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Viktor Yanukovych

Also known as Victor Fedorovych Yanukovych, Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych

President of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014

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Viktor Yanukovych was the President of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014, a period marked by significant political and social upheaval in the country. His presidency matters because it ended with his removal from office during the Euromaidan protests, an event that reshaped Ukraine's political direction and international relationships.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Viktor
Gender: male
Citizenship: Russia
Place of birth: Yenakiieve
Child: Olexander Yanukovych
Occupation: lecturer
Educated at: Donetsk National Technical University
Political party: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Languages spoken: Ukrainian
Native language: Russian
Religion: Eastern Orthodoxy
Field of work: politics
Sport: auto racing
Image: Viktor Yanukovych official portrait.jpg
Convicted of: high treason

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on focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Ukraine
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Commons category: Viktor Yanukovych
ethnic group: Russians
date of birth: 1950-07-09
topic's main category: Category:Viktor Yanukovych
name in native language: Віктор Федорович Янукович
candidacy in election: 2010 Ukrainian presidential election
affiliation string: Office of the President of Ukraine
penalty: incarceration
birth name: Віктор Федорович Янукович
professorship: professor

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Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych (born 9 July 1950) is a former politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014. He also served as the prime minister of Ukraine several times between 2002 and 2007 and was a member of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) from 2006 to 2010. Yanukovych was removed from the presidency during the 2014 Revolution of Dignity, which followed months of protests against him. Since then, he has lived in exile in Russia.

Yanukovych was a member of the pro-Russian Party of Regions. Before entering national politics, Yanukovych was the governor of his native Donetsk Oblast from 1997 to 2002. He was simultaneously the chairman of the oblast's legislature from 1999 to 2001. He first ran for president in the 2004 election, where he was declared the winner against Viktor Yushchenko. However, allegations of electoral fraud and voter intimidation caused widespread protests, in what became known as the Orange Revolution. The Ukrainian Supreme Court nullified the election and ordered a rerun, which Yanukovych lost to Yushchenko. Yanukovych ran for president again in 2010, this time beating Yulia Tymoshenko in an election deemed free and fair by international observers.

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