Alexander Ananchenko Explained

Alexander Ananchenko
Office:Russian Federation Senator
from the Donetsk People's Republic
Alongside:Nataliya Nikonorova
Predecessor:Office established
Successor:Aleksandr Voloshin
Term Start:20 December 2022
Term End:23 September 2023
Birth Date:2 February 1966[1]
Birth Place:Selydove, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Ukraine)
Party:Donetsk Republic
Office2:Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic
Successor2:Vitaliy Khotsenko
Predecessor2:Denis Pushilin (Acting)
Termend2:8 June 2022
Acting until 1 December 2018
Termstart2:18 October 2018
President2:Denis Pushilin
Termstart:20 December 2022
Office3:Acting Deputy Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic
Termend3:18 October 2018
Termstart3:17 September 2018

Alexandr Yevgenevych Ananchenko (Russian: Александр Евгеньевич Ананченко, Ukrainian: Олександр Євгенович Ананченко; born 2 February 1966) is a Russian and former Ukrainian politician who served as the Russian Federation Senator from the Donetsk People's Republic from 2022 to 2023. He had previously served as Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic from 2018 until 2022.[2]

Biography

Ananchenko was born on 2 February 1966[3] in the Soviet Ukrainian town of Selydove.

He then pursued a career at the company of Ukrainian oligarch Serhiy Kurchenko in the town of Krivets, Kursk Oblast, Russia, becoming the branch director.[4] as well as his advisor.[5]

Ananchenko moved back to his native Donetsk Oblast in 2013. Amidst the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine, he supported the oblast's independence from Ukraine as the Donetsk People's Republic, which was largely unrecognised by the international community.

On September 7, 2018, acting Head and Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin appointed Ananchenko as his deputy on an interim capacity.[6] [7] On September 18, Pushilin stood down as acting Prime Minister, with Ananchenko automatically becoming the successor.

On December 1, 2018, Ananchenko was appointed Prime Minister in a full capacity. As the head of government, he oversaw the republic's response to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. In April 2022, in response to his support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he was added to the personal sanctions list of the European Union.[8] On 8 June 2022, he resigned, making way for a new cabinet to be appointed.[9]

Following the incorporation of the Donetsk People's Republic into Russia, widely regarded as illegal under international law, he was appointed by the People's Council as one of the region's representatives in the Federation Council.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Структура . 2022-12-31 . Совет Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации . ru.
  2. Web site: Председатель Правительства Александр Ананченко поздравил с профессиональным праздником республиканских метрологовm/ . May 20, 2022. pravdnr.ru. ru. 2022-02-22.
  3. Web site: Структура . 2022-12-31 . Совет Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации . ru.
  4. Web site: Организация ФИЛИАЛ ЗАО "ВТОРШАХТМЕТ-1" . list-org.com . ru . 2018-10-21.
  5. News: Бойовики 'ДНР' представили нового ватажка: пов'язаний з українським олігархом . October 18, 2018 . narodna-pravda.ua . uk . 2018-10-21.
  6. Web site: О Совете Министров . smdnr.ru . ru . 2018-10-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181021232426/http://smdnr.ru/o-sovete-ministrov/ . 2018-10-21 . dead.
  7. News: Премьер-министром ДНР назначен Александр Ананченко. October 18, 2018. politinformer.ru. ru. 2018-10-21. 2018-10-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20181022033508/http://politinformer.ru/novosti-dnr-i-lnr/%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%bc%d1%8c%d0%b5%d1%80-%d0%bc%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%81%d1%82%d1%80%d0%be%d0%bc-%d0%b4%d0%bd%d1%80-%d0%bd%d0%b0%d0%b7%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%87%d0%b5%d0%bd-%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b5%d0%ba%d1%81. dead.
  8. Web site: EU imposes sanctions against 217 businessmen, politicians, reporters from Russia, Donbass. TASS. 2022-04-09 . June 3, 2022.
  9. Web site: 2022-06-08 . BREAKING NEWS: Entire government of Ukraine's Donetsk People's Republic dismissed as chairman "resigns" . 2022-06-08 . Euro Weekly News . en-GB.
  10. Web site: Структура . 2022-12-31 . Совет Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации . ru.