Yevhen Petrushevych

Yevhen Petrushevych
Євген Петрушевич
Petrushevych in 1918
President of the West Ukrainian People's Republic
In office
18 October 1918  November 1919
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Volodymyr Vynnychenko as head of the Directorate of Ukraine
Personal details
Born(1863-06-03)3 June 1863
Busk, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian Empire (now Busk, Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine)
Died29 August 1940(1940-08-29) (aged 77)
Berlin, Nazi Germany
Resting placeLychakiv Cemetery, Lviv

Yevhen Omelianovych Petrushevych (Ukrainian: Євге́н Омеля́нович Петруше́вич; 3 June 1863 – 29 August 1940) was a Ukrainian lawyer, politician, and president of the West Ukrainian People's Republic formed after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918.