The composition of the Ukrainian government in recent years has been of interest to many people in the world. And among political figures in recent years, Alexander Valentinovich Turchinov has attracted a lot of attention. In the past, the deputy prime minister of the government, who once took third place in the mayoral election of the capital, has long held leading positions in the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. In the 2000s, he repeatedly linked his life with national security. In addition, this man has published more than a hundred scientific papers, mainly focused on the study of the shadow economy and corruption.
A family
The future politician was born on March 31, 1964 in the Ukrainian SSR in the city of Dnepropetrovsk. Nationality Turchinov - Ukrainian. The father of a politician devoted his whole life to work in the Lokomotiv sports club, Valentin Ivanovich received the title of USSR master of sports in volleyball. Turchinov’s mother’s name is Valentina, some sources say that her son wrote most of his business in her name. Turchinov's parents raised their son, endowing him with a character that allowed him to reach great heights in his career.
Alexander’s wife is Anna Vladimirovna, she is 6 years younger than him. Anna is a candidate of pedagogical sciences, currently heads the Department of Foreign Languages at the Drahomanov Pedagogical University. Turchinov's wife is the owner of part of his business. In 1994, their son Kirill was born in their family, now he is studying at the Academy of Labor. An interesting fact is that most of the business of Alexander Turchinov is recorded on his mother-in-law, Tamara Belibu. In addition, some sources report that the people know a fake name - Turchinov. The real name of the politician is Kogan, but for some reason he decided to hide this fact.
Activities after school
The first job of the future politician was the position of a roll maker, which he received at the Krivorozhstal plant. After some time, Alexander Valentinovich Turchinov decides to study at the Faculty of Technology of the Metallurgical Institute in Dnepropetrovsk. Turchinov’s biography indicates that the political activity of this person began in 1987, when he became secretary of the Komsomol district committee in his hometown. Career growth led him to the Dnepropetrovsk regional committee, to the post of head of the department of agitation and propaganda.
At that time, he became the coordinator of democracy in the CPSU. There is evidence that in 1989 he met with Yulia Tymoshenko and helped her create the youth center “Terminal” and become its commercial director. All this took place under the auspices of the regional committee of the Komsomol.
The nineties
You can be amazed for a long time at how Turchinov moved up the career ladder. All this time Ukraine has been the main and unchanging field of its activity. In 1990, Alexander became the chief editor of the news agency UNA-press APN. A year later, he heads the Institute of International Relations, Law, Politics and Economics. And a year later, he is trusted to chair the committee of denationalization and demonopolization in the regional administration.
As Turchinov’s biography testifies, in 1993 his political activity was gaining serious momentum, he became an adviser to the then head of government
Leonid Kuchma and advised him on macroeconomics. Then he becomes vice president of the Union of Entrepreneurs of Ukraine.
Scientific activity
Turchinov’s biography also suggests that politics was not the only field of activity of Alexander Valentinovich. After Kuchma resigned, Alexander got the post of director general of the Institute for Economic Reforms. Then he began to head a laboratory that studied the shadow economy. By 1995, Alexander defended his thesis and became a candidate of economic sciences, and two years later he successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic “Shadow Economics”.
"Hulk"
It is believed that the creators of the Gromada party were Turchinov and Lazarenko. It is worth noting that in 1993, Alexander became the head of the political and economic council of this association. After Lazarenko came to the leadership of the party, Turchinov got the post of chairman of the central coordination council. Then, Yulia Tymoshenko, newly arrived in the party, became his deputy.
There is evidence that Turchinov was the Minister of Economics in the shadow government of the Gromada, under the leadership of Julia.
The year 1998 became very significant for Turchinov and Tymoshenko, because then they were elected from the party to become people's deputies. A year later, Tymoshenko takes the post of deputy prime minister of the fuel and energy complex, and Alexander becomes the head of the parliamentary committee that deals with the country's budget. As soon as the leader of the Gromada was arrested and a criminal case was brought against him, Tymoshenko and Turchinov quickly left their posts.
"Fatherland"
After the completion of the Gromada’s activities, Tymoshenko and Turchinov create a new party called “Fatherland”. This event happened in 1999. Alexander in this party gets the role of deputy leader. Thanks to the successful development of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, Turchinov again became a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada in 2002.
Then the media said that he was the founder of the democratic opposition and the creator of the Federal Frontier Party.
Problems with the prosecutor
In 2003, the Prosecutor General’s Office wrote an appeal to the Verkhovna Rada so that they would be allowed to bring Turchinov and another BYT activist to criminal responsibility. The charges were based on the fact that the two seized state and public buildings, threatened law enforcement officers, and also used weapons and exceeded their official powers.
These charges were built after in June 2003 in Kiev the territory of the pre-trial detention center was completely penetrated with the aim of demanding the release of former members of the management of the Unified Energy Systems of Ukraine corporation. Then the current prosecutor general said that Turchinov and Hmara inflicted bodily and psychological harm on the staff. But the case did not receive a turn, as Turchinov denied the charges, calling them a usual provocation.
Elections 2004 and Turchinov’s place in BP
During the 2004 election, Turchinov, whose real name sometimes becomes the cause of heated discussion, was at the headquarters of Viktor Yushchenko, holding the post of deputy head. He was responsible for the Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovograd, Lugansk, Sumy and Volyn regions. A year after Yushchenko nevertheless made his way to the presidency, Turchinov got the post of head of the SBU. Turchinov’s biography also contains information that in the fall of that year, protesting Tymoshenko’s resignation, he left this post and headed the BYuT election headquarters.
As deputy head of the faction, he became one of the deputies in the bloc in the parliamentary elections. And when Yushchenko decided to terminate the powers of the parliament, accusing him of illegitimacy and adoption of unconstitutional decisions, Turchinov got the post of deputy secretary of the Security Service of Ukraine.
The fight for the mayor of Kiev
As soon as Turchinov managed to once again take a seat in parliament after the 2007 elections, he immediately left the post of deputy secretary and began to represent Yulia Tymoshenko in BP. After creating a coalition between Yulia and Yushchenko, Tymoshenko managed to take the post of prime minister. In addition, Tymoshenko did everything to nominate Alexander for mayor of Kiev. Thus, in 2008 Turchinov became a candidate for this post. He had many rivals, about 70 people, but, according to analysts, only Klitschko and the former mayor should seriously be afraid of him. At that time, politicians called these elections the most dirty and expensive in the history of independent Ukraine. But despite the pursuit of an aggressive policy, Turchinov did not win, and the former politician, Chernovetsky, became mayor. After that, Alexander refused a seat in the Kiev Council, as, in fact, Tymoshenko. And in 2010 Turchinov left BP.
Elections 2012
In the 2012 elections, Turchinov again joined the opposition team created on the basis of the Tymoshenko party, becoming the fourth in the list of candidates for parliament. According to the election results, the Dnepropetrovsk clan, as Turchinova and Tymoshenko called the media then, took the second place on the right to be in parliament.
Earnings Policy
According to Turchinov himself, he is richer than other citizens of Ukraine. Officially, he lives on the salary of a people's deputy, and also constantly receives royalties for his scientific work. But there is also evidence that he was involved in the creation of many enterprises that bring him good profit. Among them there are even newspapers and an institute. By the way, in addition to scientific works, he also published an art book, his thriller is called "The Illusion of Fear."
Faith and Religion
Alexander Turchinov in some interviews stated that he is an evangelical Christian and a Baptist. He says career and politics are less interesting to him than religion. According to some reports, he preaches in the church, although he is not a priest. In the media, he is most often called Lutheran. In addition, there are rumors that he has connections with Protestant circles.