Liudmyla Kuchma

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

Lyudmyla Kuchma Людмила Кучма
First Lady of Ukraine
In role July 19, 1994 – January 23, 2005
President	Leonid Kuchma
Preceded by	Antonina Kravchuk
Succeeded by	Kateryna Yushchenko
Personal details
Born	Lyudmila Nikolaevna Talalayeva (1940-06-19) June 19, 1940 Votkinsk, Udmurtia, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Spouse	Leonid Kuchma ​ (m. 1967)​
Relations	Gennady Fyodorovich Tumanov (stepfather; 1918–1989)
Children	Olena Pinchuk
Occupation	Former design engineer
Awards	Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Order of Princess Olga First Class

Lyudmyla Nikolaevna Kuchma (Ukrainian: Людмила Миколаївна Кучма, romanized: Lyudmyla Mykolayivna Kuchma; née Talalayeva (Талалаєва); June 19, 1940 in Votkinsk) is the wife of second Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma and a former First Lady of Ukraine. She had previously worked as a design engineer.

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.

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) and Order of Princess Olga First Class (2010). She has a number of other awards of Ukrainian and foreign public organizations for charitable activities.

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

External links

• Украина-детям