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[[Image:201.jpg|right|thumb|President Yushchenko]]

[[Image:201.jpg|right|thumb|President Yushchenko]]

'''Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko''' (Ukrainian: Віктор Андрійович Ющенко)is the current President of [[Ukraine]].   

'''Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko''' (Ukrainian: Віктор Андрійович Ющенко) is the current President of [[Ukraine]].   

==Background==

==Background==

Yushchenko was born on February 23, 1954 in the village of [[Khoruzhivka]], Sumy oblast.  Both of his parents were teachers.  His father was Andriy Yushchenko, a WW2 veteran and [[English]] teacher, and his mother Varvara was a [[physics]] and [[mathematics|math]] teacher.  In 1975, he graduated from the [[Ternopil Finance and Economics Institute.  Yushchenko served as an economist and department chief at the regional affiliate of the USSR State Bank.  He also spent a year(1975-1976) serving in the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] army.  From 1976–1985 he was an acting economist, and the chief of the Ulyanovsk department of the State Bank.  From 1985–1987 he was the Deputy Director of the Administration at the Ukrainian Republican Office of the USSR State Bank.  He then served as the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Ukrainian Agro-Industrial Bank from 1988-1990.  He the became the First Deputy Chairman of the Board at the Republican Bank "Ukraina" from 1990-1993, until he became Chairman and Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine.

Yushchenko was born on February 23, 1954 in the village of [[Khoruzhivka]], Sumy oblast.  Both of his parents were teachers.  His father was Andriy Yushchenko, a WW2 veteran and [[English]] teacher, and his mother Varvara was a [[physics]] and [[mathematics|math]] teacher.  In 1975, he graduated from the Ternopil Finance and Economics Institute.  Yushchenko served as an economist and department chief at the regional affiliate of the USSR State Bank.  He also spent a year(1975-1976) serving in the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] army.  From 1976–1985 he was an acting economist, and the chief of the Ulyanovsk department of the State Bank.  From 1985–1987 he was the Deputy Director of the Administration at the Ukrainian Republican Office of the USSR State Bank.  He then served as the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Ukrainian Agro-Industrial Bank from 1988-1990.  He the became the First Deputy Chairman of the Board at the Republican Bank "Ukraina" from 1990-1993, until he became Chairman and Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine.

== Prime Minister ==

== Prime Minister ==

[[Image:Yushchenkopoison.jpg|right|thumb|The price of freedom]]

[[Image:Yushchenkopoison.jpg|right|thumb|The price of freedom]]

== Presidential Election "Orange Revolution"==

== Presidential Election "Orange Revolution"==

Yushchenko was elected in what came to be known in the West as the “[[Orange Revolution]]”.  He defeated the pro-Russian candidate [[Viktor Yanukovych]].  While the election was going on, Yushchenko became very ill.  He was treated for [[dioxin]] poisoning.  It is suspected that he was poisoned by the secret police<ref>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article400357.ece</ref>.  The election required three votes to be taken, as Yanukovych and his supporters tried to cheat.  He was inaugurated on January 23, 2005.

Yushchenko was elected in what came to be known in the West as the “[[Orange Revolution]]”.  He defeated the pro-Russian candidate [[Viktor Yanukovych]].  While the election was going on, Yushchenko became very ill.  He was treated for [[dioxin]] poisoning.  It is suspected that he was possibly poisoned by the [[Kremlin]]<ref>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article400357.ece</ref>.  The election required three votes to be taken, as Yanukovych and his supporters tried to cheat.  He was inaugurated on January 23, 2005.

==Presidency==

==Presidency==