Petro Poroshenko

Petro Poroshenko is the fifth president of Ukraine, elected on May 25, 2014 and inaugurated on June 7, 2014. He has served as economy minister and foreign minister, among other roles. He was born on Sept. 25, 1965, in the city of Bolhrad, Odesa Oblast. He is a businessman whose most famous assets are the Roshen confectionary and Channel 5 television station.