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Petro Poroshenko

President of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019

"Poroshenko" redirects here. For other uses, see Poroshenko (surname).

Not to be confused with Petro Doroshenko, a Ukrainian military and political leader from the 17th century.

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Poroshenko, President of Ukraine

Presidential elections were held in Ukraine on 25 May; they were won, in accordance with expectations, in the first round by Petro Poroshenko. He won 54.7% of the vote, ahead of Yulia Tymoshenko, who won barely a quarter as many votes. However the elections were not held throughout the country; in addition to occupied Crimea, where they were not even planned, they were not held in most of the Donbas (including the major cities), where the separatist insurgency is continuing. Despite this, the total national turnout was 60.3%, and the elections were legally valid according to Ukrainian law. International observers made no serious objections to the conduct of the vote.

Poroshenko received a very strong mandate, although he is now facing dramatic challenges: he must bring about the end of the Russian-inspired rebellion in the Donbas, calm the political situation, introduce constitutional reform, stabilise the economy, and regulate relations with Moscow, while not giving up moving closer to the EU. The new president does not have a stable political b

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Profile: Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko

Born on 26 September 1965 in the town of Bolhrad near Odessa, he was raised in the central region of Vinnytsya and studied economics in Kiev.

After building up his confectionary empire after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, he now also has interests in construction and the media, owning influential Ukrainian broadcaster Channel 5 TV.

Forbes recently estimated his net worth, external to be $1.3bn (£0.8bn; 1bn euros).

The father of four portrays himself as a pragmatic politician who sees Ukraine's future in Europe but hopes to mend relations with Russia, using the diplomatic skills he developed as foreign minister.

He advocates local governance reform and devolution of power to the regions, as well as economic reform and improving the investment climate.

If he or others let people down by not tackling endemic corruption, people power will hold them to account, he told Reuters news agency in an interview, external.

Critics would say he himself is part of the old system and questions have been asked

Petro Poroshenko
Official portrait, 2014
In office 7 June 2014 – 20 May 2019
Prime Minister
Preceded by	Oleksandr Turchynov (acting)
Succeeded by	Volodymyr Zelenskyy
In office 13 March 2012 – 4 December 2012
Prime Minister	Mykola Azarov
Preceded by	Andriy Klyuyev
Succeeded by	Ihor Prasolov
In office 9 October 2009 – 11 March 2010
Prime Minister
Preceded by	Volodymyr Khandohiy
Succeeded by	Kostyantyn Gryshchenko
In office 8 February 2005 – 8 September 2005
President	Viktor Yushchenko
Preceded by	Volodymyr Radchenko
Succeeded by	Anatoliy Kinakh
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 August 2019
Constituency	European Solidarity, No. 1
In office 12 December 2012 – 3 June 2014
Succeeded by	Oleksii Poroshenko