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Oleksandr Valentynovych Turchynov (Ukrainian: Олександр Валентинович Турчинов, IPA: [olekˈsɑndr wɐlenˈtɪnowɪtʃ tʊrˈtʃɪnou̯]; born 31 March 1964) is a Ukrainian politician, screenwriter, Baptist minister and economist. He is the former Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine. In 2005, Turchynov served as the head of the Security Service of Ukraine. Turchynov is a former acting President of Ukraine from the removal from power of President Viktor Yanukovych on 21 February 2014, until Petro Poroshenko was sworn in as Ukrainian President on 7 June 2014. He then became Chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament until 27 November 2014. Turchynov also served as acting Prime Minister in 2010 (when he was the First Vice Prime Minister in the absence of a prime minister after Yulia Tymoshenko's government was dismissed on 3 March 2010) until the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) appointed Mykola Azarov as prime minister on 11 March 2010. Turchynov was the first deputy chairman of the political party Batkivshchyna (All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland") and a close associate of party leader Yulia Tymoshenko. He started the new political party People's Front in September 2014...

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  • Name: Oleksandr Turchynov
  • Known for: Oleksandr Valentynovych Turchynov is a Ukrainian politician, screenwriter, Baptist…
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  • Wikidata ID: Q15850

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