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'''Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko''' (born 26 September 1965) is the fifth and current President of Ukraine, in office since 2014. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2010, and as the Minister of Trade and Economic Development in 2012. From 2007 until 2012, Poroshenko headed the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine.
 
'''Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko''' (born 26 September 1965) is the fifth and current President of Ukraine, in office since 2014. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2010, and as the Minister of Trade and Economic Development in 2012. From 2007 until 2012, Poroshenko headed the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine.
  
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Beyond politics, Poroshenko has had a career as a successful businessman. He owns, along with a number of other companies, a large-scale confectionery business, which has earned him the nickname of 'Chocolate King'.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26822741|title=Profile: Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko|publisher=BBC News|archiveurl=//web.archive.org/web/20140526215821/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26822741|archivedate=26 May 2014}}</ref> He was [[Ukrainian presidential election, 2014|elected president on 25 May 2014]], capturing more than 54% of the vote in the first round, thereby winning outright and avoiding a run-off.<ref name=wp>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/ukraine-talks-set-to-open-without-pro-russian-separatists/2014/05/14/621dbc6a-c7d9-40bc-b2e5-814a4108bbef_story.html|title=Ukraine talks set to open without pro-Russian separatists|newspaper=''[[The Washington Post]]''|date=14 May 2014|accessdate=29 May 2014}}</ref><ref name="Runners and risks">{{cite news|date=22 May 2014|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27518989|title=Ukraine elections: Runners and risks |publisher=[[BBC News Online]]|accessdate=29 May 2014|archiveurl=//web.archive.org/web/20140527092109/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27518989|archivedate=27 May 2014}}</ref><ref name=BBCESR>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8460978.stm|title=Q&A: Ukraine presidential election|publisher=BBC News|date=7 February 2010|accessdate=29 May 2014|archivedate=29 April 2014|archiveurl=//web.archive.org/web/20140429045939/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8460978.stm}}</ref><ref name="CEC election results">{{cite web|accessdate=29 May 2014|url=http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/en/148/566632/|title=Poroshenko wins presidential election with 54.7% of vote - CEC|publisher=Radio Ukraine International|date=29 May 2014|archivedate=29 May 2014|archiveurl=//web.archive.org/web/20140529212731/http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/en/148/566632/}}<br>{{cite news|language=ru|publisher=Телеграф|url=//web.archive.org/web/20140529233925/http://telegraf.com.ua/ukraina/politika/1300294-rezultatyi-vyiborov-prezidenta-ukrainyi-2014-tsik-obrabotala-51-99.html|title=Внеочередные выборы Президента Украины|trans_title=Results election of Ukrainian president|date=29 May 2014|accessdate=29 May 2014}}</ref><ref name="New Ukrainian president 5-year term">{{cite news|url=http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/205114.html|title=New Ukrainian president will be elected for 5-year term – Constitutional Court|date=16 May 2014|accessdate=29 May 2014|agency=[[Interfax-Ukraine]]|archiveurl=//web.archive.org/web/20140517121006/http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/205114.html|archivedate=17 May 2014}}</ref>
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Beyond politics, Poroshenko has had a career as a successful businessman. He owns, along with a number of other companies, a large-scale confectionery business, which has earned him the nickname of 'Chocolate King'.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26822741|title=Profile: Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko|publisher=BBC News|archiveurl=//web.archive.org/web/20140526215821/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26822741|archivedate=26 May 2014}}</ref> He was elected president on 25 May 2014, capturing more than 54% of the vote in the first round, thereby winning outright and avoiding a run-off.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/ukraine-talks-set-to-open-without-pro-russian-separatists/2014/05/14/621dbc6a-c7d9-40bc-b2e5-814a4108bbef_story.html|title=Ukraine talks set to open without pro-Russian separatists|newspaper=''The Washington Post''|date=14 May 2014|accessdate=29 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=22 May 2014|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27518989|title=Ukraine elections: Runners and risks |publisher=BBC News Online|accessdate=29 May 2014|archiveurl=//web.archive.org/web/20140527092109/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27518989|archivedate=27 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8460978.stm|title=Q&A: Ukraine presidential election|publisher=BBC News|date=7 February 2010|accessdate=29 May 2014|archivedate=29 April 2014|archiveurl=//web.archive.org/web/20140429045939/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8460978.stm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=29 May 2014|url=http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/en/148/566632/|title=Poroshenko wins presidential election with 54.7% of vote - CEC|publisher=Radio Ukraine International|date=29 May 2014|archivedate=29 May 2014|archiveurl=//web.archive.org/web/20140529212731/http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/en/148/566632/}}<br>{{cite news|language=ru|publisher=Телеграф|url=//web.archive.org/web/20140529233925/http://telegraf.com.ua/ukraina/politika/1300294-rezultatyi-vyiborov-prezidenta-ukrainyi-2014-tsik-obrabotala-51-99.html|title=Внеочередные выборы Президента Украины|trans_title=Results election of Ukrainian president|date=29 May 2014|accessdate=29 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/205114.html|title=New Ukrainian president will be elected for 5-year term – Constitutional Court|date=16 May 2014|accessdate=29 May 2014|agency=Interfax-Ukraine|archiveurl=//web.archive.org/web/20140517121006/http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/205114.html|archivedate=17 May 2014}}</ref>
  
