Viktor Yanukovych Віктор Янукович
Prime Minister of Ukraine
Incumbent
Assumed office  November 21, 2002 – December 7, 2004 December 28, 2004 – January 5, 2005 August 4, 2006 – present
Preceded by	Anatoliy Kinakh Mykola Azarov Yuriy Yekhanurov
Succeeded by	Mykola Azarov Mykola Azarov Incumbent
Born	July 9, 1950 (age 56) Yenakiieve, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Political party	Party of Regions
Religion	Ukrainian Orthodox

Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych (Ukrainian: Віктор Федорович Янукович; Russian: Виктор Фёдорович Янукович) (born on July 9, 1950 in Yenakiieve, Donetsk Oblast) is the Prime Minister of Ukraine. He is also the leader of the Party of Regions, one of the main political parties in Ukraine. Image File history File links Yanukovych. ... The Prime Minister of Ukraine is appointed by the President and ratified by the Verkhovna Rada (parliament). ... The incumbent, in politics, is the current holder of a political office. ... November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... December 7 is the 341st day (342nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Anatoliy Kinakh. ... Mykola Azarov. ... Yuriy Yekhanurov. ... Mykola Azarov. ... Mykola Azarov. ... July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Yenakiieve (Єнакієве, also Yenakiyeve, Russian: Енакиево, also Yenakiyevo) is a city in the Donbas region of south-eastern Ukraine, located on the Krynka river. ... COA of the Donetsk Oblast Donetsk Oblast (Ukrainian: Донецька область, Donets’ka oblast’ or Донеччина, Donechchyna) is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. ... Ukrainian Party of Regions emblem The Party of Regions ( Ukrainian: , Russian: ) is a Ukrainian political party created in March 2001. ... The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Ukrainian: ; Russian: ) is an autonomous church of Eastern Orthodoxy in Ukraine, under the ecclesiastic link to the Moscow Patriarchy. ... July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Yenakiieve (Єнакієве, also Yenakiyeve, Russian: Енакиево, also Yenakiyevo) is a city in the Donbas region of south-eastern Ukraine, located on the Krynka river. ... COA of the Donetsk Oblast Donetsk Oblast (Ukrainian: Донецька область, Donets’ka oblast’ or Донеччина, Donechchyna) is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. ... The Prime Minister of Ukraine is appointed by the President and ratified by the Verkhovna Rada (parliament). ... Ukrainian Party of Regions emblem The Party of Regions ( Ukrainian: , Russian: ) is a Ukrainian political party created in March 2001. ...

Yanukovych was the Prime Minister of Ukraine from November 21, 2002 to December 31, 2004 and the appointed Governor of Donetsk Oblast between 1997 and 2002. He was the runner-up in the 2004 Presidential election. He was again made Prime Minister on August 4, 2006. The Prime Minister of Ukraine is appointed by the President and ratified by the Verkhovna Rada (parliament). ... A governor or governour (archaic) is a governing official, usually the executive (at least nominally, to different degrees also politically and administratively) of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the Head of state; furthermore the title applies to officials with a similar mandate as representatives of a chartered... COA of the Donetsk Oblast Donetsk Oblast (Ukrainian: Донецька область, Donets’ka oblast’ or Донеччина, Donechchyna) is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. ... Runner-up is a term used to denote a participant which finishes in second place in any of a variety of competitive endeavors, most notably sporting events and beauty pageants; in the latter instance, the term is applied to more than one of the highest-ranked non-winning contestants, the... The presidential election held in November and December 2004 in Ukraine was mostly a political battle between Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and former Prime Minister and opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko. ...

Biography

Yanukovych was born in Yenakiieve, Donetsk Oblast, in the working class neighborhood of Makiivka. His father, an ethnic Belarusian, was a locomotive operator and his mother, an ethnic Ukrainian was a nurse; she died when Viktor was 2 year old. When a teenager, he was orphaned and was brought up by his grandmother. Yanukovych selfassesses that he is Ukrainian. Yenakiieve (Єнакієве, also Yenakiyeve, Russian: Енакиево, also Yenakiyevo) is a city in the Donbas region of south-eastern Ukraine, located on the Krynka river. ... COA of the Donetsk Oblast Donetsk Oblast (Ukrainian: Донецька область, Donets’ka oblast’ or Донеччина, Donechchyna) is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. ... The term working class is used to denote a social class. ... For a long time people thought Makiivka (MAKĪĪBKA, ru. ...

Twice, in 1968 and 1970, Yanukovych was convicted and imprisoned for robbery and bodily injury. During 2004 presidential election, he announced having been acquitted of guilt back in 1978. However, no documentation has been presented, which raised suspicions of forgery.

