Petro Poroshenko

Petro Poroshenko is one of the famous names in Ukraine. He is widely known among the public as a Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2010, and as the Minister of Trade and Economic Development in 2012.

He was born on 26 September 1965, in Bolhrad, Odessa, Ukraine. His birth name is Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko. He holds a Libra as his birth sign.

Childhood And Education

Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko was born and raised in Bolhrad, Odessa, Ukraine which is one of the most developed countries in today's context. He spent his childhood with his parents.

He is well educated and he was educated in Kyiv at Taras Shevchenko National University, where he studied law and international relations. He did not face any difficulties in his childhood for quality education and quality of life because he belongs to well-sophisticated family background and he is a wealthy person.

Family Information Of Poroshenko

Poroshenko has got a lovely family, he has not revealed any sort of information regarding his other family members. His father is Oleksiy Poroshenko (born in 1936). He was the deputy of the Vinnytsia Regional Council. From the mid-1990s, he was the general director of the Ukrainian Industrial and Investment Concern which brought together more than 50 enterprises.

He is married to a beautiful wife Marina Poroshenko They have four children two sons Oleksiy Poroshenko and Mikhail Poroshenko and two daughters Yevheniya Poroshenko and Oleksandra Poroshenko. 

Career Highlight

The chocolate king made his career beginnings selling cocoa beans. After entering the political field he was elected to the Ukrainian parliament representing Vinnytsya in 1998. He is a permanent member of Democrats and also served in Pres. He also founded the Solidarity Party in 2000.

After the Orange Revolution swept Yushchenko into the president’s office, in 2005 Poroshenko was appointed national security secretary in the Yushchenko cabinet. From February to September 2005, he was the secretary of this weighty structure. He lost his post as a result of a scandal involving the accusation of corruption of the closest associates of the president. He was accused of lobbying for personal interests. Then it all started with a scandalous press conference by State Secretary Oleksandr Zinchenko.

He was an active participant in the Maidan revolution. He won the presidential election with 54.7% of the votes in the winter of 2013-2014. After than in the second round of the presidential elections on April 21, 2019, Petro Poroshenko was defeated with 24.4% of the votes. Zelensky won 73.2% of the votes.

Petro Poroshenko's Net Worth

After all the hard work the Ukrainian businessman and politician have put into his career he has been able to account for a hefty sum of money. According to the sources of 2022, he has a total net worth of a whopping $1.5 billion.

He has access to such an amount through his successful career as a political leader and businessman, because of this, he is living a wealthy life in Ukraine.

Height 

The Ukrainian businessman and politician is 6'0" feet(184 cm) tall.

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