:Arseniy Yatsenyuk

Yatsenyuk was born on 22 May 1974, in the Ukrainian SSR's Chernivtsi. His father, historian Petro Ivanovich Yatsenyuk, was a professor at the Faculty of History at Chernivtsi National University and has since become deputy dean of its history faculty. Arseniy's mother, Maria Grigoriievna Yatsenyuk (née Bakaj), has long been a French teacher at area high schools and in the French Department of Foreign Languages at Chernivtsi University.{{cite web|url=http://www.segodnya.ua/news/113544.html|title=Яценюк нашел жену в банке, а с первой красавицей Украины учился в одной школе|author=Чаленко Александр|access-date=October 30, 2014}}[http://parliament2012.com.ua/yatsenyuk-arsenij-petrovich/ Яценюк Арсеній Петрович (Yatsenyuk Arsenij Petrovich)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303164907/http://parliament2012.com.ua/yatsenyuk-arsenij-petrovich/ |date=March 3, 2014 }} at parliament2012.com.ua (in Ukrainian) Yatsenyuk speaks Ukrainian, Russian and English, and has some knowledge of Romanian as well.{{cite web |url=http://www.rbnpress.info/wp/arseni-iateniuk-a-fost-investit-prim-ministru-al-ucrainei-iateniuk-este-din-regiunea-cernauti-cunoscator-al-limbii-romane-si-cu-origini-romanesti/ |title=Arseni Iațeniuk a fost investit Prim-Ministru al Ucrainei. Iațeniuk este din regiunea Cernăuți, cunoscător al limbii române și cu origini românești |date=2014-02-28 |publisher=R.B.N. Press |language=ro}}

According to Yatsenyuk, he comes from a family of ethnic Ukrainians, and is a member of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.[http://frontzmin.ua/mediafiles/pdf/rodynne_derevo.pdf Official website of the "Front for Change" - Arseniy Yatsenyuk Family Tree] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816134755/http://frontzmin.ua/mediafiles/pdf/rodynne_derevo.pdf |date=August 16, 2014}} {{in lang|uk}}
[http://yatsenyuk.org.ua/mediafiles/files/rodynne_derevo.pdf Official website of Arseniy Yatsenyuk - Arseniy Yatsenyuk Family Tree] {{in lang|uk}} He is of partly Romanian ancestry; one of his ancestors was a citizen of Romania from the region around Chernivtsi.{{cite web |url=http://frontzmin.ua/mediafiles/pdf/rodynne_derevo.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-05-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140816134755/http://frontzmin.ua/mediafiles/pdf/rodynne_derevo.pdf |archive-date=August 16, 2014 |df=mdy-all }} Some sources state he was born to a family of ethnic Romanian-Jewish-Ukrainians.[http://politikym.net/biblioteka/knigi_dla_skachivaniya/znamenitue_evrei_ukrainu.pdf Famous Jews of Ukraine] [Знаменитые евреи Украины], by Professor Shimon Dubnov, Rudolf Yakovlevich Mirsky, and Alexander Yakovlevich Naiman, pub 2009, p18-19{{cite web|last=Matveyev|first=Vladimir|title=Ukrainian Jews want mayor charged for slurs|date=August 10, 2009|url=http://www.jta.org/2009/08/10/news-opinion/world/ukrainian-jews-want-mayor-charged-for-slurs|publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency|access-date=27 March 2014}}{{cite web|title=Arseniy Yatsenyuk|url=http://media.mcclatchydc.com/smedia/2014/03/12/19/02/h10XD.So.91.pdf|publisher=McClatchy-Tribune|access-date=16 March 2014|archive-date=16 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316110524/http://media.mcclatchydc.com/smedia/2014/03/12/19/02/h10XD.So.91.pdf|url-status=dead}}UKRAINE: Yatsenyuk capitalises on public discontent (March 9, 2009). Oxford Analytica.{{cite web|last=Judah|first=Ben|title=Ukraine: The Rise of Yatsenyuk|url=http://www.isn.ethz.ch/Digital-Library/Articles/Detail//?lng=en&id=103593|publisher=Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich|access-date=3 March 2014}}{{cite news|last=Salem|first=Harriet|title=Who exactly is governing Ukraine?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/04/who-governing-ukraine-olexander-turchynov|access-date=9 March 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|date=March 4, 2014}} However, Yaakov Bleich, a chief rabbi of Ukraine stated, "Arseniy Yatsenyuk is not Jewish."[http://www.jta.org/news/article/2009/08/10/1007138/ukrainian-mayor-reportedly-makes-anti-semitic-statements Ukrainian Jews want mayor charged for slurs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531124316/http://www.jta.org/news/article/2009/08/10/1007138/ukrainian-mayor-reportedly-makes-anti-semitic-statements |date=May 31, 2012}}, Jewish Telegraphic Agency (August 10, 2009) Furthermore, Anna Rudnitskaya said, "[Yatsenyuk's] hypothetical Jewishness was never established."{{cite web|last=Rudnitskaya|first=Anna|title=Change For Ukraine, But Likely Not For Jews Yanukovich's victory welcomed cautiously by community.|url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/international/change_ukraine_likely_not_jews|date=25 February 2010|access-date=26 March 2014|work=The Jewish Weekly|archive-date=19 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419191709/http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/international/change_ukraine_likely_not_jews|url-status=dead}}

