Viktor Andriiovych Yushchenko (Ukrainian: Віктор Андрійович Ющенко, IPA:[ˈwiktorɐnˈd⁽ʲ⁾r⁽ʲ⁾ijowɪtʃˈjuʃtʃenko]ⓘ; born 23 February 1954) is a Ukrainian politician who was the third president of Ukraine from 23 January 2005 to 25 February 2010. He aimed to orient Ukraine towards the West, European Union and NATO.
Yushchenko's first career was in the banking industry. In 1993, he became governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, presiding over their response to hyperinflation and the introduction of a national currency. From 1999 to 2001 he was prime minister under President Leonid Kuchma. After his dismissal as prime minister, Yushchenko went into opposition to President Kuchma and founded Our Ukraine Bloc, which at the 2002 parliamentary election became Ukraine's most popular political force.
As an informal leader of the Ukrainian opposition coalition, he was one of the two main candidates in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, the other being Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych. During the election campaign in late 2004, Yushchenko became the victim of an assassination attempt when he was poisoned with dioxin. He suffered disfigurement as a result of the poisoning, but survived. The runoff election in November 2004, won by Yanukovych, was marred by widespread accusations of election fraud, leading to the Orange Revolution and an order by the Ukrainian Supreme Court to repeat the vote. Yushchenko won the revote 52% to 44%.
Yushchenko's influence declined soon after assuming the presidency, especially after falling out with his prime minister and leading political ally Yulia Tymoshenko, as did his and his party's popularity and electoral standing. The rest of his presidency was marked by infighting, legislative deadlock and coalition crises in 2007 and in 2008. He lost re-election to Yanukovych in the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election, finishing in fifth place in the first round with 5.5% of the vote. Yushchenko again led Our Ukraine in the 2012 parliamentary election, but they failed to win representation.
Viktor Andriiovych Yushchenko (Ukrainian: Віктор Андрійович Ющенко, IPA: [ˈwiktor ɐnˈd⁽ʲ⁾r⁽ʲ⁾ijowɪtʃ ˈjuʃtʃenko] ; born 23 February 1954) is a Ukrainian...
runoff and was declared the winner against former prime minister ViktorYushchenko. However, allegations of electoral fraud and voter intimidation caused...
election were contested between the opposition leader ViktorYushchenko and incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych from the Party of Regions. It was later...
run-off vote of 21 November 2004 between leading candidates ViktorYushchenko and Viktor Yanukovych were rigged by the authorities in favour of the latter...
she met ViktorYushchenko, whom she subsequently married. She left her job in August 2000, when she was expecting her second child. Yushchenko is now involved...
Revolution, Kuchma took a neutral stance and was a mediator between ViktorYushchenko and Viktor Yanukovych. Between 2014 and 2020, Kuchma was a special presidential...
October, two candidates – Viktor Yanukovych and ViktorYushchenko – proceeded to a runoff. As Tymoshenko earlier envisaged, Yushchenko received endorsement...
official presidential campaign from 120 to 90 days. Outgoing President ViktorYushchenko refused to sign the new law and lodged an appeal in Ukraine's Constitutional...
Polish and Jewish civilians during World War II. On 22 January 2010, ViktorYushchenko, the then president of Ukraine, awarded Bandera the posthumous title...
lead for ViktorYushchenko. The first poll, conducted by several Ukrainian research organisations, gave Yuchshenko 54% of the vote, against Viktor Yanukovych's...
Following the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, Kuchma's successor, ViktorYushchenko, announced the departure of most of Ukraine's contingent, and the...
president to have served two consecutive terms in office. ViktorYushchenko, Petro Poroshenko, and Viktor Yanukovych served one term, with the latter being replaced...
affected by what came to be called Yu-Cheng. Ukrainian President ViktorYushchenko suffered from prominent facial chloracne and was diagnosed with dioxin...
Президента України)). Adopted on 25 December 2003. (Ukrainian) "Victor Yushchenko". Official web-site of President of Ukraine. Retrieved 29 March 2015....
century examples include Emmanuel Macron, Javier Milei, Cem Özdemir, ViktorYushchenko, David Pountney, Adam Sandler, John Lithgow and David Tennant. Because...
belief" that the men had survived to receive the award. The decision by ViktorYushchenko, in his last days in office in January 2010, to award World War II...
was posthumously awarded with the 3rd degree Order For Courage by ViktorYushchenko, the then President of Ukraine. He was portrayed by actor Aleksandr...
faulty flight plan. Yegorov was released in 2008 after President ViktorYushchenko issued a decree reducing his sentence to three and a half years. The...
suspected of involvement in the poisoning of Ukrainian president ViktorYushchenko in 2004. Satsyuk was a businessman before he joined the Security Service...
president ViktorYushchenko. Yushchenko and other Ukrainian politicians described fatalities as in the region of seven to ten million. Yushchenko stated...
active part in the Orange Revolution on the side of opposition leader ViktorYushchenko (who was elected president). Kinakh was appointed First Vice Prime...
second inauguration of President Leonid Kuchma in 1999. Kuchma chose ViktorYushchenko as his alternative candidate. Another example is the approval of Yuriy...
was posthumously awarded with the 3rd degree Order For Courage by ViktorYushchenko, the President of Ukraine. Actor Kieran O'Brien portrayed him in the...
Mazepa, President ViktorYushchenko called for the myth about the alleged treason of Mazepa to be dispelled. According to Yushchenko, the hetman wanted...
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