Lyudmyla Yanukovych

Lyudmyla Oleksandrivna Yanukovych (Ukrainian: Людмила Олександрівна Янукович; née Nastenko; October 9, 1949, in Yenakiieve, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine SSR) is the ex-wife of fourth Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and a former First Lady of Ukraine.

Lyudmyla Yanukovych
Людмила Янукович
4th First Lady of Ukraine
In role
25 February 2010 – 22 February 2014
PresidentViktor Yanukovych
Preceded byKateryna Yushchenko
Succeeded byHanna Turchynova (Acting)
Personal details
Born
Lyudmyla Oleksandrivna Nastenko

(1949-10-09) October 9, 1949
Yenakiieve, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1971; .div 2016)​
ChildrenOleksandr Yanukovych, Viktor Yanukovych
Alma materDonbas National Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture

Biography

Lyudmyla Oleksandrivna Nastenko (birth surname) was born in Yenakiieve, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine SSR on 9 October 1949. She graduated from the Donbas National Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture.[1]

Since 1969 she has been working at Yenakiyeve Iron and Steel Works, in the design and appraisal bureau. She was a specialist of the Enakievmetalurgbud Trust.

The couple married in 1971.[2] With her ex-husband, Lyudmila Yanukovych had two sons, Oleksandr and Viktor, and three grandsons Viktor, Oleksandr and Iliya.[3] From 2006 to 2014, the younger Viktor was a member of the Parliament of Ukraine; he drowned in 2015.

Ukrayinska Pravda claims that during Yanukovych presidency his wife Lyudmyla lived separately in Donetsk. After the start of the War in Donbas she reportedly moved to Crimea.[4]

References
  1. Lyudmyla Oleksandrivna Yanukovych
  2. In February 2017, Yanukovych stated that after 45 years of marriage he had divorced Lyudmyla.
  3. "About us: The Leader". partyofregions.org.ua. Archived from the original on 2 March 2010.
  4. Yanukovych said that he divorced wife, Ukrayinska Pravda (27 February 2017)
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