prime Minister of Ukraine
In office
11 March 2010 – 28 January 2014
PresidentViktor Yanukovych
DeputyAndriy Klyuyev (2010–12)
Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi (2012)
Serhiy Arbuzov (2012–14)
Preceded byOleksandr Turchynov (acting)
Succeeded bySerhiy Arbuzov (acting)
In office
5 January 2005 – 24 January 2005
Acting
PresidentLeonid Kuchma
Preceded byViktor Yanukovych
Succeeded byYulia Tymoshenko
In office
7 December 2004 – 28 December 2004
Acting
PresidentLeonid Kuchma
Preceded byViktor Yanukovych
Succeeded byViktor Yanukovych
Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine
In office
4 August 2006 – 18 December 2007
Prime MinisterViktor Yanukovych
Preceded byStanislav Stashevsky
Succeeded byOleksandr Turchynov
In office
26 November 2002 – 3 February 2005
Prime MinisterViktor Yanukovych
Yulia Tymoshenko
Preceded byOleh Dubyna
Succeeded byAnatoliy Kinakh
Minister of Finance
In office
4 August 2006 – 18 December 2007
Prime MinisterViktor Yanukovych
Preceded byViktor Pynzenyk
Succeeded byViktor Pynzenyk
In office
26 November 2002 – 3 February 2005
Prime MinisterViktor Yanukovych
Yulia Tymoshenko
Preceded byIhor Yushko
Succeeded byViktor Pynzenyk
Personal details
Born
Nikolai Yanovich Pakhlo

(1947-12-17) 17 December 1947 (age 76)
Kaluga, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
(now Russia)
CitizenshipUkrainian
Political partyParty of Regions (2001–2014)
Other political
affiliations		Civil Congress of Ukraine (1992)
Party of Labor (1992–2001)
SpouseLyudmyla Azarova
ChildrenOleksiy
Alma materMoscow State University
Signature

Mykola Yanovych Azarov (Ukrainian: Микола Янович Азаров; Russian: Николай Янович Азаров, romanized: Nikolay Yanovich Azarov; né Pakhlo, Cyrillic: Пахло; born 17 December 1947) is a Ukrainian politician who was the Prime Minister of Ukraine from 11 March 2010 to 27 January 2014. He was the First Vice Prime Minister and Finance Minister from 2002 to 2005 and again from 2006 to 2007. Azarov also served ex officio as an acting prime minister in the First Yanukovych Government when Viktor Yanukovych ran for president at first and then upon the resignation of his government.

Following the victory of Viktor Yanukovych in the 2010 presidential election, Azarov succeeded Yanukovych as leader of the Party of Regions and was appointed as prime minister in March 2010.[1][2] In January 2014, after weeks of Euromaidan protests and the 2014 Hrushevskoho Street riots,[nb 1] Azarov offered his letter of resignation.[4] After the Revolution of Dignity, Azarov fled to Russia and according to Azarov himself, was allegedly offered "political refugee status on the personal instructions of Vladimir Putin".[5] Since then he has been reportedly living in the vicinity of the Russian village of Petrovo-Dalneye, near Moscow.[6]

Since July 2014, Azarov has been on the international wanted list for alleged abuse of power. On 19 January 2015 Kyiv District Court of Pechersk Raion issued an arrest warrant as a preventive measure to allow for the extradition of Azarov from the Russian Federation.[7] Azarov is currently the subject of international sanctions from the U.S., European Union, Norway, Canada, and Switzerland due to his role in the Euromaidan. In 2015, he set up the Ukraine Salvation Committee, a government in exile that was widely seen as a pro-Russian puppet.[8][9]

  1. ^ "Янукович припинив членство у Партії регіонів" [Yanukovych ceased membership in the Party of Regions]. 3 March 2010. Archived from the original on 6 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Yanukovych suspends his membership in Party of Regions, hands over party leadership to Azarov". Kyiv Post. Interfax-Ukraine. 3 March 2010. Archived from the original on 22 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Policeman shot dead in Kyiv, another policeman sustains knife wound – Ukrainian interior ministry". Interfax-Ukraine. 25 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Ukraine's PM Azarov and government resign". BBC News. 28 January 2014. Archived from the original on 28 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  5. ^ "The fates of Ukrainian runaway officials". www.ukrinform.net. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  6. ^ "The fates of Ukrainian runaway officials". www.ukrinform.net. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  7. ^ On petition of the General Prosecutor's Office, for Azarov was issued an arrest warrant as a preventative measure. General Prosecutor of Ukraine website. 20 January 2015
  8. ^ Reznik, Irina; Kravchenko, Stepan (19 August 2015). "Exiled Ukraine Premier Seeks to Regain Power, Though Not Crimea". Bloomberg. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Putin's Latest Ukraine Gambit: A Puppet Government in Exile". Newsweek. 20 August 2015.


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