Alexander Ananchenko

Alexandr Yevgenevych Ananchenko (Russian: Александр Евгеньевич Ананченко, Ukrainian: Олександр Євгенович Ананченко; born 2 February 1966) is a Ukrainian-Russian politician, who serves as the Russian Federation Senator from the Donetsk People's Republic since 2022. He had previously served as Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic from 2018 until 2022.[2]

Alexander Ananchenko
Russian Federation Senator
from the Donetsk People's Republic
Assumed office
20 December 2022
Serving with Nataliya Nikonorova
Preceded byOffice established
Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic
In office
18 October 2018 – 8 June 2022
Acting until 1 December 2018
PresidentDenis Pushilin
Preceded byDenis Pushilin (Acting)
Succeeded byVitaliy Khotsenko
Acting Deputy Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic
In office
17 September 2018 – 18 October 2018
Personal details
Born (1966-02-02) 2 February 1966[1]
Selydove, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Ukraine)
Political partyDonetsk Republic

Biography

Ananchenko was born on 2 February 1966[3] in the Soviet Ukrainian town of Selydove.

He then pursued a career at the company of Ukrainian oligarch Serhiy Kurchenko in the town of Krivets, Kursk Oblast, Russia, becoming the branch director.[4] as well as his advisor.[5]

Ananchenko moved back to his native Donetsk Oblast in 2013. Amidst the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine, he supported the oblast's independence from Ukraine as the Donetsk People's Republic, which was largely unrecognised by the international community.

On September 7, 2018, acting Head and Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin appointed Ananchenko as his deputy on an interim capacity.[6][7] On September 18, Pushilin stood down as acting Prime Minister, with Ananchenko automatically becoming the successor.

On December 1, 2018, Ananchenko was appointed Prime Minister in a full capacity. As the head of government, he oversaw the republic's response to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. In April 2022, in response to his support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he was added to the personal sanctions list of the European Union.[8] On 8 June 2022, he resigned, making way for a new cabinet to be appointed.[9]

Following the incorporation of the Donetsk People's Republic into Russia, widely regarded as illegal under international law, he was appointed by the People's Council as one of the region's representatives in the Federation Council.

References
  1. "Структура". Совет Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  2. "Председатель Правительства Александр Ананченко поздравил с профессиональным праздником республиканских метрологовm/". pravdnr.ru (in Russian). May 20, 2022. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  3. "Структура". Совет Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  4. "Организация ФИЛИАЛ ЗАО "ВТОРШАХТМЕТ-1"". list-org.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-10-21.
  5. "Бойовики 'ДНР' представили нового ватажка: пов'язаний з українським олігархом". narodna-pravda.ua (in Ukrainian). October 18, 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
  6. "О Совете Министров". smdnr.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2018-10-21. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
  7. "Премьер-министром ДНР назначен Александр Ананченко". politinformer.ru (in Russian). October 18, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-10-22. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
  8. "EU imposes sanctions against 217 businessmen, politicians, reporters from Russia, Donbass". TASS. 2022-04-09. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  9. "BREAKING NEWS: Entire government of Ukraine's Donetsk People's Republic dismissed as chairman "resigns"". Euro Weekly News. 2022-06-08. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
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