Yevgeny Shevchuk

Yevgeny Shevchuk
Shevchuk in 2012
2nd President of Transnistria
In office
30 December 2011 – 16 December 2016
Prime MinisterPyotr Stepanov
Tatiana Turanskaya
Maija Parnas (Acting)
Tatiana Turanskaya
Maija Parnas (Acting)
Pavel Prokudin
Preceded byIgor Smirnov
Succeeded byVadim Krasnoselsky
Speaker of the Supreme Council
In office
28 December 2005 – 8 July 2009
PresidentIgor Smirnov
Preceded byGrigore Mărăcuță
Succeeded byAnatoliy Kaminski
Personal details
Born
Yevgeny Vasylovych Shevchuk

(1968-06-19) 19 June 1968 (age 56)
Rybnitsa, Soviet Union
(now Rîbnița, Moldova)
Political partyIndependent
Spouse(s)Nina Shtanski
Alma materTransnistria State University
All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade
Ukrainian Agricultural Academy

Yevgeny Vasilyevich Shevchuk (Russian: Евге́ний Васи́льевич Шевчу́к, tr. Yevgeniy Vasilyevich Shevchuk, Ukrainian: Євге́н Васи́льович Шевчу́к, tr. Yevhen Vasylovych Shevchuk, Moldovan Cyrillic: Евгени Васильевичь Шевчюк, Romanian: Evgheni Vasilievici Șevciuk; born 19 June 1968) is a Transnistrian politician. He was the 2nd President of Transnistria from 2011 to 2016.

Shevchuk is an ethnic Ukrainian and a citizen of both Transnistria and Russia.[1]

In 2017, Shevchuk fled to Moldova while guilty on criminal charges. In December 2018, he was sentenced in absentia to 16 years in prison and a fine of about 36 million US dollars.[2]

References

  1. "Шевчук, Евгений". lenta.ru.
  2. "Бывший лидер Приднестровья приговорен к 16 годам лишения свободы // ВЕСТИ.МД / все новости дня". VESTI.MD (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2021-08-23. Retrieved 2021-08-23.