Leonid Mikhailovich Chernovetsky: photo and biography

Leonid Mikhailovich Chernovetsky - Ukrainian businessman, politician, head of Kiev from 2006 to 2012; A man known for scandalous statements and ambiguous acts.

Childhood and youth

Hardly thought Leonid Chernovetsky, whose biography began quite ordinary, that one day he will head the capital of Ukraine and will have millions in the accounts. The future politician and businessman was born in Kharkov on December 25, 1951. He was brought up in an incomplete family. Parents divorced almost immediately after the birth of the child. Lena lived with her mother, a lawyer by profession. My father was a soldier and my son was not very interested.

Leonid Mikhailovich calls his school years a test. The obstinate guy did not find a common language with the teachers and dropped out of school at the age of 14, leaving to work as a fitter at a local aircraft factory. True, a year later he had to return to school, as the law required it. From 1970 to 1972, Leonid Mikhailovich Chernovetsky served in the army. Returning home, he entered the Law Institute of Kharkov, graduating in 1977 with honors in law.

Career

His career the future mayor of Kiev began with the position of senior investigator of the prosecutor's office of the Kiev region. After receiving the degree of candidate of jurnauk in 1984, Chernovetsky goes to the teachers and becomes deputy pro-rector in KSU named after. Shevchenko.

Under the curtain of the 80's began work on the creation of the concern "Pravex." In 1992, he opened and headed a bank with the same name, which became one of the first private financial institutions in Ukraine. Business activity was successful and brought Chernovetsky millions. In 2008, a hundred percent of shares of Pravex-Bank were sold to an Italian company, but the concern remains in the hands of the ex-mayor's family.

Policy

In politics, Leonid Mikhailovich Chernovetsky came in 1996, becoming a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the 2nd convocation. In 1997 he became a freelance adviser to President Leonid Kuchma. A year later he joined the leadership of the party "For a beautiful Ukraine", and in 1999 took the post of chairman. A little later he became the leader of the Christian Liberal Party of Ukraine.

In the Verkhovna Rada deputies passed twice more - in 1998 and 2002. As a people's deputy, he mainly dealt with issues related to the country's budget. In 2004, the politician ran for the presidency of Ukraine, but gained only one percent of the vote.

Since 2006, Chernovetsky is the mayor of Kiev. In the election campaign, he managed to defeat boxer Vitali Klitschko and former head of Kiev Alexandra Omelchenko. For many, the vote was a shock and a big surprise. Nevertheless, in the next election Leonid Mikhailovich Chernovetsky again won. Its main electorate is pensioners and low-income people.

The mayor of this man was remembered by Ukrainians for a number of scandals, shocking speeches by the head of the capital and a serious increase in tariffs for utility services. For strange behavior and illogical actions among the people, politics was nicknamed Lena Kosmos and even demanded to be subjected to psychiatric examination. From the management of the city Chernovetsky actually removed in 2010 with the coming to power of the team of Yanukovych, and in 2012, his powers ended officially.

Chernovetsky Leonid Mikhailovich: wife, children, hobbies

Little is known about the personal life of the ex-mayor of Kiev. He is in a second marriage. First wife of Chernovetsky Alina Aivazova gave him two children-weather: his son Stepan (1978) and daughter Christina (born in 1979). Both of them are involved in the business of the father. In 2012, Leonid Mikhailovich married for the second time, linking his fate with a woman named Elena Savchuk.

Chernovetsky calls his hobbies reading, artistic photography, fishing and sports. Once a politician and businessman had a great passion for cars and even assembled a chic collection of expensive models, but after a traffic accident that happened in 2004, when Leonid Mikhailovich knocked down a pedestrian to death, he says he is afraid of driving .

Chernovetsky openly supports the adherents of the Protestant Christianity. He is one of the richest people in Ukraine. After leaving the big politics in his homeland, he repeatedly stated that he plans to build a career in Georgia, where, according to the latest information, he now lives.