Kateryna Yushchenko

For the Ukrainian computer and information research scientist, see Kateryna Yushchenko (scientist).
In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mykhaylivna and the family name is Yushchenko.
Kateryna Yushchenko
Катерина Ющенко
Yushchenko in 2008
First Lady of Ukraine
In role
23 January 2005 – 25 February 2010
PresidentViktor Yushchenko
Preceded byLyudmyla Kuchma
Succeeded byLyudmyla Yanukovych
Personal details
BornCatherine Claire Chumachenko
(1961-09-01) September 1, 1961
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Spouse
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(m. 1998)​
Children3
Alma materEdmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
Georgetown University
University of Chicago

Kateryna Mykhaylivna Yushchenko (born Catherine Claire Chumachenko, September 1, 1961) is an American-born Ukrainian and American politician and philanthropist who was the First Lady of Ukraine from 2005 to 2010. She is married to President Viktor Yushchenko.


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