Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych
“This is indeed a significant day. Our countries share this holiday, and I’d like to repeat that Ukrainian specialists did a lot to advance space exploration and the aerospace industry in the Soviet Union. But of course I agree with you that we must look to the future. We have great prospects,” the Russian prime minister said at the meeting with the Ukrainian president.
Born July 9, 1950, in Yenakiyevo, Donetsk Region
Education
1973: Graduated from the Yenakiyevo Mining College;
1980: Graduated from the Donetsk Polytechnic Institute, the Academy of Foreign Trade (the Department of International Law);
Experience:
Director of the Ordzhonikidzugol motor vehicle pool ; Director of a motor vehicle pool, deputy Director general, Director general of the Donbasstransremont motor vehicle repair company; Director general of the Ukruglpromtrans industrial transport association of the coal industry; Director general of the Donetskavtotrans territorial-production automobile transport association.
1996-1997: First deputy head of the Donetsk Regional Administration;
1999-2001: Head of the Donetsk Regional Council;
2001-2002: Head of Donetsk's Regional Administration;
2002-2005: Prime Minister of Ukraine;
Ran for president in the 2004 elections;
From January 2005 onward, the leader of the Party of Regions;
2006-2007: Prime Minister of Ukraine;
December 2007: Chairman of the Party of Regions in the Verkhovna Rada;
From 2010 to present: President of Ukraine; sworn in on February 25, 2010.
Married with two sons.
