Family of Yulia Tymoshenko

Family of Yulia Tymoshenko
Place of originRussian Empire, Soviet Union, Ukrainian, Latvian

The family of Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko (Юлія Володимирівна Тимошенко), née Hrihyan (Грігян), former Prime Minister of Ukraine, is Ukrainian on her mother's side, and Latvian and Jewish on her father's side. Her ancestry was of some relevance during her campaign of 2009–2010, Tymoshenko herself has self-identified as "Ukraino-Latvian" (україно-латишка), "both for ten generations". while her opponents drawing attention to her Jewish grandfather was described as a political "smear". A detailed account of her family history was published in 2008 by Dmytro Chobit.

Tymoshenko's parents were both born in Ukraine and are, therefore, Ukrainian as defined by the Law on Citizenship of Ukraine and by the Ukrainian Constitution.

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