Alexander Zakharchenko
Politician and military figure.
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Alexander Zakharchenko
a politician and military figure who took the post of head of the Donetsk People's Republic, which originated in the south-eastern part of Ukraine, in 2014. He was the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the DPR, and was also a prominent government official.
The head of the proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Alexander Vladimirovich Zakharchenko, was born on June 26, 1976 in Donetsk (Ukraine).
He graduated with honors from the Donetsk Technical School of Industrial Automation with a degree in mining electromechanics. He studied at the Donetsk Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
He began his career at the mine as a mining electrician. Then he was engaged in entrepreneurial activities related to the coal industry.
In 2010, a branch of the Kharkiv public organization "Oplot" was established in Donetsk, headed by Alexander Zakharchenko.
On April 16, 2014, during the protests in the south-east of Ukraine, he participated in the storming of the Donetsk Regional Administration building.
In May 2014, he was appointed military commandant of Donetsk, and later - to the post of Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the DPR.
On August 8, 2014, the Council of Ministers of the DPR approved Alexander Zakharchenko as Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic.
On November 2, 2014, he was elected head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, receiving 75.5% of the votes in the DPR. Officially took office on November 4.
Zakharchenko participated in battles, was wounded in the arm near the village of Kozhevnya on July 22, 2014, was wounded in the leg in Debaltseve on February 17, 2015.
He had the military rank of Major General of the DPR, the title of "Hero of the DPR", the awards of the DPR - two St. George's Crosses, the award of the LPR - the Order of Valor of the I degree.
The People's Council of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic awarded the head of the DPR Alexander Zakharchenko the title of Major General of the LPR.
He was also awarded the Order of Friendship of South Ossetia (2015).
On August 31, 2018, Alexander Zakharchenko was killed in an explosion at the Separ restaurant in the center of Donetsk.
Alexander Zakharchenko was married, he left four sons.
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