Oleksandr Martynenko | |
Caption: | Martynenko in 2018 |
Native Name: | Олександр Мартиненко |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Birth Date: | 22 August 1960 |
Birth Place: | Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
Death Place: | Kyiv, Ukraine |
Nationality: | Ukrainian |
Occupation: | Media director, journalist |
Known For: | Director of Interfax-Ukraine, press secretary of President Leonid Kuchma |
Oleksandr Vladlenovych Martynenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Владленович Мартиненко; 22 August 1960 – 28 May 2024) was a Ukrainian media director and journalist. He was a director of Interfax-Ukraine from its founding in 1992 to 1998 and from 2003.[1] From 1998 to 2002, he was a deputy chief of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine and press secretary of President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma.[2] He was a long-time author of the magazine Dzerkalo Tyzhnia, where he published articles under the pseudonym "Alexander Makarov". Martynenko died in Kyiv on 28 May 2024 at the age of 63.[3]