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Denis Pushilin

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Denis Vladimirovich Pushilin (born 9 May 1981) is a pro-Russian politician who was elected the Head of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in 2018, and has held the position since then, including after the Russian annexation of the DPR in 2022. He had previously served as Chairman of the People's Council, and became the acting head of state and government following the assassination of incumbent Alexander Zakharchenko amidst the conflict in the east Ukraine region. He successfully ran for election to a full term in the controversial 2018 elections. Pushilin's role in MMM Global prior to his political career is cited by critics that describe him as a fraudster who was involved in a Ponzi scheme. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2024). Denis Pushilin is the 14,395th most popular politician (down from 13,129th in 2024), the 705th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 635th in 2019) and the 174th most popular Ukrainian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Denis Pushilin ranks 14,395 out of 19,576. Before him are Luis Batlle Berres, Tiberius Julius Mithridates, Paula-Mae Weekes, Antonio Arenas, Sviatoslav III of Kiev, and John W. Foster. After him are Dmitry Polyansky, José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco, Horacio Vásquez, Arcesilaus I of Cyrene, Ruth Williams Khama, and Bainbridge Colby.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Denis Pushilin ranks 101. Before him are Alexander Hleb, Georges St-Pierre, Nicky Hayden, Ben Barnes, Andrew Johnson, and Maxi Rodríguez. After him are Milan Jovanović, Chad Michael Murray, Laura Bailey, Jang Na-ra, Maher Zain, and Joseph Morgan.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Denis Pushilin ranks 705 out of 1,365. Before him are Leopold Staff (1878), Anatoly Levchenko (1941), Yevhen Hrebinka (1812), Natalya Meklin (1922), Volodymyr Ivanovych Barvinok (1879), and Sviatoslav III of Kiev (null). After him are Dmitry Polyansky (1917), Weegee (1899), Vasyl Barvinsky (1888), Oleg Goncharenko (1931), Yevhen Stankovych (1942), and Michael Levytsky (1774).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Denis Pushilin ranks 174. Before him are Stanisław Ostrowski (1892), Grisha Filipov (1919), Adam Rapacki (1909), Ivan Bodiul (1917), Svyatoslav Fyodorov (1927), and Sviatoslav III of Kiev (null). After him are Dmitry Polyansky (1917), Volodymyr Lytvyn (1956), Dmitry Sipyagin (1853), Nikolai Gikalo (1897), Alexander Zakharchenko (1976), and Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky (1865).

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