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SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Zakharchenko
Alexander Vladimirovich Zakharchenko (Russian:
Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Заха́рченко;
IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ zɐˈxartɕɪnkə], Ukrainian: Олександр
Володимирович Захарченко;
born 1976) is the current head of state and Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed
Donetsk People's Republic that declared
independence from Ukraine on 11 May 2014. Zakharchenko was appointed Prime
Minister in August 2014 after his predecessor, Alexander Borodai, resigned, and
went on to win the early November, 2014 election for the position.
Political career
Zakharchenko
was born in Donetsk on 26 June 1976. He graduated from technical school and
then worked as a mine electrician. He rose to prominence in April 2014 as
commander of a militia, formed from members of the civic and martial arts group
Oplot, that led the separatist takeover of the
11-story government headquarters in central Donetsk. On 16 May 2014
Zakharchenko was appointed 'military commandant of Donetsk'. Since May 2014
Zakharchenko has played a major role in the insurgency against Ukraine's
central government. On 24 July 2014 he was awarded the rank General
Major in the DPR armed forces, shortly after he was wounded in the arm
during fighting with Ukraine government forces.
Zakharchenko
succeeded Alexander Borodai as Prime Minister on 7 August
2014. Borodai then became the DPR Deputy Prime Minister. In September 2014, he
was the lead negotiator for the DPR at the Minsk
Protocol, which agreed to a peace plan for the War
in Donbass.
At
the November 2, 2014 Donetsk parliamentary elections,
Zakharchenko won the prime ministership with 78.93% of the vote.
In
February, 2015 Zakharchenko, representing the DPR, agreed to the Minsk II
peace treaty, calling it a “major victory for the Lugansk and Donetsk people’s republics.”
He was subsequently wounded in action during the closing stages of the Battle of Debaltsevo. In January 2016, he
described the village of Kozhevnia as "a milestone for me", saying that it
was "our first offensive. Unfortunately, in the course of fighting we
practically destroyed this village. By burning down houses, we saved our lives
and the lives of our people."
Political positions
During
the parliamentary election
campaign Zakharchenko told potential voters that he wanted pensions to be
"higher than in Poland." Zakharchenko said this was feasible because
Donetsk is very rich, "like the United Arab Emirates.
... "We have coal, metallurgy, natural gas . . . The difference between us and
the Emirates is they don’t have a war there and we do.” Zakharchenko promised
to build "a normal state, a good one, a just one. Our boys died for this,
civilians are still being killed for this until now."
Zakharchenko
is in favour of the death penalty.
A solemn ceremony of presentation of a banner
in the Donetsk Command and General Staff College.
That’s a fledgling educational organization
for graduating top officers for motorised infantry, artillery and tank forces,
intelligence, as well as military psychology. There are 120 students, including
10 girls.
[PHOTO ALBUM SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1662446910659255&id=1595649227339024]
[YOUTUBE SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQRnL7uRvDA&feature=youtu.be]
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[eng
subs] DPR PM Alexandr Zakharchenko explains things to UAF officer
Published on Jan 15, 2015
UAF officer stated that they're going to keep
shelling Donetsk city until NAF stops attacking UAF troops at the airport (the
operation started as a reaction on massive UAF shellstrike at Donetsk on
11/01/15). Donetsk Republic Prime Minister Alexandr Zakharchenko explained him
what the situation really is.
VIDEO SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgE92WJTmmE
The
Head of the DPR, Alexander Zakharchenko addresses the crowd at the 2016 Victory
Day Parade in DPR
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OTHER
LINKS:
EUROSCEPTIC QUOTES BY
D.P.R HEAD
PRESS CONFERENCE OF THE
HEAD OF DPR AND LPR (2 FEBRUARY 2015)
ALEXANDER ZAKHARCHENKO
ADDRESS TO THE YOUNG REPUBLIC (28 JUNE 2015 & 12 AUGUST 2015)
ALEXANDER ZAKHARCHENKO’S
CONDOLENCES TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE
Alexander Zakharchenko
about ideology: "Why do we fight?"
The
Head of the DPR, Alexander Zakharchenko gives a speech at Nearly 300 of
first-year students of Donetsk Home Affairs Academy swore allegiance to the
people of the Republic. (30 January 2016)
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D.P.R YOUNG REPUBLIC YOUTH FORUM
MEMORY ALLEY OPENED IN
THE LENIN KOMSOMOL PARK IN DONETSK (11 APRIL 2016)
INTERVIEWING THE D.P.R
HEAD – ALEXANDER ZAKHARCHENKO (20 APRIL 2016)
ALEXANDER ZAKHARCHENKO -
SURVIVING AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT (28 APRIL 2016)
D.P.R HEAD’S EASTER MESSAGE (1 MAY
2016)
POROSHENKO VERSUS
ZAKHARCHENKO
ALEXANDER ZAKHARCHENKO -
DONBASS IS TIRED OF WAITING
Pogrebinsky: DPR
readiness to attack Poroshenko’s military mission as a reminder of Minsk
Agreements (24 May 2016)
ALEXANDER ZAKHARCHENKO:
DONETSK HAS UP TO 40,000 SKILLED MILITARY IN RESERVE
ZAKHARCHENKO VISITED THE
FRONTLINE (28 MAY TO 2 JUNE 2016)
D.P.R HEAD ADDRESS ON
THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR (22 JUNE 2016)
D.P.R HEAD ALEXANDER
ZAKHARCHENKO CONGRATULATED THE UNITED KINGDOM ON LEAVING THE EUROPEAN UNION (24
JUNE 2016)
On 25th January 2016, the head of
the Donetsk People’s Republic Alexander Zakharchenko took part in the first
youth socially-political forum Freedom, Conscience, Justice and Equality.
This forum was dedicated to plans of
development of the Republic. Young activists, leaders of the student movements
of the DPR attended this event. The meeting was held in the Donbass national
academy of Building and Architecture in Makeyevka.
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