Arseniy Yatsenyuk

Arseniy Yatsenyuk is a well-known Ukrainian politician who at various times held key posts in the country's government. Since 2014, after active participation in the so-called "Euromaidan", he became the Prime Minister of Ukraine. Until recently, Yatsenyuk was considered one of the most influential figures in Ukrainian political circles.

Yatsenyuk Arseniy Petrovich was born on May 22, 1974 in the beautiful Ukrainian city of Chernivtsi in a family of teachers. Mother Maria Grigorievna worked as a French language teacher in one of the local schools, and father Pyotr Ivanovich served as deputy dean of the Faculty of History at Chernivtsi National University. The head of the Ukrainian government also has an older sister, Alina, who has been living in California since 1999 with her third husband and two children.

Yatsenyuk spent his childhood in his hometown, where he graduated with a silver medal from a specialized school with in-depth study of the English language No. 9, and then became a student at Chernivtsi National University. Arseniy connected his future career with jurisprudence, so he entered the Faculty of Jurisprudence, from which he graduated in 1996. Parents strongly supported their son's desire to study. Teachers speak of the future politics as a diligent, neat and intelligent student who was easily given all the sciences both at school and at the university.

Having received a law degree, the future prime minister decided to continue his studies and entered the Kiev National University of Trade and Economics at the Faculty of Accounting and Audit, which he successfully graduated in 2001.

In 1992, still in his student years, Yatsenyuk became a businessman, having founded with the son of the Governor of the Chernivtsi region Valentin Gnatyshin a law firm dealing with the privatization of individuals and legal entities. During his work at the head of the law firm, Arseniy Petrovich met many representatives of Ukrainian politics and big business, which was a turning point in his biography.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk's political career started in 2001, when he was offered to head the Ministry of Economy in Crimea. But literally two years later, the politician's career growth went up rapidly, and he moved to Kiev, becoming the first deputy head of the National Bank of Ukraine, Serhiy Tigipko, who is an associate of the ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych.

In 2005, having resigned, Yatsenyuk was invited to the post of vice-governor of the Odessa region, where he worked in the team of Vasily Tsushko for about six months, after which he was appointed to the post of Minister of Economy of Ukraine. A year later, the entire Ukrainian government, along with the Minister of Economy, was dismissed, but in September 2006 Arseniy Petrovich received the post of Deputy Head of the Secretariat of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko.

This period of Yatsenyuk's career was very difficult, as there was an acute political crisis in the country, and all the ministers representing the interests of the then Ukrainian head Viktor Yushchenko were removed from their posts by the Verkhovna Rada. Nevertheless, the politician managed to stay "afloat", and in 2007 he became the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, despite the lack of professional diplomatic experience and education. At the same time, having become the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Yatsenyuk receives membership in the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.

And this period of his political career again coincided with instability in the Ukrainian government, so Arseniy Petrovich managed to hold on to his post only 11 months, after which he was dismissed. After that, Yatsenyuk created his own political bloc "Front for Change", whose activities brought the politician fame and popularity among the population.

In society, the politician was perceived as a promising leader, who was predicted to be the country's president. In 2009, the ex-head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine began an election campaign in the presidential race, but failed it, taking only fourth place in the elections.

In 2010, the candidacy of Yatsenyuk was nominated by the then current President Viktor Yanukovych for the post of Prime Minister of Ukraine. But Arseny Petrovich rejected this proposal, since it was unacceptable for him to be the prime minister in a coalition with the communists. After that, Yatsenyuk began to urge parliament for early elections, believing that illegal attempts by parliamentarians to form a coalition would lead to a state and political crisis in Ukraine.

Against the background of his opposition activities in 2012, the leader of the Front for Change unites with the head of Batkivshchyna, Yulia Tymoshenko, with whom he forms a common list for participation in the presidential elections and creates a council of the United Opposition.

In 2013, Yatsenyuk, together with Oleg Tyagnibok and Vitali Klitschko, led the coordination protest movement on the Maidan, opposing the current authorities, which suspended the process of preparing the signing of an association agreement between Ukraine and the European Union. A month later, ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych offered Arseny Petrovich the post of prime minister of the country in order to overcome the protracted crisis, but he did not agree. Only a month after putting forward a similar proposal at Euromaidan, Yatsenyuk became prime minister within 24 hours.

As head of the Ukrainian government, the opposition politician faced the Crimean crisis and armed conflict in the east of the country. His achievement in his position was the signing of an association agreement between the European Union and Ukraine. Many Ukrainian deputies considered Yatsenyuk's coming to power illegal, with which they appealed to the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine, where it was decided to open proceedings on this claim.

Yatsenyuk did not wait for the court's decision and voluntarily resigned. But after the revision in the Verkhovna Rada of some bills providing for the softening of certain conditions, in particular in the gas sector, which was in the interests of many of the country's oligarchs, such as Igor Kolomoisky, the government did not accept the resignation of Arseny Petrovich. After early elections, he was approved as the head of the government of Ukraine.

The second government of Arseniy Yatsenyuk in the history of Ukraine became a record for the number of hryvnia millionaires who became members of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine - out of 20 ministers, 8 are among the richest people in the country, who previously had nothing to do with bureaucratic work.

The new government of Arseniy Petrovich includes 4 foreigners, including the Minister of Economy, US citizen Natalya Yaresko, Minister of Health, citizen of Georgia, Alexander Kvitashvili, and Minister of Trade, Lithuanian Aivaras Abromavichius, who, after taking office, was granted Ukrainian citizenship by President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.

