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Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko (born 26 September 1965) was the President of Ukraine from 25 May 2014 to 20 May 2019, succeeding Oleksandr Turchynov and preceding Volodymyr Zelensky. Called "the Chocolate King" because of his large confectionery company, Poroshenko was a billionaire and occasional politician, previously serving as the head of the National Bank (2007–12) and Minister for Foreign Affairs (2009–10).
Biography[]
Poroshenko was born in Bolgrad in Odessa Oblast, Soviet Union in present-day Ukraine. Poroshenko graduated from college in 1989 with a degree in economics, and he started business by selling cacao beans. Later, he began to manufacture chocolate, and by 2012 he had $1 billion and became known as "The Chocolate King".
He also became a politician, serving as the head of the Ukrainian National Bank from 2007 to 2012 and the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2010. In 2014, Poroshenko supported the Ukrainian Revolution against the corrupt government of Viktor Yanukovych, the Russian-backed dictator who embezzled government money to build himself a man
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Profile: Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko
Born on 26 September 1965 in the town of Bolhrad near Odessa, he was raised in the central region of Vinnytsya and studied economics in Kiev.
After building up his confectionary empire after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, he now also has interests in construction and the media, owning influential Ukrainian broadcaster Channel 5 TV.
Forbes recently estimated his net worth, external to be $1.3bn (£0.8bn; 1bn euros).
The father of four portrays himself as a pragmatic politician who sees Ukraine's future in Europe but hopes to mend relations with Russia, using the diplomatic skills he developed as foreign minister.
He advocates local governance reform and devolution of power to the regions, as well as economic reform and improving the investment climate.
If he or others let people down by not tackling endemic corruption, people power will hold them to account, he told Reuters news agency in an interview, external.
Critics would say he himself is part of the old system and questions have been asked
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Petro Poroshenko
President of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019
"Poroshenko" redirects here. For other uses, see Poroshenko (surname).
Not to be confused with Petro Doroshenko, a Ukrainian military and political leader from the 17th century.
Petro Poroshenko | |
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Official portrait, 2014 | |
| In office 7 June 2014 – 20 May 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Oleksandr Turchynov (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| In office 13 March 2012 – 4 December 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Mykola Azarov |
| Preceded by | Andriy Klyuyev |
| Succeeded by | Ihor Prasolov |
| In office 9 October 2009 – 11 March 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Volodymyr Khandohiy |
| Succeeded by | Kostyantyn Gryshchenko |
| In office 8 February 2005 – 8 September 2005 | |
| President | Viktor Yushchenko |
| Preceded by | Volodymyr Radchenko |
| Succeeded by | Anatoliy Kinakh |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 29 August 2019 | |
| Constituency | European Solidarity, No. 1 |
| In office 12 December 2012 – 3 June 2014 | |
| Succeeded by | Oleksii Poroshenko |