Leonid Mikhailovich Chernovetsky - Ukrainian businessman, politician, head of Kiev from 2006 to 2012; a man known for scandalous statements and controversial actions.
Childhood and youth
It is unlikely that Chernovetsky Leonid Mikhailovich thought, whose biography began quite ordinary that someday he will head the capital of Ukraine and will have millions on his accounts. The future politician and businessman was born in the city of Kharkov on December 25, 1951. He was brought up in an incomplete family. Parents divorced almost immediately after the birth of the child. Lived Lenya with his mother - a lawyer by profession. The father was a soldier and his son was little interested.
Leonid Mikhailovich calls his school years a test. The obstinate guy did not find a common language with the teachers and dropped out at the age of 14, leaving to work as a mechanic at a local aircraft factory. True, a year later he had to return to school, as required by law. From 1970 to 1972, Leonid Mikhailovich Chernovetsky served in the army. Upon returning home, he entered the Kharkov Law Institute, where he graduated in 1977 with honors with a degree in law.
Career
The future mayor of Kiev began his career with the post of senior investigator of the prosecutor's office of the Kiev region. Having received the degree of candidate of law in 1984, Chernovetsky goes to the faculty and becomes deputy vice rector at KSU named after Shevchenko.
Toward the close of the 80s, he began work on the creation of the Pravex concern. In 1992, he opened and headed a bank with the same name, which became one of the first private financial institutions in Ukraine. Business activity was successful and brought Chernovetsky millions. In 2008, one hundred percent of Pravex-Bank's shares were sold to an Italian company, but the concern remains in the hands of the ex-mayor's family.
Policy
Leonid Mikhailovich Chernovetsky came into politics in 1996, becoming a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the 2nd convocation. In 1997, he became a freelance adviser to President Leonid Kuchma. A year later, he joined the leadership of the party "For Beautiful Ukraine", and in 1999 he took over as chairman. A little later he became the leader of the Christian Liberal Party of Ukraine.
He was elected to the Verkhovna Rada twice more - in 1998 and 2002. As a people's deputy, he dealt mainly with issues related to the country's budget. In 2004, the politician ran for president of Ukraine, but won only one percent of the vote.
Since 2006, Chernovetsky - mayor of Kiev. In the election campaign, he managed to defeat boxer Vitali Klitschko and former Kiev head Alexander Omelchenko. For many, the voting results were a shock and a big surprise. Nevertheless, in the next election, Leonid Mikhailovich Chernovetsky won again. Its main electorate is pensioners and the poor.
The man’s mayorhood was remembered by Ukrainians for a number of scandals, shocking speeches by the head of the capital and a serious increase in tariffs for housing and communal services. For strange behavior and illogical actions among the people, the politician was nicknamed Lena Cosmos and even demanded to subject him to psychiatric examination. In 2010, Yanukovych’s team was actually removed from managing the city of Chernovetsky, and in 2012, his powers ended officially.
Chernovetsky Leonid Mikhailovich: wife, children, hobbies
Little is known about the personal life of the ex-mayor of Kiev. He is in a second marriage. The first wife of Chernovetsky Alina Aivazova gave birth to two weather children: his son Stepan (born in 1978) and daughter Christina (born in 1979). Both are involved in the father’s business. In 2012, Leonid Mikhailovich married for the second time, connecting his fate with a woman named Elena Savchuk.
Chernovetsky calls his hobbies reading, art photography, fishing and sports. Once a politician and businessman had a great passion for cars and even put together a gorgeous collection of expensive models, but after a traffic accident in 2004, when Leonid Mikhailovich knocked a pedestrian to death, he was afraid to drive, he said, .
Chernovetsky openly supports the followers of the Protestant current of Christianity. It is one of the richest people in Ukraine. After retiring from big-time politics, he has repeatedly stated at home that he plans to build an appropriate career in Georgia, where, according to the latest data, he now lives.