Yulia Tymoshenko

Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko{{fn|1}} ({{lang-ua|???? ????????????? ?????????}}, nee Grygyan or Telegina, born 27 November 1960, in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR) was the Prime Minister of Ukraine from 24 January to 8 September 2005. She is a politician and leader of the Bat'kivshchyna (???????????, Fatherland) party and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. Prior to that she was a successful businesswoman in the gas industry and became one of the wealthiest people in Ukraine.

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Nee - 27 November - 1960 - Dnipropetrovsk - Ukrainian SSR - Prime Minister - Ukraine - 24 January - 8 September - 2005 - Politician - Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc

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Before becoming Ukraine's first female prime minister, she was considered the most significant ally of opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko (whose deputy she had been, when he was prime minister), and had a very high profile during the 2004 presidential election. She was also one of the key leaders of the Orange Revolution inspired by those elections, which eventually brought Yushchenko to power. In this period, some media publications dubbed her "Joan of Arc of the Orange Revolution". On 28 July 2005, Forbes magazine named her third most powerful woman in the world, behind only Condoleezza Rice and Wu Yi http://www.forbes.com/home/lists/2005/07/27/powerful-women-world-cz_05powom_land.html.

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Viktor Yushchenko - 2004 presidential election - Orange Revolution - Joan of Arc - 28 July - 2005 - Forbes magazine - Condoleezza Rice - Wu Yi

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