- Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko is a Ukrainian politician who was the third President of Ukraine from 23 January 2005 to 25 February 2010
| Born: | 23 February 1954 Comment | | How old is Viktor Yushchenko in 2024? / Age: | 70 years
| | Zodiac sign: | Pisces |
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Viktor Yushchenko facts
- As an informal leader of the Ukrainian opposition coalition, he was one of the two main candidates in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election
- Yushchenko won the presidency through a repeat runoff election between him and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych
- The Ukrainian Supreme Court called for the runoff election to be repeated because of widespread electoral fraud in favor of Viktor Yanukovych in the original vote
- Yushchenko won in the revote (52% to 44%)
- Public protests prompted by the electoral fraud played a major role in that presidential election and led to Ukraine's Orange Revolution
- Following an assassination attempt in late 2004 during his election campaign, Yushchenko was confirmed to have ingested hazardous amounts of TCDD, the most potent dioxin and a contaminant in Agent Orange
- He suffered disfigurement as a result of the poisoning, but has since made a full physical recovery
- Before his election as President, Yushchenko already had a career in Ukrainian politics
- In 1993, he became Governor (head) of the National Bank of Ukraine
- From 1999 to 2001 he was Prime Minister
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