Liudmyla Kuchma
First Lady of Ukraine from 1994 to 2005
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Liudmyla Mykolaivna Kuchma[a] (née Talalaieva;[b] born 19 June 1940) is a Ukrainian former design engineer, who served as First Lady of Ukraine[1] from 1994 to 2005 as the wife of President Leonid Kuchma.
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19 June 1940
Liudmyla Kuchma | |
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Людмила Кучма | |
Kuchma in 2000 | |
| First Lady of Ukraine | |
| In office 19 July 1994 – 23 January 2005 | |
| President | Leonid Kuchma |
| Preceded by | Antonina Kravchuk |
| Succeeded by | Kateryna Yushchenko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lyudmila Nikolayevna Talalayeva 19 June 1940 |
| Spouse | |
| Relations | Gennady Fyodorovich Tumanov (stepfather; 1918–1989) |
| Children | Olena Pinchuk |
| Occupation | Former design engineer |
Awards | |
Early life and education
Liudmyla Kuchma was born in Udmurtia, and studied at a music school located in the house-museum of Pyotr Tchaikovsky. She graduated from mechanical college.[citation needed]
Career
For thirty years, she worked as an engineer in the design office of a production association in Dnipropetrovsk.
Personal life
In 1967, she married Leonid Kuchma, the president of Ukraine from 1994 to 2005. Her daughter Olena was born in 1970.[2]
Honors
In 1998, Kuchma was awarded the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas.[3] and Order of Princess Olga First Class (2010).[4] Since 1996, she has been honorary president of the National Fund for Social Protection of Mother and Child.[citation needed]
Since 12 May 2004, she has been special ambassador of UNESCO to help young talents.[5]