After Yatsenyuk began studying at Chernivtsi University in 1992, he set up a student law firm.{{cite news |url=http://www.radiosvoboda.org/article/2007/3/E20D56FB-35AB-45FF-B828-4059B380BA3B.html |title=Biography from Radio Svoboda |newspaper=Радіо Свобода |date=2007-03-21 |publisher=Radio Svoboda |language=uk |last1=Свобода |first1=Радіо }} Yatsenyuk graduated from the university in 1996, and later attended the Chernivtsi Trade-Economics Institute of the Kyiv National Trade-Economics Institute in 2001.{{cite web|url=http://file.liga.net/person/728-arsenii-yacenuk.html|script-title=ru:Яценюк Арсений Петрович|work=Информационно-аналитический центр "ЛІГА"|language=ru}} In addition to holding a law degree and a master's degree in accounting and auditing, Yatsenyuk also earned a Ph.D. in economics from the Ukrainian Academy of Banking of the National Bank of Ukraine.{{cite news|last=Herszenhorn|first=David|title=Leading Ukraine, a Technocrat Encircled by Problems|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/13/world/europe/ukraine-acting-prime-minister-arseniy-yatsenyuk.html|access-date=12 March 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=12 March 2014}}

From December 1992 to September 1997, Yatsenyuk was the president of Yurek Ltd., a law firm based in Chernivtsi. From January 1998 until September 2001, Yatsenyuk worked in the Aval bank, based in Kyiv. From November 2003 to February 2005, Yatsenyuk served as the first vice-president of the National Bank of Ukraine under Serhiy Tihipko. After Tihipko left the National Bank, Arseniy Yatsenyuk was put in charge of it.

From September until November 2001, Yatsenyuk served as an acting Minister of Economy of Crimea, and from November of the same year until January 2003, served as the official Minister of Economy of Crimea.

After Vasyl Tsushko was appointed as the new Governor of Odesa Oblast, Tsushko asked Yatsenyuk to serve as his vice-governor, which he served from 9 March to September 2005.

