Yevgeny Shevchuk
President of Transnistria
Yevgeny Vasilyevich Shevchuk (Russian: Евге́ний Васи́льевич Шевчу́к, tr. Yevgeniy Vasilyevich Shevchuk, Ukrainian: Євге́н Васи́льович Шевчу́к, tr. Yevhen Vasylovych Shevchuk, Moldovan Cyrillic: Евгени Васильевичь Шевчюк, Romanian: Evgheni Vasilievici Șevciuk; born 19 June 1968) is a Transnistrian politician. He was the 2nd President of Transnistria from 2011 to 2016.
Yevgeny Shevchuk | |
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.jpg) Shevchuk in 2012 | |
| 2nd President of Transnistria | |
| In office 30 December 2011 – 16 December 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Pyotr Stepanov Tatiana Turanskaya Maija Parnas (Acting) Tatiana Turanskaya Maija Parnas (Acting) Pavel Prokudin |
| Preceded by | Igor Smirnov |
| Succeeded by | Vadim Krasnoselsky |
| Speaker of the Supreme Council | |
| In office 28 December 2005 – 8 July 2009 | |
| President | Igor Smirnov |
| Preceded by | Grigore Mărăcuță |
| Succeeded by | Anatoliy Kaminski |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yevgeny Vasylovych Shevchuk 19 June 1968 Rybnitsa, Soviet Union (now Rîbnița, Moldova) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Nina Shtanski |
| Alma mater | Transnistria State University All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade Ukrainian Agricultural Academy |
Shevchuk is an ethnic Ukrainian and a citizen of both Transnistria and Russia.[1]
In 2017, Shevchuk fled to Moldova while guilty on criminal charges. In December 2018, he was sentenced in absentia to 16 years in prison and a fine of about 36 million US dollars.[2]
References change
- ↑ "Шевчук, Евгений". lenta.ru.
- ↑ "Бывший лидер Приднестровья приговорен к 16 годам лишения свободы // ВЕСТИ.МД / все новости дня". VESTI.MD (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2021-08-23. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
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