Yanukovych has been long patronized by Georgi Beregovoi, a Soviet cosmonaut of Ukrainian background. Being, then, the Soviet member of parliament for Donbas, Beregovoi was said to be protecting an unjustly convicted youngster and promoting his further career. Georgi Beregovoi Georgi Timofeyevich Beregovoi (Russian: ; April 15, 1921, Fedorovka, Donetsk Oblast of Ukrainian SSR – June 30, 1995) was a Soviet cosmonaut of Ukrainian descent. ... Soviet redirects here. ... U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit. ... A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modelled after that of the United Kingdom. ... Categories: Stub | Regions of Ukraine | Ukrainian historical regions ...

In 1972, Yanukovych became an electrician in a local bus company and later finished tekhnikum. In 1980, he graduated (by correspondence) from Donetsk Polytechnic Institute, with a major in mechanical engineering. Immediately after that, Yanukovych was appointed chief manager of a transportation company in Yenakiieve and admitted to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. This was the start of a quick management career in regional automotive transport. Yanukovych's political career began when he was appointed as a vice Head of Donetsk Oblast Administration in August of 1996. On May 14, 1997 he was appointed as the Head of the Administration (Governor). Between May 1999 and May 2001 he was also the Head of Donetsk Oblast Rada (Council). Tekhnikum (Russian: те́хникум) was a Soviet mass-education facility of medium special education category similar to PTU, but aimed to train low-level industrial managers (foremen, technical supervisors etc. ... Mechanical engineers design and build engines and power plants. ... The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Russian: Коммунисти́ческая Па́ртия Сове́тского Сою́за = КПСС) was the name used by the successors of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party from 1952 to 1991, but the wording Communist Party was present in the partys name since 1918 when the Bolsheviks became the Russian... A governor or governour (archaic) is a governing official, usually the executive (at least nominally, to different degrees also politically and administratively) of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the Head of state; furthermore the title applies to officials with a similar mandate as representatives of a chartered...

In 2001, he graduated from the Ukrainian Academy of Foreign Trade as a Master of International Law. Later, Yanukovych was granted the titles of Doctor of Science and Professor. International law (also called public international law to distinguish from private international law, i. ... D.Sc. ...

Publication of documents that Yanukovych wrote by hand revealed numerous spelling mistakes; in particular, he was unable to write properly his position, professor title or wife's name in Ukrainian language. For this he was much ridiculed through the media, and the questions about his professional abilities were raised, particularly because Ukrainian is adopted as the only state language in Ukraine and state officials are required to have sufficient knowledge of the language to be able to perform their duties. Proper spelling is the writing of a word or words with all necessary letters and diacritics present in an accepted, conventional order. ... Ukrainian (украї́нська мо́ва, ukrayinska mova, ) is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. ... An official language is a language that is given a privileged legal status in a state, or other legally-defined territory. ...

Yanukovych has been accused by his opponents of being connected to local organized crime since the late 1980s and being its lobbyist up to national-level politics. Indeed, he is closely linked to the so-called clan of Donetsk, an eastern-Ukraine-based business and political group, and its leader Rinat Akhmetov. It is commonly alleged that these businessmen have connections to organized crime although such allegations were never proven in court. Organized crime or criminal organizations are groups or operations run by criminals, most commonly for the purpose of generating a monetary profit. ... The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ... Lobbying is the practice of private advocacy with the goal of influencing a governing body, in order to ensure that an individuals or organizations point of view is represented in the government. ... A clan is a group of people united by kinship and descent, which is defined by perceived descent from a common ancestor. ... Location Map of Ukraine with Donetsk highlighted. ... Rinat L. Akhmetov (Ukrainian: ) is the richest Ukrainian business oligarch of Tatar descent. ...

Some allegations reached the Ukrainian press that Yanukovych had a secret relationship with the KGB (which supposedly started during his imprisonment). There was no documented proof provided to support such allegations, however. Proponents of this story argue that as an ex-convict, Yanukovych could not enter the Donetsk Polytechnic Institute, travel to the West, and later make a career, unless he was protected by some powerful "shadow force". The KGB emblem and motto: The sword and the shield KGB (transliteration of КГБ) is the Russian-language abbreviation for Committee for State Security, (Russian: ; Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti). ...

Viktor Yanukovych claims to be a devoted Orthodox Christian and a member of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. He is married and has two sons. He enjoys tennis, hunting and pigeon-breeding. When young he participated in international auto racing competitions. The Eastern Orthodox Church is a Christian body that views itself: as the historical continuation of the original Christian community established by Jesus and the Twelve Apostles. ... The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Ukrainian: ; Russian: ) is an autonomous church of Eastern Orthodoxy in Ukraine, under the ecclesiastic link to the Moscow Patriarchy. ... Racing cars redirects here. ...

Governmental strategy

During 2003-2004 Ukrainian Governmen headed by Viktor Yanukovych implemented the series of economic (tax, pensionary, fiscal, ets.) and political (the Constitution amendments) reforms that leaded to two-digit annual growth of GDP.