From 27 September 2005 to 4 August 2006, he served as the Minister of Economy of Ukraine in the Yekhanurov Government.{{Cite Ukrainian law|type=Presidential decree|number=1372/2005|law=1372/2005|name=On the appointment of A. Yatsenyuk as the Minister of Economics of Ukraine|date=2005-09-27}}

Yatsenyuk then headed talks about Ukrainian membership in the World Trade Organization. For example he signed the U.S. – Ukraine WTO Bilateral Market Access Agreement,{{cite news |title=Remarks of U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman And Ukraine Minister of Economy Arseniy Yatsenyuk Signing Ceremony of the U.S. – Ukraine WTO Bilateral Market Access Agreement Washington, D.C. March 6, 2006 |url=https://ustr.gov/archive/assets/Document_Library/Transcripts/2006/March/asset_upload_file745_9112.pdf |publisher=US Trade Representative |date=6 March 2006}} a precursor agreement that paved the way to the full accession of Ukraine on 16 May 2008.{{cite web|url=http://wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/org6_e.htm|title=Members and Observers|publisher=World Trade Organization|date=24 August 2012|access-date=10 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910105304/http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/org6_e.htm|archive-date=10 September 2011|url-status=live}}

From 20 September 2006, he served as the first vice-president of the Head of Secretariat of the President of Ukraine, and the representative of the president in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.{{Cite Ukrainian law|type=Presidential decree|number=765/2006|law=765/2006|name=On the appointment of A. Yatsenyuk as the First Vice-president of the Head of Secretariat of the President of Ukraine — Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine|date=2006-09-20}}

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Yatsenyuk was proposed for the post of Foreign Minister by the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko. Yatsenyuk was confirmed by the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) on 21 March 2007

{{Cite Ukrainian law|type=Order of Verkhovna Rada|number=792-V|law=792-16|name=On appointment of Arseniy Yatsenyuk as Minister of Foreign Affairs|date=2007-03-21}} with 426 votes (from 450 maximum).{{cite web|url=http://gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/radac_gs09/g_frack_list_n?ident=3173&krit=66|title=Result of voting on appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs|date=2007-03-21|language=uk|access-date=March 28, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930220941/http://gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/radac_gs09/g_frack_list_n?ident=3173&krit=66|archive-date=September 30, 2007|url-status=dead}}

In his April 2007 remarks made to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace he commented that the Ukrainian transition to a market economy was a success.{{cite news |title=UKRAINE: CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS AND FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES |url=https://carnegieendowment.org/files/YATSENYUK.pdf |publisher=CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE |date=30 April 2007}}

In July 2007 while he was still Foreign Minister, Yatsenuk started the Open Ukraine Foundation, which he intended to become an international foundation for the "strengthening and development of Ukraine's reputation in the world."

In the early parliamentary elections held on 30 September 2007, Yatsenyuk was elected to the parliament from Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc (number 3 in the bloc's member list). On 3 December 2007, he was nominated for the position of the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada from the democratic coalition formed from the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL0309501320071203?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&sp=true|title=Ukraine minister gets "orange" OK for speaker job|work=Reuters |date=2007-12-03}} On 4 December 2007, Yatsenyuk was elected the chairman of the Parliament.{{Cite Ukrainian law|type=Order of Verkhovna Rada|number=5-VI|law=5-17|name=On the Head of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine|date=2007-12-04}} His candidacy was the only one in the ballot, and he obtained 227 votes in favor (from the democratic coalition; opposition abstained from the voting).{{cite news|url=http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2007/12/4/67852.htm|title=Yatsenyuk – Speaker|work=Ukrayinska Pravda|date=2007-12-04|language=uk}}

In early 2008, Yatsenyuk co-wrote along with Tymoshenko and Yushchenko the so-called "letter of three" to NATO, in which they asked for a Membership Action Plan with a view to joining the Alliance.{{cite news |title=Crisis, Ukraine-NATO: what did Ukraine experience in 2008 |url=https://uatv.ua/en/crisis-ukraine-nato-what-did-ukraine-experience-in-2008/ |publisher=UATV |date=5 October 2021}}{{cite news |title=Ukraine applied to join NATO in 2008, application not withdrawn, final decision on country's entry should now be made by NATO members – Stefanishyna |url=https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/833852.html |publisher=Interfax-Ukraine |date=21 May 2022}} At the beginning of 2008 the work of the Rada was blocked for two months due, according to at least one observer, to this letter.

