Petro Poroshenko

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Not to be confused with Petro Doroshenko, a Ukrainian military and political leader from the 17th century.

Petro Poroshenko
Петро Порошенко
Official portrait, 2014
5th President of Ukraine
In office
7 June 2014 – 20 May 2019
Prime Minister
Preceded byViktor Yanukovych
Succeeded byVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Minister of Trade and Economic Development
In office
13 March 2012 – 4 December 2012
Prime MinisterMykola Azarov
Preceded byAndriy Klyuyev
Succeeded byIhor Prasolov
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
9 October 2009 – 11 March 2010
Prime Minister
Preceded byVolodymyr Khandohiy
Succeeded byKostyantyn Gryshchenko
Secretary of the
National Security and Defense Council
In office
8 February 2005 – 8 September 2005
PresidentViktor Yushchenko
Preceded byVolodymyr Radchenko
Succeeded byAnatoliy Kinakh
People's Deputy of Ukraine
Incumbent
Assumed office
29 August 2019
ConstituencyEuropean Solidarity, No. 1
In office
12 December 2012 – 3 June 2014
Succeeded byOleksii Poroshenko
ConstituencyVinnytsia Oblast, No. 12[1]
In office
12 May 1998 – 15 June 2007
Constituency
Personal details
Born (1965-09-26) 26 September 1965 (age 59)
Bolhrad, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Bolhrad, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine)
Political partyEuropean Solidarity
(2019–present)
Other political
affiliations
Spouse
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(m. 1984)​
Children4, including Oleksii
Residence(s)Kozyn, Kyiv Oblast
Alma materTaras Shevchenko National University
OccupationBusinessman Politician
Salary~€11,000, annual[5][6]
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
  • Soviet Union
  • Ukraine
Branch/service
Years of service
  • 1984–1986 (Soviet Union)[7]
  • 2022–present (Ukraine)
RankMajor
Battles/wars
Petro Poroshenko's voice
Poroshenko delivering a joint address to the United States Congress
Recorded 14 September 2014

Petro Oleksiiovych Poroshenko[a][b] (born 26 September 1965) is a Ukrainian businessman[8][9] and politician who served as the fifth president of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019.

Poroshenko served as the minister of foreign affairs from 2009 to 2010, and as the minister of trade and economic development in 2012. From 2007 until 2012, he headed the Council of Ukraine's National Bank. He was elected president in 2014.

During his presidency, Poroshenko led the country through the first phase of the war in Donbas, pushing the Russian separatist forces into the Donbas Region. He began the process of integration with the European Union by signing the European Union–Ukraine Association Agreement. Poroshenko's domestic policy promoted the Ukrainian language, nationalism, inclusive capitalism, decommunization, and administrative decentralization. In 2018, Poroshenko helped create the autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine, separating Ukrainian churches from the Moscow Patriarchate. His presidency was distilled into a three-word slogan, employed by both supporters and opponents: armiia, mova, vira (English: military, language, faith).[10] As a candidate for a second term in 2019, Poroshenko was defeated by Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Poroshenko is a people's deputy of the Verkhovna Rada and leader of the European Solidarity party. Outside government, Poroshenko has been a prominent Ukrainian oligarch with a lucrative career in acquiring and building assets. His most recognized brands are Roshen, a large-scale confectionery company which has earned him the nickname of "Chocolate King", and his TV news channel 5 Kanal, which he was forced to sell to comply with anti-oligarch legislation in November 2021.[11] He is considered an oligarch due to the scale of his business holdings in manufacturing, agriculture and finance, his political influence from several stints in government prior to his presidency, and his ownership of an influential mass-media outlet.[12]

  1. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  2. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the III convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015. 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 8 June 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  4. ^ Ruzhinsky, Sergey (28 May 2014). Що варто знати про президента Петра Порошенка [What you should know about President Petro Poroshenko] (in Ukrainian). IPress.ua. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021.
  5. ^ "XE: Convert UAH/EUR. Ukraine Hryvnia to Euro Member Countries". xe.com. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  6. ^ Кабмин утвердил (in Russian). bigmir.net. 1 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Petro Poroshenko's biography". Archived from the original on 10 February 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Profile: Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko". BBC News. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Poroshenko takes on Ukraine's oligarchs". Financial Times. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  10. ^ Nathan Hodge (31 March 2019). "Ukraine election: Country's president is running against - Vladimir Putin". CNN. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  11. ^ Ukraine's Former President Sells TV Channels Following Passage Of 'Oligarch' Bill, Radio Free Europe; November 9, 2021. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  12. ^ "Zelensky v oligarchs: Ukraine president targets super-rich". BBC News. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.


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