Petro poroshenko biography

Petro Poroshenko, winner of Ukraine’s presidential elections and business magnate, has been in politics since late s, supporting all major political figures at different times under both pro-Western and Moscow-backed administrations.

The year-old, born in the southwestern city of Odessa, was one of the organisers of the pro-European uprising which ousted Russia-backed President Viktor Yanukovich in February  

Poroshenko, known as the “chocolate king” because of his confectionery manufacturing business, stepped into politics in when he joined the Social Democratic Party.

Backed by Ukraine’s President Leonid Kuchma, he was elected to parliament.

Party-hopping

In , he became one of the founding members of the Party of Regions, the party that was forced out of the government 14 years later with the help of Poroshenko.

It was not the first time he went against his partners.

In , Ukraine’s seventh richest man, with a net worth of $bn, became one of the sp