During the Ukrainian political crises of September 2008 Yatsenyuk offered his resignation on 17 September 2008. A vote on his dismissal on 11 November 2008, was declared invalid by the counting commission of the Parliament{{cite news|url=http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/162279.html|title=Rada Vote Counting Commission Finds Vote To Dismiss Yatsenyuk Invalid|agency=Ukrainian News Agency|date=November 11, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120917142926/http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/162279.html|archive-date=September 17, 2012|df=mdy-all}}{{cite news|url=http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/162149.html|title=Yatsenyuk Might Withdraw His Request Of Resignation If Rada Refuses To Satisfy It|agency=Ukrainian News Agency|date=November 11, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913100048/http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/162149.html|archive-date=September 13, 2012|df=mdy-all}} (the vote was proposed by opposition party Party of Regions).{{cite news|url=http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/162039.html|title=BYT Against Dismissal Of Yatsenyuk|agency=Ukrainian News Agency|date=November 11, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120918103305/http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/162039.html|archive-date=September 18, 2012|df=mdy-all}}

On 12 November 2008, a total of 233 of 226 required deputies satisfied the resignation statement of Yatsenyuk and thus dismissed him from his post of Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada.{{cite news|url=http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/162408.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914071913/http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/162408.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 September 2012 |title=Rada Dismisses Yatsenyuk |agency=Ukrainian News Agency |date=12 November 2008}}{{cite news|url=http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/162539.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105132048/http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/162539.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 January 2013 |title=President Yushchenko: Dismissal Of Yatsenyuk Aimed Against Stabilization Of Situation In Country |agency=Ukrainian News Agency |date=12 November 2008}} The voting was carried out through the parliaments voting system and not by means of secret ballots, as stipulated by the parliamentary regulations.{{cite news|url=http://www.unian.net/eng/news/news-283991.html|title=Verkhovna Rada ousts Yatsenyuk as Speaker|agency=Ukrainian Independent Information Agency|date=12 November 2008}} After his dismissal Yatsenyuk told journalists that he will form a new political force "for change in the country."{{cite news|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/nation/30859|title=Speaker resigns, Rada accepts|work=Kyiv Post|date=12 November 2008}}{{subscription required}}{{cite news|url=http://www.unian.net/eng/news/news-278693.html|title=Yatsenyuk's party to differ from Blend-a-med|agency=Ukrainian Independent Information Agency|date=15 October 2008}}

On 21 November 2008, Yatsenyuk was also dismissed by President Viktor Yushchenko from the National Security and Defense Council.{{cite news|url=http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/164262.html|title=Yuschenko Withdraws Yatsenyuk From NSDC|agency=Ukrainian News Agency|date=November 21, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120915050044/http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/164262.html|archive-date=September 15, 2012|df=mdy-all}}

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On 16 December 2008, Yatsenyuk announced plans to create a political party on basis of the Front of Changes public initiative.{{cite news|url=http://www.unian.net/eng/news/news-290332.html|title=Yatsenyuk to create political party |agency=Ukrainian Independent Information Agency|date=2008-12-16}}{{cite web |url=http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vnd2007/W6P406?PT001F01=600&pf7171=189 |title=Election list of the party (bloc) |work=Central Election Commission of Ukraine |access-date=2007-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607110325/http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vnd2007/W6P406?PT001F01=600&pf7171=189 |archive-date=7 June 2011 |url-status=dead }} In an interview with Den on 4 February 2009, he claimed to have no allies among the contemporary politicians.[http://www.unian.net/eng/news/news-298867.html Yatsenyuk says he has no allies among Ukrainian politicians], Ukrainian Independent Information Agency (4 February 2009) Polls held in the last months of 2008 suggested a political party led by Yatsenyuk would pass the 3 percent election threshold in a Ukrainian parliamentary election.BYT, Regions Party, Communist Party, Bloc Of Lytvyn, And Bloc Of Yatsenyuk Might Override 3% Election Threshold, According To FOM-Ukraine Poll, Ukrainian News Agency (26 November 2008){{cite web|url=http://www.uceps.org/news.php?news_id=140|title=Razumkov Centre|author=Sparkle Design Studio|access-date=October 30, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913072213/http://www.uceps.org/news.php?news_id=140|archive-date=September 13, 2012|df=mdy-all}}{{Cite web |date=18 January 2009 |title=Yanukovych's Party Leads in Ukraine |url=http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/32639/yanukovychs_party_leads_in_ukraine |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119064840/http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/32639/yanukovychs_party_leads_in_ukraine |archive-date=19 January 2009 |website=Angus Reid Institute}}

