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Maryna Poroshenko

マリーナ・ポロシェンコ　/　まりーな・ぽろしぇんこ

Physician from Kievan Rus'

February 1, 1962 (age 64)　・　Kyiv, Kievan Rus'

physician
cardiologist
television presenter

My Take

Maryna Poroshenko's path from cardiologist to First Lady of Ukraine and then elected councillor is one I keep returning to. Plenty of people would have treated the First Lady role as an endpoint and faded out once their spouse left office. She instead chose the harder, less glamorous route of running for the Kyiv City Council and winning a seat on her own terms. Trained to keep hearts beating, fluent across medicine, broadcasting, politics and even art history, she strikes me as someone driven by service rather than status. That willingness to stay in the arena is what I respect most.

Overview

Maryna Anatoliyvna Poroshenko (Ukrainian: Марина Анатоліївна Порошенко, née Perevedentseva; born 1 February 1962) is a Ukrainian cardiologist who served as First Lady of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019, as wife of President Petro Poroshenko. After her husband's presidency ended in 2019, Poroshenko was a political candidate for the local election in Kyiv, she subsequently was elected to the Kyiv City Council in 2020.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Maryna Poroshenko
Name (Japanese): マリーナ・ポロシェンコ
Reading: まりーな・ぽろしぇんこ
Born: February 1, 1962 (age 64)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aquarius / Tiger
Origin: Kyiv, Kievan Rus'
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: physician / cardiologist / television presenter / politician / art historian

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Bogomolets National Medical University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

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