Lyudmyla Yanukovych
Lyudmyla Oleksandrivna Yanukovych (Ukrainian: Людмила Олександрівна Янукович; Russian: Людмила Александровна Янукович, romanized: Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Yanukovich, Belarusian: Людміла Аляксандраўна Януковіч, romanized: Liudmila Aliaksandraŭna Janukovič, née Nastenko (Настенко); born 9 October 1949) is the ex-wife of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and a former First Lady of Ukraine.
Lyudmyla Yanukovych | |
|---|---|
| Людмила Янукович | |
Yanukovych in 2013 | |
| 4th First Lady of Ukraine | |
| In role 25 February 2010 – 22 February 2014 | |
| President | Viktor Yanukovych |
| Preceded by | Kateryna Yushchenko |
| Succeeded by | Hanna Turchynova (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lyudmyla Oleksandrivna Nastenko 9 October 1949 Yenakiieve, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union |
| Spouse | |
| Children | |
| Alma mater | Donbas National Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture |
Biography
Lyudmyla Oleksandrivna Nastenko 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]
She worked at Yenakiyeve Iron and Steel Works, in the design and appraisal bureau. She was a specialist of the Enakievmetalurgbud Trust.
She married Viktor Yanukovych in 1971. In February 2017, Viktor stated that he had divorced Lyudmyla after 45 years of marriage. With her ex-husband, Lyudmila Yanukovych had two sons, Oleksandr and Viktor, and three grandsons, Viktor, Oleksandr and Iliya.[2] From 2006 to 2014, the younger Viktor was a member of the Parliament of Ukraine; he died in 2015.
Ukrayinska Pravda claims that during Yanukovych's presidency, the First Lady lived separately in Donetsk. After the start of the war in Donbas, she reportedly moved to Crimea.[3]
References
- Lyudmyla Oleksandrivna Yanukovych
- "About us: The Leader". partyofregions.org.ua. Archived from the original on 2 March 2010.
- said that he divorced wife, Ukrayinska Pravda (27 February 2017)