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Aleksandr Zakharchenko
1976 – 2018 · aged 42
Head and Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic
- Born
- 26 Jun 1976 · Donetsk
- Died
- 31 Aug 2018 · Donetsk
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 26 Jun 1976BornBorn in Donetsk
- 2014 – 2022WarWar in Donbas
- 2014 – 2018RoleChairman of the Council of Ministers of the Donetsk People's Republic
- 2014 – 2018RoleHead of the Donetsk People's Republic
- 2014RoleMember of the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic
- 2015WarBattle of Debaltseve
- 2015AwardHero of the Donetsk People's Republic
- 2015AwardHonorary citizen of Makiivka
- 31 Aug 2018DiedDied in Donetsk
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1976 – 2018).
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20062006 FIFA World Cup
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
- 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
- 20122012 Summer Olympics
- 20142014 FIFA World Cup
- 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2015Paris Agreement
- 20182018 FIFA World Cup
Biography
Alexander Vladimirovich Zakharchenko (26 June 1976 – 31 August 2018) was a pro-Russian separatist leader who was the Russia-installed head of state and prime minister of the Donetsk People's Republic, a self-proclaimed state and Russian-backed rebel group which declared independence from Ukraine on 11 May 2014.
Zakharchenko was killed in August 2018 when a bomb exploded in a café that he frequently visited in Donetsk.
Text from the Wikipedia article Alexander Zakharchenko, CC BY-SA 4.0
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