 
==Early life and education==
 
==Early life and education==
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Poroshenko was born in the city of [[Bolhrad]], in [[Odessa Oblast]], on 26 September 1965,<ref name="The Richest">{{cite web|url=http://www.therichest.com/celebnetworth/celebrity-business/men/petro-poroshenko-net-worth/|title=Petro Poroshenko Net Worth|work=The Richest |accessdate=26 May 2014|archiveurl=//web.archive.org/web/20130822061718/http://www.therichest.com/celebnetworth/celebrity-business/men/petro-poroshenko-net-worth/|archivedate=22 August 2013}}</ref> but was raised in the city of [[Vinnytsia]] in central Ukraine.<ref name="Scotsman">{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/mobile/news/world/kerry-heads-for-crisis-talks-over-ukraine-1-3358208|title=Kerry heads for crisis talks over Ukraine|work=[[The Scotsman]]|date=29 March 2014|accessdate=26 May 2014|archiveurl=//web.archive.org/web/20140527174812/http://www.scotsman.com/mobile/news/world/kerry-heads-for-crisis-talks-over-ukraine-1-3358208|archivedate=27 May 2014}}</ref> He also spent his childhood and youth in [[Bendery]] ([[Moldavian SSR]], now officially [[Moldova]] but under ''de facto'' control of the unrecognised [[List of states with limited recognition|breakaway state]] [[Transnistria]].)<ref>[http://www.academia.edu/1918412/Continuity_and_Change_in_Transnistrias_Foreign_Policy_after_the_2011_Presidential_Elections Continuity and Change in Transnistria’s Foreign Policy after the 2011 Presidential Elections] by [[Marcin Kosienkowski]], 2012, [[Academia.edu]] (page 38).</ref> His father Oleksiy was an agricultural engineer.<ref name=PpofileSO/><ref name="Poroshenko family"/>
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Poroshenko was born in the city of Bolhrad, in Odessa Oblast, on 26 September 1965,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.therichest.com/celebnetworth/celebrity-business/men/petro-poroshenko-net-worth/|title=Petro Poroshenko Net Worth|work=The Richest |accessdate=26 May 2014|archiveurl=//web.archive.org/web/20130822061718/http://www.therichest.com/celebnetworth/celebrity-business/men/petro-poroshenko-net-worth/|archivedate=22 August 2013}}</ref> but was raised in the city of Vinnytsia in central Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/mobile/news/world/kerry-heads-for-crisis-talks-over-ukraine-1-3358208|title=Kerry heads for crisis talks over Ukraine|work=The Scotsman|date=29 March 2014|accessdate=26 May 2014|archiveurl=//web.archive.org/web/20140527174812/http://www.scotsman.com/mobile/news/world/kerry-heads-for-crisis-talks-over-ukraine-1-3358208|archivedate=27 May 2014}}</ref> He also spent his childhood and youth in Bendery (Moldavian SSR, now officially Moldova but under ''de facto'' control of the unrecognised breakaway state Transnistria.)<ref>[http://www.academia.edu/1918412/Continuity_and_Change_in_Transnistrias_Foreign_Policy_after_the_2011_Presidential_Elections Continuity and Change in Transnistria’s Foreign Policy after the 2011 Presidential Elections] by Marcin Kosienkowski, 2012, Academia.edu (page 38).</ref> His father Oleksiy was an agricultural engineer.
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In his youth, Poroshenko practiced [[judo]] and [[Sambo (martial art)|sambo]], and was [[Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR and Russia|Candidate for Master of Sport of the USSR]].<ref name="Poroshenko family"/> Despite good grades he was not awarded the normal gold medal at graduation, and on his report card he was given a "C" for his behaviour. After getting into a fight with four [[Soviet Army]] cadets at the military commissariat, he was sent to army service in the distant [[Kazakh SSR]].<ref name=PpofileSO/>
 
