Natalija Korolewska

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Natalija Korolewska (2012)
Natalija Korolewska (2014)

Natalija Jurijiwna Korolewska ( Ukrainian Наталія Юріївна Королевська ; Russian Наталия Юрьевна Королевская / Natalija Yuryevna Korolewskaja *  18th May 1975 in Krasnyi Luch , Ukrainian SSR ) is a Ukrainian entrepreneur, politician and was from December 27, 2012 Minister of Social Policy in the Cabinet of Mykola Azarov . She is the leader of the Ukraine party, which emerged from the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party (USDP) - Forward! .

education and profession

Korolewska completed an academic education and holds the title of candidate in economics. After completing her studies, she completed a business career and from 2001 to 2006 was the chairman of the supervisory board of Luganskkholod , one of the largest food groups in Ukraine, which, among other things, produces and sells ice cream under the brand name Korolevskoe . Korolewska was repeatedly referred to as a millionaire in media reports.

politics

In the parliamentary elections in 2006 and 2007 Korolewska was elected to the Verkhovna Rada for the Batkivshchyna party , which belongs to the Blok Yuliya Tymoshenko (BJuT) . Korolewska supported Yulia Tymoshenko's candidacy in the 2010 presidential election . From 2005 to 2011 she was a member of the All-Ukrainian Association "Fatherland" . In December 2011, she was elected chairman of the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party (USDP). Shortly afterwards she named this party in Україна - Вперед! around. In March 2012 Korolewska was expelled from the BJuT parliamentary group on the grounds that she had cooperated with the government of President Yanukovych .

Korolewska and her party ran an intense campaign for the 2012 parliamentary elections. She always described herself as an opposition politician with a European and social democratic vision and explicitly denied any possible cooperation with the Party of Regions after the elections. Critics accused her, however, of the fact that her party's election campaign was a deception by the Yanukovych government in order to pull votes away from the actual opposition parties. Da Ukraine - Forward! Only 1.6% of the vote reached, the entry into the Verkhovna Rada was clearly missed.

On December 27, 2012, Korolewska was appointed Minister of Social Policy in the newly formed cabinet of Mykola Azarov .

At the end of March 2014, she announced her candidacy for the 2014 presidential election in Ukraine , which she later withdrew.

Private

Korolewska is married and has two sons. Her father was a director in the mining industry, her mother worked as a teacher. Her older brother Konstantin is also an entrepreneur and lives in Moscow . From 2010 to 2011 he was Russian Deputy Minister for Regional Development.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kiev government parties strengthen their power , NZZ from October 29, 2012
  2. ↑ Election losers confront end to political careers , Kyivpost from November 1, 2012
  3. ↑ Yanukovych strengthens his "family" NZZ of December 27, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Korolewska, Natalija
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Наталія Юріївна Королевська (Ukrainian); Korolewska, Natalija Jurijiwna (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ukrainian politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Krasnyj Lutsch , Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union