Alexandr Yevgenevych Ananchenko (russian: Александр Евгеньевич Ананченко, uk, Олександр Євгенович Ананченко; born 2 February 1966) is a Ukrainian-Russian politician, who serves as the Russian Federation Senator from the

Donetsk People's Republic The Donetsk People's Republic ( rus, Донецкая Народная Республика, Donetskaya Narodnaya Respublika, dɐˈnʲetskəjə nɐˈrodnəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə; abbreviated as DPR or DNR, rus, ДНР) is a Territorial ...

since 2022. He had previously served as

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

of the

from 2018 until 2022.

Biography

Ananchenko was born on 2 February 1966 in the

Soviet Ukrainian The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

town of

Selydove Selydove ( uk, Сели́дове, ; russian: Селидово, formerly: Selydivka) is a City of regional significance (Ukraine), city of oblast significance in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The city is located in the western part of the region, on th ...

. He then pursued a career at the company of Ukrainian oligarch

Serhiy Kurchenko Serhiy Vitaliiovych Kurchenko ( uk, Сергі́й Віта́лійович Ку́рченко; born 21 September 1985) is a Ukrainian businessman and founder/owner of the group of companies "Gas Ukraine 2009" specializing in trading of liquefie ...

in the town of Krivets, Kursk Oblast, Russia, becoming the branch director. as well as his advisor. Ananchenko moved back to his native

Donetsk Oblast The Donetsk Oblast ( ukr, Донецька область, Donetska oblast, ), also referred to as Donechchyna ( ukr, Донеччина, links=no), is an oblast of eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous province, with around 4.1 mill ...

in 2013. Amidst the

2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine From the end of February 2014, demonstrations by pro-Russian and anti-government groups took place in major cities across the Eastern Ukraine, eastern and Southern Ukraine, southern regions of Ukraine in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dig ...

, he supported the oblast's independence from Ukraine as the

, which was largely unrecognised by the

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. 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. 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

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. In April 2022, in response to his support for the

Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

, he was added to the personal sanctions list of the

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. On 8 June 2022, he resigned, making way for a new cabinet to be appointed. Following the incorporation of the Donetsk People's Republic into Russia, widely regarded as illegal under

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, he was appointed by the People's Council as one of the region's representatives in the Federation Council.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ananchenko, Alexander 1966 births Living people People from Donetsk Oblast People of the Donetsk People's Republic Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University alumni Pro-Russian people of the war in Donbas Russian individuals subject to European Union sanctions Ukrainian collaborators with Russia Members of the Federation Council of Russia (after 2000)