2004 presidential election in Ukraine

Further information: Ukrainian presidential election, 2004, Orange Revolution

Viktor Yanukovych Campaign Poster 2004

In 2004, being the prime-minister, Yanukovych participated in the controversial Ukrainian presidential election, but eventually lost the election to the opposition candidate, Viktor Yuschenko. In the first round he took the second place and because Viktor Yuschenko, who took the first place, didn't get 50% votes the second round was scheduled. In the second round of the election, Yanukovych was initially declared the winner. However, the legitimacy of the election was questioned by many Ukrainians, international organisations, and foreign governments. The second round of the election was subsequently annulled by the Supreme Court of Ukraine, and in the repeated run-off, Yanukovych lost to Yushchenko. The presidential election held in November and December 2004 in Ukraine was mostly a political battle between Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and former Prime Minister and opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko. ... Orange-clad supporters of Viktor Yushchenko gather in Independence Square in Kiev. ... Download high resolution version (683x1000, 151 KB)Viktor Yanukovitch, 2004 Election Poster. ... Download high resolution version (683x1000, 151 KB)Viktor Yanukovitch, 2004 Election Poster. ... The Prime Minister of Ukraine is appointed by the President and ratified by the Verkhovna Rada (parliament). ... The presidential election held in November and December 2004 in Ukraine was mostly a political battle between Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and former Prime Minister and opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko. ... Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko (Ukrainian: Віктор Андрійович Ющенко) (born 23 February 1954) is the president of Ukraine. ... The Supreme Court of Ukraine (in Ukrainian, Верховний Суд України) is the highest judicial body in the system of courts of general jurisdiction in Ukraine. ...

The Ukrainian parliament also passed a non-binding motion of no confidence in his government, urging outgoing president Leonid Kuchma to dismiss Yanukovych and appoint a caretaker government. Five days after the defeat in the presidential election, Yanukovych declared his resignation from the post of prime minister. Verkhovna Rada. ... A motion of no confidence, also called a motion of non-confidence, a censure motion, a no-confidence motion, or simply a confidence motion, is a parliamentary motion traditionally put before a parliament by the opposition in the hope of defeating or embarrassing a government. ... Leonid Kuchma Leonid Danylovych Kuchma (Ukrainian: Леонід Данилович Кучма; born August 9, 1938) was the second President of Ukraine from July 19, 1994, to January 23, 2005. ...

Post-2004 political career

Following his electoral defeat in 2004, Yanukovych led the Party of Regions in the 2006 parliamentary election. These elections determined the next government's makeup as, due to constitutional changes that came into force on January 1, 2006, the Prime Minister and his cabinet are now appointed by the parliament. Ukrainian Party of Regions emblem The Party of Regions ( Ukrainian: , Russian: ) is a Ukrainian political party created in March 2001. ... Distribution of votes through 225 electoral districts: leading party or bloc Distribution of votes through 225 electoral districts: 2nd best result The Ukrainian parliamentary election took place on March 26, 2006. ...

In January 2006, Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine started the official investigation of the allegedly false acquittal from the criminal convictions Yanukovych received in his youth. Yuriy Lutsenko, the head of the ministry, announced that forensic test has proven the forgery of the respective documents (issued in 2002-2004 instead of 1978) and initially claimed that lack of the formal acquittal precluded Yanukovych from running for the seat in the 2006 parliamentary election.^[1] However, the latter statement was corrected within days by Lutsenko himself who conceeded that the outcome of the investigation into the legality of the Yanukovych's acquittal could not affect his eligibility to run for the parliament seat since the deprivation of his civil rights due to the past convictions would have expired anyway due to their statute of limitations.^[2][3] Despite having ruled out any post-election deals with the parties headed by either Yushchenko or former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko as well as the animus between himself and the President, Yanukovych and Yushchenko alike were forced to come to terms following the former's electoral victory. In exchange for Yanukovych's assurance that he will not interfere with the pro-Western international ambitions of the President, Yushchenko commissioned Yanukovych to form a government in cooperation with his own Our Ukraine party on 3 August 2006 (several hours after the deadline for doing so expired). The so-called "humanitarian" ministries, as well as the army and the police, remain headed by Yushchenko's allies, but the ministries dealing with the economy and finances, as well as all deputy Prime Ministerial posts came under Yanukovych's control. Erstwhile Yushchenko ally and former Prime Minister Tymoshenko announced her intention to lead her party into opposition immediately afterwards.^[4] The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (Ukrainian: ) or MVS) is the national police authority of Ukraine. ... Yuriy Lutsenko. ... Forensics or forensic science is the application of science to questions which are of interest to the legal system. ... Distribution of votes through 225 electoral districts: leading party or bloc Distribution of votes through 225 electoral districts: 2nd best result The Ukrainian parliamentary election took place on March 26, 2006. ... A statute of limitations is a statute in a common law legal system that sets forth the maximum period of time, after certain events, that legal proceedings based on those events may be initiated. ... Yulia Tymoshenko. ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

References

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