Yanukovych's biography - the path to the presidency

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:55

The unimaginability of history appeared before us firsthand at the beginning of 2014. The legitimate President is sitting in another country, and "putschists" rule Ukraine. Is this not a paradox. How did it happen, and what role did Viktor Yanukovych play in the events. Let's figure it out.

Yanukovych's biography - milestones

Viktor Fedorovich was brought up by his father. It is known that his mother Olga Semyonovna died when he was only two years old. Starting a normal working path with

ordinary worker (1969), quickly gained momentum. His leadership qualities were noticed. Already in 1989, he was elected by the team to a leadership position. He organized the activities of several enterprises, then headed the Donetsk region (1997). Viktor Yanukovych has vast experience in business activities. That allowed him to successfully engage in the work of government. In 2002 he became Prime Minister of Ukraine. After his dismissal (2007), he had to go into opposition. At the same time, he did not leave work on the creation of alternative state-building programs. His party regularly proposed to the Verkhovna Rada its concepts of stabilizing the Ukrainian economy. Elected President in 2010countries.

Education of Yanukovych

Judging by the data provided by himself, he has two higher educations. One is engineering. He graduated in absentia from the Donetsk Polytechnic University (1980). The second is legal. In 2001, he received a diploma from the Academy of Foreign Trade. Biography of Yanukovych contains data on his scientific degrees. He is a professor. It is known that his scientific work concerned the construction of the infrastructure of a large industrial region. He worked on his dissertation at the time when he was in charge of the Donetsk region. Therefore, it is clear that the actual data in it

enough provided.

Family

Yanukovych's biography is quite transparent. He is married and has two children. The family of Viktor Yanukovych was established in 1971. Judging by the available data, at that time Yanukovych was in prison (more on that below). The family had two heirs, one of whom continued his father's work. Both sons have now created their families, live separately. In Ukrainian society, the word "family" has acquired a different meaning over time. So they began to call the Yanukovychs for their not quite legal economic actions. Taking advantage of their position, the President's relatives "shared" the business of many entrepreneurs who worked in the country. It should be noted that the wife of the President of Ukraine Lyudmila Yanukovych did not become the first lady. She lived separately, not taking part in public and political

husband's activities.

Convictions

The future President appeared before the court twice. First time onthe dawn of youth, in the "dashing nineties". Then he was convicted of participating in a robbery. At that time he was still a minor, so he received a short term (3 years). He was released ahead of schedule, but already in 1970 he again appeared before representatives of Themis. This time, the biography of Yanukovych was replenished with an accusation of inflicting bodily harm (fight). Proceedings in the case were lengthy, as the defense found evidence of the nobility of the defendant. He protected the girl from drunken harassment. Yanukovych's convictions were expunged from him (1978) in accordance with the procedure established by law.

First sample

In the presidential elections (2004) Yanukovych was one of the most promising candidates. He was supported by the then leader of the country (Kuchma). But things didn't go exactly as planned. An "orange" revolution broke out in the country, directed against the current order. In violation of the law, three rounds of voting were held. As a result, Yanukovych lost. At the same time, in the first round, he received fewer votes than the main opponent. In the second, he won. The CEC announced the count, Yanukovych had 49.46%. But Yushchenko's representatives spoke of massive violations. As a result of the negotiations, it was decided to re-vote. This is a procedure that is not justified by any single law. But after it was held, Yushchenko was declared the winner. According to Yanukovych's associates, he only needed to organize the publication of the results of the second round of voting. Then it would be very difficult to protest them.

Activities in opposition

Irreconcilable partners had to make peace. There were a lot of pressing issues that needed to be addressed. And in the Verkhovna Rada by this moment (2006) the Party of Regions had the majority. Yanukovych agreed to the agreement on the condition that his party members would cease to be persecuted for political reasons. In the period leading up to the parliamentary elections and after them, there was a protracted crisis in Ukraine. The Legislative Assembly could not reach an agreement. The irreconcilability of the forces was already radical then. After many attempts to resolve the crisis in 2006, Yanukovych was confirmed as Prime Minister. The foreign policy direction of his activity immediately became diametrically opposed to the views of the incumbent President. Yanukovych tried to direct Ukraine towards rapprochement with Russia, while Yushchenko sought European integration. As a result of the parliamentary

struggle in 2007, Yulia Tymoshenko became Prime Minister. Yanukovych again had to go into opposition.

Party of Regions

Over time, the party organized by Yanukovych is becoming stronger and more influential. It is traditionally supported by the southeast of the country. The population here is impressed by the course towards cooperation with Russia. In connection with the political crisis of 2008, the very existence of the Verkhovna Rada is under threat in the country. Yushchenko makes several attempts to dissolve it. Since the blocks are being created and then dismissed, the people are in constant tension. Over the course of a few years, there have been several small “revolutions” in VR. That is createdanti-crisis coalition, then irreconcilable enemies - BYuT and the Regions - are trying to agree in order to start the political process. The result of this fuss is an unexpected increase in the authority of Yanukovych's party.

President

Elections 2010 Yanukovych holds "on his own." He immediately declares that the party will not negotiate with anyone. As a result, by the second round he has only one opponent - Tymoshenko. After voting, it turns out that Viktor Fedorovich overtook her by only three percent. But the desired has been achieved. Biography

Yanukovych was replenished with the same victory - he became the President of Ukraine. First of all, he had to build his own vertical of power. For this, a lustration of the security forces and governors appointed by his predecessor was carried out. Gradually, representatives of the ruling party took over most of the positions in state bodies.

Language policy

Despite the hopes of the population of the southeast, the President did not make Russian the second state. He immediately stated that he retains the status of the Ukrainian language, but the European Charter will operate for minorities. At first, this issue was not sharpened, so as not to push the society to further confrontation. The President made efforts to overcome the economic devastation inherited from his predecessor.

Parliament of regions

New legislative elections were held in 2012. It was a serious fight. The sons of Yanukovych joined the ranks of the party to support their father. As a resultcorrect alignment of forces Regions received the majority. They managed to win the communists over to their side. All questions are now voted from the first

times, as the opposition has lost influence on the lawmaking process.

Crisis 2013-2014

The practical autocracy created by the Party of Regions in a democratic country could not save society from a split. Most likely, it was the impetus for further tragic events. The issue of European integration became the root. Yanukovych supported this direction with all available means, despite the fact that he had previously advocated a different foreign policy. But when the time came to sign the agreement, he made a sharp turn. He stated that the country is not yet ready for such close cooperation. As a result, a second Maidan appeared in the center of Kyiv. He collected almost a million opposition rallies. Three months after the negotiations and the signing of the cooperation agreement, the opposition carried out a coup d'état. Yanukovych fled the country, narrowly avoiding death. So the legitimate President ended up in a foreign land, unable to influence the processes that are pushing his homeland to civil war.

A rather talented and active man, Viktor Yanukovych managed to get to the presidency by uniting supporters around him. Only this did not lead to the revival of the country, but to its even greater split. His mistakes will be analyzed by politicians and historians when the next crisis in Ukraine is extinguished (if possible).