First Lady of Ukraine

Spouse of the President of Ukraine
First Lady of Ukraine
Current
Olena Zelenska
since 20 May 2019
Inaugural holderAntonina Kravchuk
Formation24 August 1991

First Lady of Ukraine (Ukrainian: перша пані України, romanized: persha pani Ukrainy or перша леді України, persha ledi Ukrainy) is the unofficial title attributed to the wife of the president of Ukraine.[citation needed]

List of first ladies of Ukraine

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Image
First Lady
Education Birth Marriage
President
(Husband, unless noted)
Tenure began
Age at tenure start Tenure ended Length of retirement
Death Lifespan
1 Antonina Kravchuk
(née Mishura)
Candidate of Economical Sciences
Kyiv State University
(1935-11-03)November 3, 1935 1957 Leonid Kravchuk 1991 56 years, 32 days 1994 10,845 days 32,288 days (88 years, 146 days)
2 Lyudmyla Kuchma
(née Talalayeva)
Mechanical engineer
Votkinsk Machine-building College
(1940-06-19)June 19, 1940 1967[1] Leonid Kuchma 1994 54 years, 30 days 2005 7,004 days 30,598 days (83 years, 283 days)
3 Kateryna Yushchenko
(née Chumachenko)
Master of Business Administration
University of Chicago
(1961-09-01)September 1, 1961 1998 Viktor Yushchenko 2005 43 years, 144 days 2010 5,145 days 22,854 days (62 years, 209 days)
4 Lyudmyla Yanukovych
(née Nastenko)
Civil engineer
Makiivka Civil Engineering Institute
(1949-10-09)October 9, 1949 November 1972[2][3] Viktor Yanukovych 2010 60 years, 139 days 2014 3,687 days 27,199 days (74 years, 171 days)
Hanna Turchynova
(née Beliba)
Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences
Kyiv Linguistic University
(1970-04-01)April 1, 1970 Oleksandr Turchynov 2014 43 years, 327 days 2014 3,582 days 19,720 days (53 years, 362 days)
5 Maryna Poroshenko
(née Perevedentseva)
Candidate of Medical Sciences
Kiev Medical Institute
(1962-02-01)February 1, 1962 1984 Petro Poroshenko 2014 52 years, 126 days 2019 1,774 days 22,701 days (62 years, 56 days)
6 Olena Zelenska
(née Kiyashko)
Screenwriters
Kryvyi Rih National University
(1978-02-06)February 6, 1978 2003 Volodymyr Zelensky 2019 41 years, 93 days 16,842 days (46 years, 41 days)

List of wives of leaders of the Ukrainian People's Republic

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Image
First Lady
Education Birth Marriage
President
(Husband, unless noted)
Tenure began
Age at tenure start Tenure ended Length of retirement
Death Lifespan
1 Maria-Ivanna Hrushevska
(née Wojakiwska)
Lemberg Lyceum (1868-11-08)November 8, 1868 May 1896 Mykhailo Hrushevsky 1917[4] 48 years, 119 days 1918 11,101 days (1948-09-19)September 19, 1948 29,169 days (79 years, 316 days)
2 Oleksandra Skoropadska
(née Durnovo)
(1878-05-23)May 23, 1878 11 January 1898[5] Pavlo Skoropadsky 1918 39 years, 341 days 1918 12,434 days (1952-12-29)December 29, 1952 27,248 days (74 years, 220 days)
3 Rozalia Vynnychenko
(née Lifshitz)
Medical doctor
University of Sorbonne
(1886-07-26)July 26, 1886 28 March 1911 Volodymyr Vynnychenko 1918 32 years, 141 days 1919 14,603 days (1959-02-06)February 6, 1959 26,492 days (72 years, 195 days)
4 Olha Petliura
(née Bilska)
Pryluky Gymnasium (1885-12-23)December 23, 1885 1910 Symon Petliura 1919 33 years, 52 days 1926 12,235 days (1959-11-23)November 23, 1959 26,997 days (73 years, 335 days)
5 Mariya Livytska
(née Tkachenko)
Kyiv Gymnasium (1879-04-09)April 9, 1879 1901 Andriy Livytskyi 1926 47 years, 46 days 1954 6,420 days (1971-08-16)August 16, 1971 33,731 days (92 years, 129 days)
6 Melaniya Vytvytska
(née Stelmakh)
Drohobych Gymnasium (1887-12-31)December 31, 1887 1910 Stepan Vytvytskyi 1954 66 years, 18 days 1963 0 days (1963-09-28)September 28, 1963 27,664 days (75 years, 271 days)
7 Helga Livytska
(née Weinzierl)
Mykola Livytskyi 1967 1989
8 Yaroslava Plaviuk
(née Boyko)
Ukrainian Gymnasium in Berchtesgaden (1926-03-24)March 24, 1926 June 1948[6] Mykola Plaviuk 1989 1992 (2023-03-04)March 4, 2023

See also

  • flagUkraine portal

References

  1. ^ Leonid Kuchma
  2. ^ Wife and private life as a political factor. Part II. Ukrayinska Pravda. 13 August 2004
  3. ^ Ludmila Yanukovych. Dossier.
  4. ^ Hai-Nyzhnyk, P. Ukrainian Central Council. Pavlo Hai-Nyzhnyk website.
  5. ^ Kulyova, V. General's daughter. Khreshchatyk. 8 November 2002
  6. ^ Plavyuk, M. Ukraine is my life. From a son of peasant to statesman. Maria Fisher-Slyzh Library (Ukrainian life in Sevastopol).

External links

  • International Charitable Fund "Ukraine 3000" Archived 2006-08-08 at the Wayback Machine (Kateryna Yushchenko). Official website.
  • National Foundation of Social Care for Mothers and Children - "Ukraine for Children" (Ludmila Kuchma). Official website
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