The program of the Yatsenyuk government was approved in December 2014 - its key areas are reforming in various areas and changing the social security system in the country. Of course, in the post-revolutionary and military conditions, the Yatsenyuk government had no chance of becoming successful. Many experts believe that Yatsenyuk did not implement a single item from the approved program due to the lack of professionalism of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Despite his rather thorny path as prime minister of Ukraine, Yatsenyuk does not show his discomfort, adhering to categorical and tough positions. He builds his policy as a business project, the goal of which is to effectively fight for the Ukrainian economy, whose resources are simply “melting” against the backdrop of the war.

In view of the fact that the main character trait of a politician is the desire to obtain the most beneficial result in any undertaking, the reform in Ukraine has not begun in the year of his work. Political analysts believe that this is due to the politician's fear of making mistakes and disappointing the electorate.

The efforts of Arseny Petrovich do not bring results, soon the society demands his resignation. The years of Yatsenyuk's rule were recognized as extremely unsuccessful, the people literally groan under the burden of his "reform initiatives", total poverty ensues in the country. The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko took advantage of this situation by removing a political rival who was pulling his rating to the bottom, he actually formed a new leadership of the executive branch, subject only to him.

In April 2016, Yatsenyuk resigned.

The person of Arseny Petrovich after his premiership in Ukraine is extremely negatively reacted. Any message in the media about the possible appointment of Yatsenyuk to a high government position is perceived by the public without much enthusiasm.

About where Arseniy Yatsenyuk is now, was asked in all corners of Ukraine, because after being the head of the Ukrainian government, Yatsenyuk suddenly disappeared from the TV screens. There was less and less news about the politician; many voters began to make their own assumptions about the fate of the official.

The Ukrainian press, against the background of "silence", reported that the statesman Yatsenyuk was killed, and his body was found in a country house near Kiev. Such rumors turned out to be fiction. In addition, even during the premiership, information appeared in the media about Yatsenyuk's preparation for flight abroad, that the politician allegedly received Canadian citizenship. Arseny Petrovich himself called such data untrue.

In 2017, the Ukrainian media reported that Yatsenyuk could replace Valeria Gontareva as head of the NBU, but the former prime minister himself refused to comment on such messages.  

The activities of Arseniy Petrovich soon even became the reason for the creation of various memes that became very popular on the Web, and the famous Ukrainian presenter Alexey Durnev handed the politician a carrot at one of the rallies. According to Durnev, such a vegetable is a "symbol of presidential power" for Yatsenyuk.

In December 2015, the incident involving Oleg Barna, a member of the Solidarity party, and Arseniy Yatsenyuk was remembered not only in Ukraine. Many foreign media outlets called the delicate situation "Barna's intimate attack on the prime minister."

Former President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili also takes his place in the biography of Arseniy Yatsenyuk. At the Reform Council, the Georgian reformer had a row not only with Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, but also with the Prime Minister. Saakashvili called the actions of the head of the Ukrainian government provocative and demanded that the press service of the Presidential Administration publish a full video of the conflict.

Yatsenyuk always spoke rather harshly about Russia, accusing the neighboring state of fomenting the war in Donbass, and called Russian President Vladimir Putin the main culprit in the conflict. According to the Ukrainian politician, it is necessary to strengthen sanctions against the Russian side, as well as to react more harshly to Russia's “behavior”. With such proposals, he often visits Western countries. In particular, his last interview with the BBC television and radio company was particularly significant, in which a former Ukrainian official spoke about Putin in a manner familiar to him.

“Russia is a challenge for the West. We need to formulate a new strong policy that will protect our values, freedoms and democracies. Putin wants to get a new geopolitical structure of the world, that's the whole reason. Who is Vladimir Putin in the context of NATO and Ukrainian independence ?! We still have a country, we still have a nation, and I don't care what President Putin wants, ”Yatsenyuk said in an interview with Hard Talk on the BBC during a visit to the British capital.

The personal life of Arseniy Yatsenyuk, in contrast to his intense political career, is calm, stable and transparent. In 1999, Theresia Viktorovna Gur became his wife, who is four years older than the politician.

Spouses Yatsenyuk are raising two daughters - Christina and Sofia. It is known that Arseny Petrovich's wife is engaged in business, runs a household and takes an active part in her husband's political activities.

Since 2003, the Yatsenyuk family lived near Kiev, their two-story mansion with a land plot of 30 acres is located in the village of Novye Petrovtsy, Vyshgorodsky district, next to the residence of the former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych.

Being a wealthy and adult man, the Prime Minister of Ukraine decided to become a Greek Catholic, which he is very proud of. At the same time, Yatsenyuk has repeatedly become a defendant in scandals regarding his nationality. Many politicians believe that Arseny Petrovich is a Jew by nationality. Despite the fact that such information was not officially confirmed, by the end of 2009 Yatsenyuk was included in the collection "50 Famous Jews of Ukraine".

Arseniy Yatsenyuk's income, according to the 2015 declaration, amounted to about 1 million 150 thousand hryvnia, which is equivalent to 49 thousand dollars. This amount includes the salary of the Prime Minister of Ukraine and interest on bank deposits.

The declaration also states that Yatsenyuk is the owner of a land plot (3 thousand square meters), a residential building (300 square meters), two apartments in Kiev (225 and 83 square meters) and a Mercedes S car produced in 2010.

In 2016, the press reported that Yatsenyuk purchased 24 villas in Miami, but the politician himself soon denied such information.

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