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Viktor Yushchenko

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Viktor Andriiovych Yushchenko (Ukrainian: Віктор Андрійович Ющенко, IPA: [ˈwiktor ɐnˈd⁽ʲ⁾r⁽ʲ⁾ijowɪtʃ ˈjuʃtʃenko] ; 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, the G7 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Viktor Yushchenko is the 718th most popular politician (up from 782nd in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 24th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Ukrainian Politician.

Viktor Yushchenko was the president of Ukraine from 2005 to 2010. He is most famous for being poisoned with dioxin in 2004 and nearly dying, but he survived and won the election in 2005.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Viktor Yushchenko ranks 718 out of 19,576. Before him are Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, Theodore II Laskaris, Ptolemy II Philadelphus, Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Conrad III of Germany, and Umberto I of Italy. After him are Xerxes II of Persia, Georgi Dimitrov, Grover Cleveland, Volusianus, Mustafa III, and Juliana of the Netherlands.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Viktor Yushchenko ranks 11. Before him are Alexander Lukashenko, Shinzō Abe, Denzel Washington, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Hugo Chávez. After him are John Travolta, Sócrates, Emir Kusturica, James Cameron, Jean-Claude Juncker, and Jim Belushi.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko ranks 23 out of 1,365. Before him are Taras Shevchenko (1814), Hafsa Sultan (1479), Joseph Conrad (1857), Helena Blavatsky (1831), Svetlana Alexievich (1948), and Stanisław Lem (1921). After him are Leonid Kuchma (1938), Élie Metchnikoff (1845), Ivan Mazepa (1639), Stanisław Leszczyński (1677), Anna Akhmatova (1889), and Yulia Tymoshenko (1960).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko ranks 10. Before him are Golda Meir (1898), Viktor Yanukovych (1950), John III Sobieski (1629), Stepan Bandera (1909), Volodymyr Zelensky (1978), and Hafsa Sultan (1479). After him are Leonid Kuchma (1938), Ivan Mazepa (1639), Stanisław Leszczyński (1677), Yulia Tymoshenko (1960), Leonid Kravchuk (1934), and Kliment Voroshilov (1881).

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