Alexander Borodai
Alexander Yurevich Borodai (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ю́рьевич Борода́й, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪdʑ bərɐˈdaj]; Ukrainian: Олександр Юрійович Бородай, romanized: Oleksandr Yuriiovych Borodai; born 25 July 1972) is a Russian member of the State Duma of the 8th convocation for the party United Russia. Borodai was Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic in 2014 after the Donetsk People's Republic declared its independence from Ukraine on 12 May 2014, Borodai was appointed as Prime Minister by the republic's Supreme Council on 14 May 2014. Borodai, a Russian citizen, had earlier worked as a political adviser to Sergey Aksyonov, the prime minister of the Republic of Crimea. On 7 August 2014, Borodai announced his resignation. He was succeeded by Alexander Zakharchenko; under Zakharchenko, Borodai became Deputy Prime Minister.
Alexander Borodai | |
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Александр Бородай | |
| Member of the State Duma | |
| Assumed office 12 October 2021 | |
| First Deputy Prime Minister of Donetsk People's Republic | |
| In office 8 August 2014 – 24 October 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Alexander Zakharchenko |
| Succeeded by | Dmitry Trapeznikov |
| Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic | |
| In office 16 May 2014 – 7 August 2014 | |
| Deputy | Andrei Purgin Vladimir Antyufeyev |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Zakharchenko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1972 (age 51–52) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Political party | United Russia (since 2021) |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Transnistria Donetsk People's Republic |
| Battles/wars | War in Transnistria 1993 Russian constitutional crisis War in Donbass |
In his interview to Novaya Gazeta Borodai acknowledged that he has known Igor Girkin since after the war in Transnistria.