Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Arseniy Petrovych Yatsenyuk (Ukrainian: Арсеній Петрович Яценюк [ɐrˈsɛn⁽ʲ⁾ij peˈtrɔwɪtʃ jɐtseˈnʲuk]; born 22 May 1974) is a Ukrainian politician, economist and lawyer who served as Prime Minister of Ukraine twice – from 27 February 2014 to 27 November 2014 and from 27 November 2014 to 14 April 2016.
Arseniy Yatsenyuk | |
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Арсеній Яценюк | |
Yatsenyuk in 2018 | |
| 15th Prime Minister of Ukraine | |
| In office 27 February 2014 – 14 April 2016 | |
| President | Oleksandr Turchynov (acting) Petro Poroshenko |
| Deputy | Vitaly Yarema Hennadiy Zubko |
| Preceded by | Oleksandr Turchynov (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Volodymyr Groysman |
| 8th Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada | |
| In office 4 December 2007 – 12 November 2008 | |
| President | Viktor Yushchenko |
| Preceded by | Oleksandr Moroz |
| Succeeded by | Oleksandr Lavrynovych (acting) |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 21 March 2007 – 4 December 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Viktor Yanukovych |
| Preceded by | Volodymyr Ohryzko (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Volodymyr Ohryzko |
| Minister of Economy | |
| In office 27 September 2005 – 4 August 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Yuriy Yekhanurov |
| Preceded by | Serhiy Teryokhin |
| Succeeded by | Volodymyr Makukha |
| First Vice-President of the National Bank of Ukraine | |
| In office November 2003 – February 2005 | |
| Minister of Economy of Crimea | |
| In office September 2001 – January 2003 | |
| First Deputy Governor of Odesa | |
| In office 9 March 2005 – 27 September 2005 | |
| Faction Leader of All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" Party in the Verkhovna Rada | |
| In office 11 December 2012 – 4 March 2014 | |
| Head of Front for Change (Ukraine) | |
| In office 2009–2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arseniy Petrovych Yatsenyuk 22 May 1974 Chernivtsi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
| Political party | People's Front (2014–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc (Before 2007) Front for Change (2008–2013) Dictatorship Resistance Committee (2011–2014) Fatherland (2013–2014) |
| Spouse |
Tereziya Victorivna Hur
(m. 2000) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Chernivtsi University Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics |
| Signature | |
| Website | Official website |
| *Volodymyr Groysman served as Acting Prime Minister from 25 July 2014 – 31 July 2014. | |
Yatsenyuk's first government post was as Minister of Economy from 2005 to 2006; subsequently he was Foreign Minister of Ukraine in 2007 and Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) from 2007 to 2008. Yatsenyuk was one of the leaders of Ukraine's second biggest party All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland", and former leader of its parliamentary faction. He became the Prime Minister of Ukraine following the 2014 revolution that removed Viktor Yanukovych from power. In September 2014, Yatsenyuk started the new party People's Front. On 16 February 2016, the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, asked Yatsenyuk to resign saying he had lost the support of the coalition and the same day, the Ukrainian parliament voted the cabinet's work unsatisfactory but rejected a call for a vote of no confidence. On 10 April 2016, Yatsenyuk announced that he would report to parliament on 12 April and resign as Prime Minister. On 14 April 2016, Yatsenyuk was replaced by new Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman. Chairman of the Kyiv Security Forum and the founder of Open Ukraine Foundation. He holds the diplomatic rank of extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador.