Viktoriya Tigipko

Viktoriya was born on August 17, 1973 in a family of a military musician and a music teacher Viktor Lopatetskyi and a speech therapist Lidiya.

In 1996 she graduated from the faculty of "International Economic Relations and Law" from Kyiv Institute of National Economy with honors. After, she continued her studies in Austria, in Vienna University and Vienna Economic University, where she studied financial management and international insurance. Viktoriya also completed an Executive Education program in a University of California in Berkeley.

Besides native Ukrainian and Russian, she also speaks English, German, French and Italian.[6]

She married Ukrainian politician and finance specialist Serhiy Tihipko in 2004.