First Lady of Ukraine
| First Lady of Ukraine | |
|---|---|
 Olena Zelenska since 20 May 2019 | |
| Inaugural holder | Antonina Kravchuk |
| Formation | 24 August 1991 |
First Lady of Ukraine is the unofficial title attributed to the wife of the president of Ukraine.[citation needed] The post is highly ceremonial and rarely plays a role in social activism.[citation needed]
List[]
| # |
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 Kiev State University |
November 3, 1935 | Leonid Kravchuk | 1991 | 56 years, 32 days | 1994 | 9,924 days | 31,367 days (85 years, 320 days) | ||
| 2 | 
|
Lyudmyla Kuchma (née Talalayeva) |
Mechanical engineer Votkinsk Machine-building College |
June 19, 1940 | 1967[1] | Leonid Kuchma | 1994 | 54 years, 30 days | 2005 | 6,083 days | 29,677 days (81 years, 92 days) | |
| 3 | 
|
Kateryna Yushchenko (née Chumachenko) |
Master of Business Administration University of Chicago |
September 1, 1961 | 1998 | Viktor Yushchenko | 2005 | 43 years, 144 days | 2010 | 4,224 days | 21,933 days (60 years, 18 days) | |
| 4 | 
|
Lyudmyla Yanukovych (née Nastenko) |
Civil engineer Makiivka Civil Engineering Institute |
October 9, 1949 | November 1972[2][3] | Viktor Yanukovych | 2010 | 60 years, 139 days | 2014 | 2,766 days | 26,278 days (71 years, 345 days) | |
|
Hanna Turchynova (née Beliba) |
Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences Kyiv Linguistic University |
April 1, 1970 | Oleksandr Turchynov | 2014 | 43 years, 327 days | 2014 | 2,661 days | 18,799 days (51 years, 171 days) | |||
| 5 | 
|
Maryna Poroshenko (née Perevedentseva) |
Candidate of Medical Sciences Kiev Medical Institute |
February 1, 1962 | 1984 | Petro Poroshenko | 2014 | 52 years, 126 days | 2019 | 853 days | 21,780 days (59 years, 230 days) | |
| 6 | 
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Olena Zelenska (née Kiyashko) |
Screenwriters Kryvyi Rih National University |
February 6, 1978 | 2003 | Volodymyr Zelensky | 2019 | 41 years, 93 days | 15,921 days (43 years, 215 days) |
List of spouses of leaders of the Ukrainian People's Republic[]
| # |
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 | November 8, 1868 | May 1896 | Mykhailo Hrushevsky | 1917[4] | 48 years, 119 days | 1918 | 11,101 days | September 19, 1948 | 29,169 days (79 years, 316 days) |
| 2 | 
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Oleksandra Skoropadska (née Durnovo) |
May 23, 1878 | 11 January 1898[5] | Pavlo Skoropadsky | 1918 | 39 years, 341 days | 1918 | 12,434 days | December 29, 1952 | 27,248 days (74 years, 220 days) | |
| 3 | Rozalia Vynnychenko (née Lifshitz) |
Medical doctor University of Sorbonne |
July 26, 1886 | 28 March 1911 | Volodymyr Vynnychenko | 1918 | 32 years, 141 days | 1919 | 14,603 days | February 6, 1959 | 26,492 days (72 years, 195 days) | |
| 4 | 
|
Olha Petliura (née Bilska) |
Pryluky Gymnasium | December 23, 1885 | 1910 | Symon Petliura | 1919 | 33 years, 52 days | 1926 | 12,235 days | November 23, 1959 | 26,997 days (73 years, 335 days) |
| 5 | 
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Mariya Livytska (née Tkachenko) |
Kyiv Gymnasium | April 9, 1879 | 1901 | Andriy Livytskyi | 1926 | 47 years, 46 days | 1954 | 6,420 days | August 16, 1971 | 33,731 days (92 years, 129 days) |
