You are probably surprised if you opened this. I was too when I found out.
For those of you who don't know who Yulia Tymoshenko is, she is the current and first female Ukrainian prime minister and one of the faces of the [Western-backed] Orange Revolution. Oh and her face is pretty .
She is half-Armenian from her father's side and had an Armenian surname before marriage, Գրիգյան/Grigyan (Grigean). Her father's name was Vladimir Abramovich Grigean. And apparently, her surname's lineage traces to Artsakh, very cool There was controversy in Ukraine when an ethnic Armenian won some music competition on the alleged interference of Tymoshenko which has sparked debate as to where her allegiance lies .
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Here's her biography from Wikipedia:
Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko (Ukrainian: Юлія Володимирівна Тимошенко ['julijɑ ʋɔlɔ'dɪmɪriʋnɑ tɪmɔ'ʃɛnkɔ] Julia Volodymyrivna Tymošenko) (born on November 27, 1960) is a Ukrainian politician and current Prime Minister of Ukraine. She is the leader of the All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" party and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc.
Before becoming Ukraine's first female Prime Minister, Tymoshenko was one of the key leaders of the Orange Revolution. In this period, some Western media publications dubbed her as the "Joan of Arc of the Revolution".
On July 28, 2005, Forbes magazine named her as the third most powerful woman in the world in her role as Prime Minister; behind only Condoleezza Rice and Wu Yi. However in 2007, she has subsequently dropped off the list but in August 2008 she reappeared on the list at number 17.
Prior to her political career, Yulia Tymoshenko was a successful but controversial businesswoman in the gas industry, which made her wealthy. Tymoshenko first became Prime Minister in 2005 between January 24 and September 8. She was elected again as PM on December 18, 2007 and is considered a possible candidate for the President of Ukraine in 2010.
For those of you who don't know who Yulia Tymoshenko is, she is the current and first female Ukrainian prime minister and one of the faces of the [Western-backed] Orange Revolution. Oh and her face is pretty .
She is half-Armenian from her father's side and had an Armenian surname before marriage, Գրիգյան/Grigyan (Grigean). Her father's name was Vladimir Abramovich Grigean. And apparently, her surname's lineage traces to Artsakh, very cool There was controversy in Ukraine when an ethnic Armenian won some music competition on the alleged interference of Tymoshenko which has sparked debate as to where her allegiance lies .
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Here's her biography from Wikipedia:
Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko (Ukrainian: Юлія Володимирівна Тимошенко ['julijɑ ʋɔlɔ'dɪmɪriʋnɑ tɪmɔ'ʃɛnkɔ] Julia Volodymyrivna Tymošenko) (born on November 27, 1960) is a Ukrainian politician and current Prime Minister of Ukraine. She is the leader of the All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" party and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc.
Before becoming Ukraine's first female Prime Minister, Tymoshenko was one of the key leaders of the Orange Revolution. In this period, some Western media publications dubbed her as the "Joan of Arc of the Revolution".
On July 28, 2005, Forbes magazine named her as the third most powerful woman in the world in her role as Prime Minister; behind only Condoleezza Rice and Wu Yi. However in 2007, she has subsequently dropped off the list but in August 2008 she reappeared on the list at number 17.
Prior to her political career, Yulia Tymoshenko was a successful but controversial businesswoman in the gas industry, which made her wealthy. Tymoshenko first became Prime Minister in 2005 between January 24 and September 8. She was elected again as PM on December 18, 2007 and is considered a possible candidate for the President of Ukraine in 2010.
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