  
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In 1989, Poroshenko graduated (he started the study in 1982<ref name="Poroshenko family"/>) with a degree in economics from the international relations and law department (subsequently the Institute of International Relations) at the [[Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv|Kiev State University]].<ref name="ITAR">{{cite news|url=http://en.itar-tass.com/economy/733301|title= Ukraine's tycoon Poroshenko confirms plans to sell assets|agency=Information Telegraph Agency of Russia ITAR-TASS|date=26 May 2014|:accessdate=26 May 2014|archiveurl=//web.archive.org/web/20140527220635/http://en.itar-tass.com/economy/733301|archivedate=27 May 2014}}</ref> In 1984, he married a medical student, Maryna Perevedentseva (born 1962). Their first son, Oleksiy, was born in 1985 ([[Petro Poroshenko#Personal life|his three other children were born in 2000 and 2001]]). From 1989 to 1992, he was an assistant at the university’s international economic relations department. While still a student, he founded a legal advisory firm mediating the negotiation of contracts in foreign trade, and then he undertook the negotiations himself, starting to supply cocoa beans to the Soviet chocolate industry in 1991. At the same time, he was deputy director of the ‘Republic’ Union of Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs, and the CEO “Exchange House Ukraine”.
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In his youth, Poroshenko practised judo and sambo, and was Candidate for Master of Sport of the USSR. Despite good grades he was not awarded the normal gold medal at graduation, and on his report card he was given a "C" for his behaviour. After getting into a fight with four Soviet Army cadets at the military commissariat, he was sent to army service in the distant Kazakh SSR.
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In 1989, Poroshenko graduated (he started the study in 1982 with a degree in economics from the international relations and law department (subsequently the Institute of International Relations) at the Taras Shevchenko Kiev State University.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://en.itar-tass.com/economy/733301|title= Ukraine's tycoon Poroshenko confirms plans to sell assets|agency=Information Telegraph Agency of Russia ITAR-TASS|date=26 May 2014|:accessdate=26 May 2014|archiveurl=//web.archive.org/web/20140527220635/http://en.itar-tass.com/economy/733301|archivedate=27 May 2014}}</ref> In 1984, he married a medical student, Maryna Perevedentseva (born 1962). Their first son, Oleksiy, was born in 1985 (his three other children were born in 2000 and 2001). From 1989 to 1992, he was an assistant at the university’s international economic relations department. While still a student, he founded a legal advisory firm mediating the negotiation of contracts in foreign trade, and then he undertook the negotiations himself, starting to supply cocoa beans to the Soviet chocolate industry in 1991. At the same time, he was deputy director of the ‘Republic’ Union of Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs, and the CEO “Exchange House Ukraine”.
  
 
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Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko (born 26 September 1965) is the fifth and current President of Ukraine, in office since 2014. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2010, and as the Minister of Trade and Economic Development in 2012. From 2007 until 2012, Poroshenko headed the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine.

Beyond politics, Poroshenko has had a career as a successful businessman. He owns, along with a number of other companies, a large-scale confectionery business, which has earned him the nickname of 'Chocolate King'.[1] He was elected president on 25 May 2014, capturing more than 54% of the vote in the first round, thereby winning outright and avoiding a run-off.[2][3][4][5][6]

Early life and education

Poroshenko was born in the city of Bolhrad, in Odessa Oblast, on 26 September 1965,[7] but was raised in the city of Vinnytsia in central Ukraine.[8] He also spent his childhood and youth in Bendery (Moldavian SSR, now officially Moldova but under de facto control of the unrecognised breakaway state Transnistria.)[9] His father Oleksiy was an agricultural engineer.

In his youth, Poroshenko practised judo and sambo, and was Candidate for Master of Sport of the USSR. Despite good grades he was not awarded the normal gold medal at graduation, and on his report card he was given a "C" for his behaviour. After getting into a fight with four Soviet Army cadets at the military commissariat, he was sent to army service in the distant Kazakh SSR.

In 1989, Poroshenko graduated (he started the study in 1982 with a degree in economics from the international relations and law department (subsequently the Institute of International Relations) at the Taras Shevchenko Kiev State University.[10] In 1984, he married a medical student, Maryna Perevedentseva (born 1962). Their first son, Oleksiy, was born in 1985 (his three other children were born in 2000 and 2001). From 1989 to 1992, he was an assistant at the university’s international economic relations department. While still a student, he founded a legal advisory firm mediating the negotiation of contracts in foreign trade, and then he undertook the negotiations himself, starting to supply cocoa beans to the Soviet chocolate industry in 1991. At the same time, he was deputy director of the ‘Republic’ Union of Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs, and the CEO “Exchange House Ukraine”.

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