Mykola Azarov

Mykola Yanovych Azarov (Ukrainian: Мико́ла Я́нович Аза́ров, Mykola Yanovych Azarov; Russian: Никола́й Я́нович Азaров, Nikolay Yanovich Azarov; né Pakhlo; Cyrillic: Пахло; born 17 December 1947) is a Ukrainian politician.^[1][2] He was the Prime Minister of Ukraine from 11 March 2010 to 27 January 2014.^[3] He was the First Vice Prime Minister and Finance Minister from 2002 to 2005 and again from 2006 to 2007.

Mykola Azarov
Микола Азаров
14th Prime Minister of Ukraine
In office 11 March 2010 – 28 January 2014
President	Viktor Yanukovych
Deputy	Andriy Klyuyev Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi Serhiy Arbuzov
Preceded by	Yulia Timoshenko
Succeeded by	Serhiy Arbuzov (Acting)
In office 5 January 2005 – 24 January 2005 Acting
President	Leonid Kuchma
Preceded by	Viktor Yanukovych
Succeeded by	Yulia Tymoshenko
In office 7 December 2004 – 28 December 2004 Acting
President	Leonid Kuchma
Preceded by	Viktor Yanukovych
Succeeded by	Viktor Yanukovych
Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine
In office 4 August 2006 – 18 December 2007
Prime Minister	Viktor Yanukovych
Preceded by	Stanislav Stashevsky
Succeeded by	Oleksandr Turchynov
In office 26 November 2002 – 3 February 2005
Prime Minister	Viktor Yanukovych Yulia Tymoshenko
Preceded by	Oleh Dubyna
Succeeded by	Anatoliy Kinakh
Minister of Finance
In office 4 August 2006 – 18 December 2007
Prime Minister	Viktor Yanukovych
Preceded by	Viktor Pynzenyk
Succeeded by	Viktor Pynzenyk
In office 26 November 2002 – 3 February 2005
Prime Minister	Viktor Yanukovych Yulia Tymoshenko
Preceded by	Ihor Yushko
Succeeded by	Viktor Pynzenyk
Personal details
Born	Nikolai Yanovich Pakhlo (1947-12-17) 17 December 1947 (age 77) Kaluga, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Political party	Civic Congress of Ukraine (1992) Party of Labor (1992–2001) Party of Regions (2001–present)
Spouse(s)	Lyudmyla Azarova
Children	Alexei
Alma mater	Moscow State University

Azarov was born in Kaluga on 17 December 1947 in the Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, to a mixed Estonian-Russian family.^[4][5]