Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine
| Born | On February 23, 1954 in the village of Khoruzhivka, Sumy oblast, into a family of teachers. Father – Andriy Andriyovych Yushchenko (1919-1992), took part in the Second World War; after the war taught English at a local school. Mother – Varvara Tymofiyovna Yushchenko (1918-2005), a Physics and Math teacher. |
| Marital Status | Married, with five children and two grandchildren; sons Andriy and Taras, daughters Vitalina, Sofia and Christina, grandchildren Yarynka and Victor. Wife – Kateryna Mykhailivna Yushchenko. |
| Education | Higher. In 1975 graduated from the Ternopil Finance and Economics Institute. Candidate of Economic Sciences. The topic of the candidate thesis – “Development of Money Demand and Supply in Ukraine”. A member of the National Academy of Economic Sciences and the Academy of Economic Cybernetics. |
Work Experience and Socio-Political Life |
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| 1975 | Chief accountant assistant, collective farm “40th Anniversary of the October Revolution.” |
| 1975–1976 | Service in the Soviet Army (frontier troops, the Soviet-Turkish border near Leninakan). |
| 1976–1985 | Acting economist, chief of the Ulyanovsk department of the State Bank. |
| 1985–1987 | Deputy Director of the Administration at the Ukrainian Republican Office of the USSR State Bank. |
| 1988–1990 | Department head, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Ukrainian Agro-Industrial Bank. |
| 1990–1993 | Deputy, First Deputy Chairman of the Board at the Republican Bank “Ukraina.” |
| 1993–1999 | Chairman and Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). |
| 1999–2001 | Prime Minister of Ukraine. |
| 2001–2002 | Director of the Borys Yeltsin Ukrainian-Russian Institute of Management and Business. |
2002 – |
People’s deputy of Ukraine, member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee for Human Rights, National Minorities and Inter-national Relations. Leader of the “Our Ukraine” parliamentary faction. |
| 2003 – January 2005 |
Chairman, All-Ukrainian “Our Ukraine” civil organization. |
| December 2004 | Elected President of Ukraine. |
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Internet |
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President Victor Yushchenko's personal website |
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