Petro Oleksiiovych Poroshenko [a] [b] (born 26 September 1965) is a Ukrainian oligarch [6] [7] and politician who served as the fifth president of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019. Poroshenko served as the minister of foreign affairs from 2009 to 2010, and as the minister of trade and economic development in 2012.

23 hours ago · Ukrainian former President Petro Poroshenko, who is suspected of high treason by financing pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine while in office in 2014-2015, sings the national anthem after ...

Jan 24, 2025 · Petro Poroshenko (born September 26, 1965, Bolhrad, Ukraine, U.S.S.R. [now in Ukraine]) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician who served as president of Ukraine (2014–19). Poroshenko was raised in a small town in southwestern Ukraine, near …

22 hours ago · Poroshenko served one term as Ukraine's president from 2014 until 2019. Volodymyr Zelensky dealt a decisive defeat to Poroshenko in the 2019 election, securing 73.22% of the vote against his opponent's 24.45% in the second round. Following Zelensky's victory, over 20 criminal cases were opened against Poroshenko.

23 hours ago · "The National Security and Defence Council has adopted an unconstitutional, politically motivated decision - to introduce sanctions against me, Petro Poroshenko as the leader of the opposition and ...

1 day ago · The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) has imposed sanctions on MP and former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko during its meeting on Feb. 12, according to Forbes. One source told the journalists that the sanctions might be related to treason charges. President Volodymyr ...

Jan 29, 2025 · Petro Poroshenko became the fifth president of Ukraine in 2014, just after the Revolution of Dignity, and served until 2019, three years before Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country. After his election, many in the West learned of President Poroshenko as the chocolate king thanks to his confectionary company. But those who followed ...

Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko (Ukrainian: Петро Олексійович Порошенко; born 26 September 1965 in Bolhrad [1]) is a Ukrainian billionaire businessman. He became President of Ukraine on 7 June 2014. He lost his re-election in 2019 to comedian Volodymyr Zelensky.

Dec 1, 2023 · Ukraine's ex-President Petro Poroshenko said he had been stopped from leaving the country on Friday morning in what he described as a politically motivated bid to disrupt his work.

Jun 7, 2014 · Ukrainian oligarch Petro Poroshenko, who won outright victory in the May 2014 presidential election, has long supported the country's pro-European movement despite being unaffiliated to any...