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[[File:Prime Minister of DPR Aleksandr Zakharchenko, September 8, 2014.jpg|thumb|Alexander Zakharchenko]]

[[File:Prime Minister of DPR Aleksandr Zakharchenko, September 8, 2014.jpg|thumb|Alexander Zakharchenko]]

'''Alexander Zakharchenko''' (born 1976) is the minister-president of the self-proclaimed [[Donetsk People's Republic]], a Russia-backed separatist group which is not recognized by any other country, including Ukraine which labels it a terrorist organization.

'''Alexander Zakharchenko''' (June 26, 1976 – August 31, 2018) is the minister-president of the self-proclaimed [[Donetsk People's Republic]], a Russia-backed separatist group which is not recognized by any other country, including Ukraine which labels it a terrorist organization.

==Biography==

==Biography==

Zakharchenko was born in [[Donetsk]] in 1976. After graduating from technical school he worked as a mine electrician. Later he was a student at the law institute of Ukraine's interior ministry.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-27211501</ref> Since April 2014 Zakharchenko was engaged in the [[Donetsk People's Republic]]. On August 7, 2014, he became minister-president of the Republic of Donetsk after [[Alexander Borodai]] resigned.<ref>http://rt.com/news/line/2014-08-07/</ref> Zakharchenko was endorsed by the Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic.<ref>http://en.tass.ru/world/753337</ref>

Zakharchenko was born in [[Donetsk]] in 1976. After graduating from technical school he worked as a mine electrician. Later he was a student at the law institute of Ukraine's interior ministry.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-27211501</ref> Since April 2014 Zakharchenko was engaged in the [[Donetsk People's Republic]]. On August 7, 2014, he became minister-president of the Republic of Donetsk after [[Alexander Borodai]] resigned.<ref>http://rt.com/news/line/2014-08-07/</ref> Zakharchenko was endorsed by the Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic.<ref>http://en.tass.ru/world/753337</ref> On August 31, 2018 Zakharchenko was killed by a bomb which was planted in a café that he visited.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/world/ukraine-separatists-report-death-of-leader-zakharchenko</ref>

== Views ==

== Views ==

Zakharchenko is a member of the [[Russian]] [[Orthodox Church]].<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/30/us-ukraine-crisis-east-idUSKBN0IJ22G20141030</ref>

Zakharchenko was a member of the [[Russian]] [[Orthodox Church]].<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/30/us-ukraine-crisis-east-idUSKBN0IJ22G20141030</ref>

In February 2015 Zakharchenko claimed that Kiev's pro-Western leaders were “miserable representatives of the great Jewish people".<ref>https://www.timesofisrael.com/ukraine-run-by-miserable-jews-says-rebel-chief/</ref>

In February 2015 Zakharchenko claimed that Kiev's pro-Western leaders were “miserable representatives of the great Jewish people".<ref>https://www.timesofisrael.com/ukraine-run-by-miserable-jews-says-rebel-chief/</ref>