On 5 April 2009, Yatsenyuk announced his candidacy for President of Ukraine in the next presidential election.{{cite news|title=Yatsenyuk will be on the ballot for the office of President of Ukraine|url=http://korrespondent.net/ukraine/politics/795471|work=Korrespondent.net|date=5 April 2009|access-date=2009-04-07| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090407000347/http://korrespondent.net/ukraine/politics/795471| archive-date= April 7, 2009 | url-status= live}} During the election, campaign fellow candidate Serhiy Ratushniak repeatedly insulted Yatsenyuk because of his alleged Jewish roots. Among other things, Ratushniak called Yatsenyuk an "impudent little Jew" who was "successfully serving the thieves who are in power in Ukraine and is using criminal money to plough ahead towards Ukraine's presidency."[http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1258027306987&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull Anti-Semitic Ukraine mayor to run for president]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, The Jerusalem Post (November 17, 2009)

Yatsenyuk's presidential campaign was estimated to cost about $60–$70 million. When Yatsenyuk billboards first appeared around Ukraine at the end of June 2009, Yatsenyuk was depicted as a military-style leader, while his previous image was that of a "young liberal". Some analysts think that this did not help the campaign.[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/53251/ Paid advisers descend on candidates, nation], Kyiv Post (November 19, 2009){{subscription required}} On 13 January 2010, Yatsenyuk stated that his election campaign had cost ₴80 million and that "The number of my advertising posters is ten times less than that of all of my political opponents"; Yatsenyuk claimed that funds from his election budget were mainly spent on his appearances on television.[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/56928/ Yatsenyuk spends Hr 80 million on his election campaign], Kyiv Post (13 January 2010){{subscription required}}

After the elections, Yatsenyuk wanted to dissolve the Verkhovna Rada because, in his view, it would prevent him from working. He also stated in November 2009 that the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and the Party of Regions were "almost a single whole".[http://www.interfax.com.ua/eng/main/25823/ Yatsenyuk proposes referendum on switch to open-list elections to parliament] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091124234448/http://www.interfax.com.ua/eng/main/25823/ |date=24 November 2009 }}, Interfax-Ukraine (November 23, 2009)[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/54524/ Yatsenyuk says Tymoshenko, Yanukovych will unite if parliament not dissolved], Kyiv Post (December 7, 2009){{subscription required}}

In late November 2009, he stated he was not interested in "using his votes as bargaining material" for a high political post.[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/53885/ Yatsenyuk not interested in becoming prime minister], Kyiv Post (November 29, 2009){{subscription required}}

