Pavlo Lazarenko

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Pavlo Ivanovych Lazarenko (Ukrainian: Павло Іванович Лазаренко; born 23 January 1953) is a former Ukrainian politician and former Prime Minister who in August 2006 was convicted and sentenced to prison in the United States for money laundering wire fraud and extortion. According to United Nations approximately $200 million was embezzled by Lazarenko during 1996–1997 from the government of Ukraine.

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active years end date

1997-07-02

active years start date

1996-05-28

birth date

1953-01-23

birth place

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Shyroke Raion, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

office

First Vice-Premier, Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Region

order in office

5th, Prime Minister of Ukraine

party

Hromada (political party)

president

Leonid Kuchma, Leonid Kravchuk

prime minister

Yevhen Marchuk

successor

Valeriy Pustovoitenko, Vasyl Durdynets