| 6 | 
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Melaniya Vytvytska (née Stelmakh) |
Drohobych Gymnasium | December 31, 1887 | 1910 | Stepan Vytvytskyi | 1954 | 66 years, 18 days | 1963 | 0 days | 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 | March 24, 1926 | June 1948[6] | Mykola Plaviuk | 1989 | 1992 |
List of spouses of the first secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine[]
- 1918–1918 Yevgenia Bosch (married to Georgy Pyatakov)
- 1918–1918 Emanuel Kviring (married to Serafima Hopner)
- 1918–1919 Serafima Hopner (married to Emanuel Kviring)
- 1919–1919 Yevgenia Bosch (married to Georgy Pyatakov)
- 1919–1919 Yelizaveta Kosior (married to Stanislav Kosior)
- 1920–1920 wife of Nikolay Bestchetvertnoi
- 1920–1921 Polina Zhemchuzhina (married to Vyacheslav Molotov)
- 1921–1923 Sofia Lebedieva (married to Dmytro Manuilsky)
- 1923–1925 Yevdokia Gurova (married to Emanuel Kviring)
- 1925–1928 Maria Kaganovich (married to Lazar Kaganovich)
- 1928–1938 Yelizaveta Kosior (married to Stanislav Kosior)
- 1938–1947 Nina Kukharchuk (married to Nikita Khrushchev)
- 1947–1947 Maria Kaganovich (married to Lazar Kaganovich)
- 1947–1949 Nina Kukharchuk (married to Nikita Khrushchev)
- 1949–1953 Anna Melnikova (married to Leonid Melnikov)
- 1953–1957 Yevdokia Kirichenko (married to Aleksei Kirichenko)
- 1957–1963 Olena Nazarova (married to Nikolai Podgorny)
- 1963–1972 Iraida Mozgovaya (married to Petr Shelest)
- 1972–1989 Ariadna Zheromskaya (married to Vladimir Shcherbitsky)
- 1989–1990 Lyudmila Rozanova (married to Vladimir Ivashko)
- 1990–1991 Lyudmila (married to Stanislav Hurenko)
List of spouses of Hetman of Zaporizhian Host[]
- 1648–1651 Helena Czaplińska (married to Bohdan Khmelnytskyi (Bohdan Chmielnicki))
- 1651–1657 (married to Bohdan Khmelnytskyi)
- 1657–1659 Helena Stetkevich (married to Ivan Vyhovsky (Iwan Wyhowski))
- 1663–1665 (married to Pavlo Teteria)
- 1663–1668 Daria Dolgorukova (married to Ivan Briukhovetsky)
- 1665–1669 Efrosinia Yanenko-Khmelnytska (married to Petro Doroshenko)
- 1669–1672 (married to Demian Mnohohrishny)
- 1672–1687 (married to Ivan Samoylovych)
- 1683–1684 Olena Kunits`ka (married to Stefan Kunicki)
- 1681–1684 Anastasiya Dabizha (married to George Ducas)
- 1687–1708 (married to Ivan Mazepa)
- 1708–1722 Anastasia Markovych (married to Ivan Skoropadsky)
- 1708–1742 Hanna Hertsyk (married to Pylyp Orlyk)
- 1722–1724 (married to Pavlo Polubotok)
- 1727–1734 (married to Danylo Apostol)
- 1750–1764 (married to Kirill Razumovski)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Leonid Kuchma
- ^ Wife and private life as a political factor. Part II. Ukrayinska Pravda. 13 August 2004
- ^ Ludmila Yanukovych. Dossier.
- ^ Hai-Nyzhnyk, P. Ukrainian Central Council. Pavlo Hai-Nyzhnyk website.
- ^ Kulyova, V. General's daughter. Khreshchatyk. 8 November 2002
- ^ 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" (Kateryna Yushchenko). Official website.
- National Foundation of Social Care for Mothers and Children - "Ukraine for Children" (Ludmila Kuchma). Official website.
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