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On 21 February 2010, President Yanukovych offered three candidates for Prime Minister of Ukraine: Serhiy Tihipko, Yatsenyuk and Party of Regions lawmaker Mykola Azarov.[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/60468/ Yanukovych has yet to secure ruling majority in parliament], Kyiv Post (February 25, 2010){{subscription required}} However, Yatsenyuk declined this proposal to hold a high post in the new cabinet after the Ukrainian parliament adopted an amendment on 9 March 2010, which enabled independent lawmakers to take part in forming a majority coalition, instead of only parliamentary factions; Yatsenyuk disapproved of this amendment.{{cn|date=March 2023}} Instead he called for early parliamentary elections: "Unconstitutional attempts by parliamentarians to form a coalition and a government would deepen the political crisis and the crisis of statehood as such".[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/61239/ Yatsenyuk proposes early parliamentary elections], Kyiv Post (March 8, 2010){{subscription required}} To be premier in a coalition with communists was unacceptable for Yatsenyuk.[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/61355/20/page/1/#comment-47294 Yatsenyuk: I don't want to be premier in coalition without clear ideological principles], Kyiv Post (March 10, 2010){{subscription required}} Yatsenyuk formed an oppositional government in March 2010, next to another oppositional government headed by Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko, opposing the Azarov Government.[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/61997/ Yatsenyuk to introduce his oppositional government by end March], Kyiv Post (March 18, 2010){{subscription required}} In April 2010, Yatsenyuk was officially chosen as party leader of Front for Change; by that time the public initiative had become a political party also.[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/63746/ Justice Ministry: Yatsenyuk registered as Front for Change party leader], Kyiv Post (April 12, 2009){{subscription required}}

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During the October 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Yatsenyuk competed on a party list based on the party All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland".{{in lang|uk}} [http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2012/04/7/6962306/ "ФРОНТ ЗМІН" ІДЕ Вd РАДУ З "БАТЬКІВЩИНОЮ"], Ukrayinska Pravda (7 mApril 2012)
[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/125648/j Yatsenyuk wants to meet with Tymoshenko to discuss reunion of opposition], Kyiv Post (7 Aprilbbbb 2012{{subscription required}})[http://www.kyivpost.com/content/politics/process-of-unification-of-opposition-finished-says.html Process of unification of opposition finished, says Yatsenyuk], Kyiv Post (4 July 2012){{subscription required}} Yatsenyuk stressed in April 2012 "Front of Changes existed and will exist" but also hinted the same month the alliance could lay basis for one single party.{{in lang|uk}} [http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2012/04/7/6962306/ "ФРОНТ ЗМІН" ІДЕ В РАДУ З "БАТЬКІВЩИНОЮ"], Ukrayinska Pravda (7 April 2012)
[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/125648/ Yatsenyuk wants to meet with Tymoshenko to discuss reunion of opposition], Kyiv Post (7 April 2012{{subscription required}})[http://www.kyivpost.com/content/politics/unification-of-opposition-could-lay-basis-for-sing.html Unification of opposition could lay basis for single party, says Yatsenyuk], Kyiv Post (23 April 2012){{subscription required}}

The party competed on one single party under "umbrella" party "Fatherland", together with several other parties, during the October 2012 parliamentary elections.{{in lang|uk}} [https://archive.today/20121205035942/http://www.day.kiev.ua/3047200 Соціально-християнська партія вирішила приєднатися до об'єднаної опозиції], Den (newspaper) (24 April 2012)[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/123555/ Opposition to form single list to participate in parliamentary elections], Kyiv Post (2 March 2012)
{{in lang|uk}} [http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2012/04/7/6962306/ "ФРОНТ ЗМІН" ІДЕ В РАДУ З "БАТЬКІВЩИНОЮ"], Ukrayinska Pravda (7 April 2012)
[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/125648/ Yatsenyuk wants to meet with Tymoshenko to discuss reunion of opposition], Kyiv Post (7 April 2012){{in lang|uk}} [http://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2012/04/23/6963276/ Tymoshenko and Yatsenyuk united ("Тимошенко та Яценюк об'єдналися")], Ukrayinska Pravda (23 April 2012)[http://www.kyivpost.com/content/politics/civil-position-party-joins-ukraines-united-opposit.html Civil Position party joins Ukraine's united opposition], Kyiv Post (20 June 2012){{subscription required}}[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/120987/ Ukrainian opposition parties agree to form single list for 2012 elections], Kyiv Post (23 January 2012){{subscription required}}{{cite news|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/123555/|title=Oppositon [sic] to form single list to participate in parliamentary elections|work=Kyiv Post|date=2 March 2012|url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826035632/http://www.kyivpost.com/content/politics/oppositon-to-form-single-list-to-participate-in-pa-123555.html|archive-date=August 26, 2014 }} During the election, this list won 62 seats (25.55% of the votes) under the proportional party-list system and another 39 by winning 39 simple-majority constituencies; a total of 101 seats in Parliament.{{in lang|uk}} [http://www.cvk.gov.ua/vnd2012/wp300pt001f01=900.html Proportional votes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030000000/http://www.cvk.gov.ua/vnd2012/wp300pt001f01%3D900.html |date=October 30, 2012 }} & [http://www.cvk.gov.ua/vnd2012/wp039pt001f01=900.html Constituency seats] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105073259/http://www.cvk.gov.ua/vnd2012/wp039pt001f01%3D900.html |date=November 5, 2012 }}, Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine
[http://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2012/10/29/6975859/ % of total seats], Ukrayinska Pravda Yatsenyuk headed this election list because "Fatherland"-leader Yulia Tymoshenko was imprisoned.[http://ukrainianweek.com/Politics/58995 They Call Themselves the Opposition], The Ukrainian Week (31 August 2012){{in lang|uk}} [http://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2012/11/11/6977259/ Список депутатів нової Верховної Ради], Ukrayinska Pravda (11 November 2012) Yatsenyuk was elected leader of the parliamentary faction of "Fatherland" on 12 December 2012.[http://www.kyivpost.com/content/politics/five-factions-including-communist-party-registered-in-parliament-317535.html Five factions, including Communist Party, registered in parliament], Kyiv Post (12 December 2012){{subscription required}}

