Lyudmyla Kuchma

First Lady of Ukraine from 1994 to 2005

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is  Mykolayivna and the family name is  Kuchma.

Lyudmyla Kuchma

Людмила Кучма

Kuchma c. 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

(1940-06-19) 19 June 1940 (age 83)
Votkinsk, Udmurt ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Udmurtia, Russia)
Spouse|

Leonid Kuchma

(m. 1967)​

Relations| Gennady Fyodorovich Tumanov (stepfather; 1918–1989)
Children| Olena Pinchuk
Occupation| Former design engineer
Awards|

* Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
* Order of Princess Olga First Class

Lyudmyla Mykolayivna Kuchma[a] (née Talalayeva[b]; born 19 June 1940) is the wife of second Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma and a former First Lady of Ukraine.[1] She had previously worked as a design engineer.

## Early life and education[edit]

Lyudmyla 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[edit]

For thirty years, she worked as an engineer in the design office of a production association in Dnepropetrovsk.

## Personal life[edit]

In 1967, she married Leonid Kuchma, the late president of Ukraine from 1994 to 2005. Her daughter Olena was born in 1970.[2]

## Honors[edit]

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]

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Ukrainian: Людмила Миколаївна Кучма; Russian: Людми́ла Никола́евна Ку́чма, romanized: Lyudmila Nikolayevna Kuchma
2. ^ Russian: Талалаева; Ukrainian: Талалаєва

## References[edit]

1. ^ Митрополит Владимир наградил Людмилу Кучму орденом святой великомученицы Варвары
2. ^ Папа без кавычек
3. ^ Декрет Президента Литвы от 4 ноября 1998 года No. 222
4. ^ Янукович наградил жену Леонида Кучмы орденом княгини Ольги
5. ^ Людмила Кучма обсудила в ЮНЕСКО вопросы поддержки талантливых детей и молодёжи

## External links[edit]

* Украина-детям

Honorary titles

Preceded by

Antonina Kravchuk

|  First Lady of Ukraine
1994–2005  | Succeeded by

Kateryna Yushchenko

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First ladies of Ukraine

UPR|

* Maria-Ivanna Hrushevska
* Oleksandra Skoropadska
* Rozalia Vynnychenko
* Olha Petliura
* Mariya Livytska
* Melaniya Vytvytska
* Helga Livytska
* Yaroslava Plaviuk

Ukraine|

* Antonina Kravchuk
* Lyudmyla Kuchma
* Kateryna Yushchenko
* Lyudmyla Yanukovych
* Hanna Turchynova
* Maryna Poroshenko
* Olena Zelenska

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