Yevgeny Shevchuk | |
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.jpg) Shevchuk in 2012 | |
| 2nd President of Transnistria | |
| In office 30 December 2011 – 16 December 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Pyotr Stepanov Tatiana Turanskaya Maija Parnas (Acting) Tatiana Turanskaya Maija Parnas (Acting) Pavel Prokudin |
| Preceded by | Igor Smirnov |
| Succeeded by | Vadim Krasnoselsky |
| Speaker of the Supreme Council | |
| In office 28 December 2005 – 8 July 2009 | |
| President | Igor Smirnov |
| Preceded by | Grigore Mărăcuță |
| Succeeded by | Anatoliy Kaminski |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yevgeny Vasylovych Shevchuk 19 June 1968 Rybnitsa, Soviet Union (now Rîbnița, Moldova) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Nina Shtanski |
| Alma mater | Transnistria State University All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade Ukrainian Agricultural Academy |
Yevgeny Vasilyevich Shevchuk (Russian: Евге́ний Васи́льевич Шевчу́к, tr. Yevgeniy Vasilyevich Shevchuk, Ukrainian: Євге́н Васи́льович Шевчу́к, tr. Yevhen Vasylovych Shevchuk, Moldovan Cyrillic: Евгени Васильевичь Шевчюк, Romanian: Evgheni Vasilievici Șevciuk; born 19 June 1968) is a Transnistrian politician. He was the 2nd President of Transnistria from 2011 to 2016.
Shevchuk is an ethnic Ukrainian and a citizen of both Transnistria and Russia.
In 2017, Shevchuk fled to Moldova while guilty on criminal charges. In December 2018, he was sentenced in absentia to 16 years in prison and a fine of about 36 million US dollars.
