Hanna Turchynova

Hanna Volodymyrivna Turchynova (Ukrainian: Ганна Володимирівна Турчинова; née Beliba; April 1, 1970 in Dnipro, Ukraine) is the wife of Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov and a former First Lady of Ukraine. Candidate of Sciences.[1]

Hanna Turchynova Ганна Турчинова
First Lady of Ukraine Acting
In role 23 February 2014 – 7 June 2014
President	Oleksandr Turchynov
Preceded by	Lyudmyla Yanukovych
Succeeded by	Maryna Poroshenko
Personal details
Born	Hanna Volodymyrivna Beliba April 1, 1970 Dnipro, Ukraine
Spouse(s)	Oleksandr Turchynov
Children	Kyrylo
Alma mater	Oles Honchar Dnipro National University
Occupation	Former First Lady of Ukraine

Biography

Hanna Volodymyrivna Beliba (birth surname) was born in Dnipro on April 1, 1970. He graduated from the Oles Honchar Dnipro National University. Postgraduate study at Kyiv National Linguistic University.

Since 1995 she teaches English at the National Pedagogical Dragomanov University.

Since 2006 she is the head of the department of foreign languages, National Pedagogical Dragomanov University.[2]

In 2016, a man who has arrived in Kyiv from occupied territory in Donbas has attempted to stab Hanna Turchynova, the wife of National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine chief Oleksandr Turchynov while she was at work.[3] The culprit had been waiting for the woman outside her work office. Because the man was relying on a photo from the Internet, on which Hanna Turchynova had a short hair cut, poor lighting led him to attack another teacher with a similar hair cut. Having caught her by the neck, he put a knife to her throat and addressed the teacher as Hanna Volodymyrivna, advising her not to resist.[4]

References

1. Ukrainian Official’s Wife’s Anti-LGBT Remarks Cause Public Outrage
2. University Dean Hanna Turchynova Speaks Out Against Anti-Discrimination Reforms
3. Terrorist from Donbas attacks Turchynov's wife in Kyiv in attempt to stab
4. Turchynov’s wife attacked by Donetsk lawyer who asked court to strip Bandera, Shukhevych of Hero of Ukraine titles