Liudmyla Kuchma
Liudmyla Kuchma | |
|---|---|
Людмила Кучма | |
_(cropped).jpg) Kuchma in 2000 | |
| First Lady of Ukraine | |
| In office 19 July 1994 – 23 January 2005 | |
| President | Leonid Kuchma |
| Preceded by | Antonina Kravchuk |
| Succeeded by | Kateryna Yushchenko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lyudmila Nikolayevna Talalayeva 19 June 1940 Votkinsk, Udmurt ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Udmurtia, Russia) |
| Spouse | |
| Relations | Gennady Fyodorovich Tumanov (stepfather; 1918–1989) |
| Children | Olena Pinchuk |
| Occupation | Former design engineer |
| Awards | |
Liudmyla Mykolaivna Kuchma[a] (née Talalaieva[b]; born 19 June 1940) is the wife of second Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma and a former First Lady of Ukraine.[1] She had previously worked as a design engineer.
Early life and education
[edit]Liudmyla Kuchma was born in Udmurtia, and studied at a music school located in the house-museum of Pyotr Tchaikovsky. She graduated from mechanical college.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]For thirty years, she worked as an engineer in the design office of a production association in Dnipropetrovsk.
Personal life
[edit]In 1967, she married Leonid Kuchma, the president of Ukraine from 1994 to 2005. Her daughter Olena was born in 1970.[2]
Honors
[edit]In 1998, Kuchma was awarded the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas.[3] and Order of Princess Olga First Class (2010).[4] Since 1996, she has been Honorary President of the National Fund for Social Protection of Mother and Child.[citation needed]
Since 12 May 2004, she has been Special Ambassador of UNESCO to help young talents.[5]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Митрополит Владимир наградил Людмилу Кучму орденом святой великомученицы Варвары
- ^ Папа без кавычек
- ^ Декрет Президента Литвы от 4 ноября 1998 года No. 222
- ^ "Янукович наградил жену Леонида Кучмы орденом княгини Ольги". KP.UA (in Russian). Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ Новости, Р. И. А. (29 September 2004). "Людмила Кучма обсудила в ЮНЕСКО вопросы поддержки талантливых детей и молодежи". РИА Новости (in Russian). Retrieved 1 April 2024.
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- 1940 births
- Living people
- People from Votkinsk
- First ladies of Ukraine
- Soviet engineers
- 20th-century Ukrainian engineers
- Recipients of the Order of Princess Olga, 1st class
- Grand Crosses of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
- Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit
- Ukrainian women philanthropists
- Ukrainian women engineers
- 20th-century women philanthropists
- Kuchma family