Oleksandr Onyshchenko
Oleksandr Onyshchenko | |
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Oleksandr Onyshchenko in 2015 | |
| Born | March 31, 1969 |
| Occupation(s) | Politician, show jumper |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Political party | Socialist Party of Ukraine |
| Children | daughter (born in 1994), son (born in 2002), son (born in 2017), daughter (born in 2021 in Ankum, Germany) |
Oleksandr Romanovych Onyshchenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Романович Онищенко, born March 31, 1969) is a Ukrainian ex-politician, show jumping rider and patron. Onyshchenko was previously a member of the Ukrainian Parliament and a member of pro-Russian Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych’s Party of Regions. In the summer of 2016, while a member of Parliament, Onyshchenko fled Ukraine after he was stripped of immunity by the Parliament of Ukraine and the General Prosecutor Office expressed intention to arrest him due to charges related to alleged corruption and money laundering. In May 2020 Prosecutor's office of Ukraine extradition request was denied by the German court. Since 2016, he has resided in European Union. As of 2019, Onyshchenko was reportedly residing in Spain.
In January 2021, under new administration in the White house Onishchenko, was sanctioned in the United States in connection with his support of Donald Trump during the presidential elections.