Antonina Kravchuk

Antonina Mykhailivna Kravchuk (Ukrainian: Антоніна Михайлівна Кравчук; November 3, 1935 in the village of Viry Bilopillia Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine SSR) is a former First Lady of Ukraine.

Antonina Kravchuk Антоніна Кравчук
First Lady of Ukraine
In role 5 December 1991 – 19 July 1994
President	Leonid Kravchuk
Preceded by	post established
Succeeded by	Lyudmyla Kuchma
Personal details
Born	Antonina Mykhailivna Mishura November 3, 1935 Bilopillia Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union
Spouse(s)	Leonid Kravchuk
Children	Oleksandr Kravchuk
Occupation	Former First Lady of Ukraine

Biography

Antonina Mykhailivna Mishura (birth surname) was born in the village of Viry Bilopillia Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine SSR on November 3, 1935. In 1958 she graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. PhD in Economics.

She worked as an associate professor of the economic faculty of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. She was the founder of the magazine "Personnel", the All-Ukrainian general political educational weekly "Personnel Plus" at the Joint-Stock Company Interregional Academy of Personnel Management (MAUP).

Since 1957,[1][2] she has been married to Leonid Kravchuk[2][1] She rarely attended official events with her husband.[1]

Antonina Mishura has one child, Oleksandr Leonidovych Kravchuk (born 1959), president of the State Company "Nafkom-Ahro" and the former FC Nafkom Brovary. Kravchuk has two grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Although Kravchuk does not work for the Ukrainian state anymore she is still living in a state-owned dacha in Koncha-Zaspa.[3]

References

1. First ladies of Ukraine, ITAR-TASS (6 June 2014).
2. Bush, Barbara (1994). Barbara Bush: A Memoir. New York: Scribner. p. 428. ISBN 0-7432-5447-3. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
3. "Ukrayinska Pravda exposes president's Mezhygirya deal", Kyiv Post (6 May 2009).