Lyudmyla Kuchma

Lyudmyla Mykolayivna Kuchma[lower-alpha 1] (née Talalayeva[lower-alpha 2]; born 19 June 1940) is the wife of second Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma and a former First Lady of Ukraine.[1] She had previously worked as a design engineer.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Mykolayivna and the family name is Kuchma.

Lyudmyla Kuchma
Людмила Кучма
Kuchma c. 2000
First Lady of Ukraine
In office
19 July 1994 – 23 January 2005
PresidentLeonid Kuchma
Preceded byAntonina Kravchuk
Succeeded byKateryna Yushchenko
Personal details
Born
Lyudmila Nikolayevna Talalayeva

(1940-06-19) 19 June 1940
Votkinsk, Udmurt ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Udmurtia, Russia)
Spouse
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(m. 1967)​
RelationsGennady Fyodorovich Tumanov (stepfather; 1918–1989)
ChildrenOlena Pinchuk
OccupationFormer design engineer
Awards

Biography

She was born in Udmurtia, and studied at a music school located in the house-museum of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (also born in Votkinsk). She graduated from mechanical college.

Since 1967, she has been married to Leonid Kuchma. Her daughter Olena was born in 1970.[2]

For thirty years, she worked as an engineer in the design office of a production association in Dnepropetrovsk. Since 1996, she has been Honorary President of the National Fund for Social Protection of Mother and Child.

Kuchma was awarded the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (1998)[3] and Order of Princess Olga First Class (2010).[4] She has a number of other awards of Ukrainian and foreign public organizations for charitable activities.

Since 12 May 2004, she has been Special Ambassador of UNESCO to help young talents.[5]

Notes
  1. Ukrainian: Людмила Миколаївна Кучма; Russian: Людми́ла Никола́евна Ку́чма, romanized: Lyudmila Nikolayevna Kuchma
  2. Russian: Талалаева; Ukrainian: Талалаєва

References
  1. Митрополит Владимир наградил Людмилу Кучму орденом святой великомученицы Варвары
  2. Папа без кавычек
  3. Декрет Президента Литвы от 4 ноября 1998 года No. 222
  4. Янукович наградил жену Леонида Кучмы орденом княгини Ольги
  5. Людмила Кучма обсудила в ЮНЕСКО вопросы поддержки талантливых детей и молодёжи
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