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Kateryna Yushchenko (Catherine Claire Chumachenko) was born on 1 September, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., is a Former First Lady of Ukraine. Discover Kateryna Yushchenko's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old?

Popular As Catherine Claire Chumachenko
Occupation Former First Lady of Ukraine
Age 62 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 1 September 1961
Birthday 1 September
Birthplace Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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Who Is Kateryna Yushchenko's Husband?

Her husband is Viktor Yushchenko (m. 1998)

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Kateryna Yushchenko Net Worth

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Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1917

Yushchenko's father, Mykhailo Chumachenko, was born in the village of Zaitsivka, Kharkiv Oblast, in 1917, to a large family of farmers.

1932

He was one of only a few members of his large family to survive the Soviet Famine of 1932–1933.

Chumachenko studied electrical engineering in Lysychansk, Luhansk Oblast.

1942

He served in the Soviet Army, and was captured by German forces and taken to Germany in 1942.

1945

Kateryna Yushchenko’s parents met in Germany, married, and gave birth to her sister, Lydia, in 1945.

Mykhailo Chumachenko became seriously ill with tuberculosis in 1945 and spent eight years in a tuberculosis sanatorium.

1956

In 1956, the Chumachenko family immigrated to the United States on an invitation from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Chicago.

1961

Kateryna Mykhaylivna Yushchenko (born Catherine Claire Chumachenko; Катерина Михайлівна Ющенко, née Chumachenko (Чумаченко); September 1, 1961) is an American-born Ukrainian politician and philanthropist who was the First Lady of Ukraine from 2005 to 2010.

1982

She holds a bachelor's degree in International Economics from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University (1982), and an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (1986).

She later worked in the White House in the Office of Public Liaison during the administration of Ronald Reagan.

Subsequently, she worked at the U.S. Treasury in the executive secretary's office during the administration of George H. W. Bush.

After leaving that position, she was on the staff of the Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress.

After Ukraine declared its freedom, she was a co-founder and the vice-president of Ukraine-USA Foundation.

She was also the director of Pylyp Orlyk Institute.

1984

Mykhailo Chumachenko worked as an electrician in Chicago until his retirement in 1984.

1987

The Chumachenkos moved to Florida in 1987.

1991

Chumachenko visited his native Ukraine three times, in 1991, 1994 and 1995.

His dream was to return to his village and start a small farm.

1993

In 1993, she joined KPMG Peat Marwick/Barents Group as a consultant in its Bank Training Program and Country Manager, where she met Viktor Yushchenko, whom she subsequently married.

1998

He died in 1998 and is buried in Kyiv.

Kateryna Yushchenko was born Catherine Claire Chumachenko in Chicago to immigrants from the Left-bank Ukraine.

She is a former U.S. State Department official.

She worked as a special assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs.

2000

She left her job in August 2000, when she was expecting her second child.

Yushchenko is now involved in numerous charitable projects with the Ukraine 3000 International Foundation that she chairs.

The key priority of the Foundation is better health for Ukraine’s children.

On the Supervisory Board of Ukraine 3000 Foundation, established in 2001, are some of Ukraine’s most prominent educational, humanitarian, cultural, literary and sports figures.

2001

Ukraine's pro-government Inter television channel repeated Leontyev's allegations in 2001, but in January 2003 she won a libel case against the channel as well.

She is married to Viktor Yushchenko and has three children: Sofia, Khrystyna, and Taras.

2002

She had earlier been accused by Russian television journalist Mikhail Leontyev of leading a U.S. project to help Yushchenko seize power in Ukraine; in January 2002, she won a libel case against him.

2004

During the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election campaign, she was accused of exerting the influence of the U.S. government on her husband's decisions, as an employee of the U.S. government or even a Central Intelligence Agency agent.

2005

President Victor Yushchenko served as Chairman of the Supervisory Council until his inauguration in 2005.

Since then, its Chairman is Kateryna Yushchenko.

All programs and projects of the Foundation are implemented within three major areas: "Ukraine Yesterday", "Ukraine Today" and "Ukraine Tomorrow".

The biggest projects of the Foundation are the "Hospital to Hospital" program, the construction and support of the "Children's Hospital of the Future" and "The Joy of Childhood – Free Movements" program.

Opponents of her husband criticized her for remaining a U.S. citizen.

She became a Ukrainian citizen in 2005, and in 2007, she renounced her US citizenship.

2012

Yushchenko's mother, Sofia Chumachenko, was born in Litky, Kyiv Oblast, in 1927, and died 30 September 2012 in Kyiv.

Along with many other young women of her village, Sofia Chumachenko was taken to Nazi Germany at the age of 14 to serve as a slave laborer, shortly after the invasion of the Soviet Union.