Who is Viktor Yanukovich?
Viktor Yanukovych was born July 9, 1950 in the village of Žukovka at Jenakijeve, nell'Oblast of Donetsk, then part of the RSS Ukraine (now independent Ukraine). Yanukovych was born in a working-class neighborhood, his father was a machinist ethnic Belarusian, who came from Yanuki in Voblasc 'of Vicebsk. The mother was a nurse in Ukraine, Yanukovych and died when she was two years. When he reached adolescence, he lost his father, and was then raised by his grandmother. Yanukovych considers himself a Ukrainian.
Viktor Yanukovych held the post of Prime Minister of Ukraine on three occasions: 2002-2004, 2004-2005 and from 10 August 2006 to December 18, 2007. It is also the leader of the Party of Regions, one of the main parties in the nation.
was governor of his native region, the Donetsk Oblast, from 1997 to 2002, and was one of the candidates in Ukraine's presidential election in 2004, defeated by Viktor Yushchenko, and then later returned to take charge Prime Minister (from 10 August 2006 to September 18, 2007).
Twice, in 1968 and 1970, Yanukovych was imprisoned for theft and abuse.
In 1972, Yanukovych became an electrician in a local bus company, and later completed his studies at the Technical Institute. In 1980 he graduated from Donetsk Polytechnic Institute by correspondence in mechanical engineering. Soon after graduating, Yanukovych was appointed chief manager of a transport company Jenakijeve and entered the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Viktor Yanukovych won the presidential election of 2010, is considered a pro-Russian politician.
has been accused by political opponents not to be familiar with the Ukrainian language.
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