Yuriy Meshkov

Yuri Aleksandrovich Meshkov (Ukrainian: Юрій Олександрович Мєшков, Yuriy Oleksandrovych Meshkov, Russian: Юрий Александрович Мешков; October 25, 1945 – September 29, 2019) was a Ukrainian politician and leader of the pro-Russian movement in Crimea. He served as the only President of Crimea from 1994 to 1995.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Aleksandrovich and the family name is Meshkov.
Yuriy Meshkov
President of Crimea
In office
February 16, 1994 – March 17, 1995
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
3rd Prime Minister of Crimea
In office
February 4, 1994 – October 6, 1994
Preceded byBorys Samsonov
Succeeded byAnatoliy Franchuk
Personal details
Born(1945-10-25)October 25, 1945
Synelnykove, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Ukraine)
DiedSeptember 29, 2019(2019-09-29) (aged 73)
Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Political partyRepublican Party of Crimea
Other political
affiliations		Bloc "Russia"
Alma materMoscow State University (1977)
OccupationLawyer

However, eleven days after his return to Crimea in 2011, which was his first visit since 1995, Meshkov was deported from Ukraine on July 13, 2011, with a five-year restriction on his entry.

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