Petro Poroshenko, who is almost certain to be tasked with steering Ukraine out of months of turmoil and bloodshed, is a billionaire chocolate baron, cabinet minister and occasional revolutionary. The pro-Western tycoon won an outright victory in a presidential election on Sunday with almost 56 percent, according to exit polls.
May 25, 2014 Presidential Election
Agence France-Presse: Petro Poroshenko – from chocolate baron to Ukraine president
Petro Poroshenko, who is almost certain to be tasked with steering Ukraine out of months of turmoil and bloodshed, is a billionaire chocolate baron, cabinet minister and occasional revolutionary.
