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Petro Oleksiiovych Poroshenko was born on the 26th of September 1965 in Bolhrad, a town in southwestern Ukraine. He grew up in Tighina, now known as Bender, while living under de facto control of Transnistria.
Poroshenko founded UkrPromInvest in 1993 which evolved into the Roshen group to become the largest confectionery manufacturer in Ukraine. His business interests expanded to include car factories, shipyards, and television channels earning him the nickname Chocolate King.
Petro Poroshenko was inaugurated president on the 7th of June 2014 and served until being defeated by Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the 2019 presidential election. He received 24.5% of the second round votes before leaving office following the election results.
He signed legislation in May 2015 to remove communist monuments and later enacted education reforms making Ukrainian the language of instruction in September 2017. In December 2018 he helped create the autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine to separate Ukrainian churches from the Moscow Patriarchate.
Police raided his party headquarters and gym on the 20th of December 2019 under orders from President Zelenskyy. On the 20th of December 2021 he was accused of state treason and a court seized his property on the 6th of January 2022.