Yulia Tymoshenko

Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko (b. November 27, 1960) is a Ukrainian politician, and leader of the All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland", Ukraine's largest opposition party. She was Ukraine's 10th Prime Minister for two terms, and during her holding of the office was one of the most powerful woman in the world. In May of 2010 criminal cases where brought against her. The European Court has found the case concerning a gas deal with Russia to have been politically motivated, and that her rights had been violated. Trials continue as she is held at Central Clinical Hospital No. 5 being treated for a spinal disc herniation.

Political Views
Yulia heads the All-Ukrainian "Fatherland" movement, a collective of opposition parties that carry an air of liberal/moderate conservativism, pro-euopeanism, and populism. Yulia seeks to gain EU membership for Ukraine while at the same time eleminating connections to it's soviet past, such as ending membership in the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazastan, and Russia. Yulia seeks NATO membership for Ukraine. She co-led the Orange Revolution, which was a peaceful practice that rose in response to the nation's 2004 Presidential Election.