On 15 June 2013, his Front for Change (party) merged into "Fatherland".

File:Opposition leaders by the Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday.jpg and Oleh Tyahnybok, addressing demonstrators, 27 November 2013]]

On 25 January 2014, Yatsenyuk was offered the post of prime minister by President Viktor Yanukovych but refused due to unmet demands. Yatsenyuk said the people should be making a decision for the future of Ukraine, not the present government officials.{{cite web|title=Ukraine Parliamentary Leader Yatsenyuk Refuses PM Post |url=http://www.dailytrendingsearch.com/ukraine-parliamentary-leader-yatsenyuk-refuses-pm-post/ |date=27 January 2014 |website=Daily Trending Search |access-date=27 January 2014}}

{{Main|First Yatsenyuk government|Second Yatsenyuk government}}

Yatsenyuk was designated as the new prime minister of the Yatsenyuk Government following the 2014 Ukrainian revolution that removed former president Viktor Yanukovych from power. The new government was sworn in on 27 February 2014.[http://en.itar-tass.com/world/721259 Verkhovna Rada approved composition of new government], Information Telegraph Agency of Russia (27 February 2014) After his appointment, Yatsenyuk started to distance himself and his government from Russia, which accepted Crimea as an integral part of the Russian Federation after a disputed referendum there in response to the insurrection on Maidan Square and the ouster of Yanukovych. He described his government as being on a "kamikaze" mission.{{Cite news |last1 = Krasnolutska |first1 = Daryna |last2 = Seputyte |first2 = Milda |last3 = Eglitis |first3 = Aaron |date = 28 February 2014 |title = Ukraine Premier Starts 'Kamikaze' Mission as Crimea Erupts |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-27/ukraine-premier-starts-kamikaze-mission-as-crimea-anger-flares.html |publisher = Bloomberg L.P. |access-date = 15 April 2014 }}{{Cite news |last1 = Zinets |first1 = Natalia |last2 = Balmforth |first2 = Richard |last3 = Ingrassia |first3 = Paul |date = 4 April 2014 |title = Ukraine PM says will stick to austerity despite Moscow pressure |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-Yatsenyuk-idUSBREA330MN20140404 |work = Reuters |access-date = 15 April 2014 }}

On 21 March 2014, Ukraine signed the political part of the Association Agreement with European Union{{cite web |url=http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/ukraine/documents/association_agreement/aa_en.pdf |title=eeas.europa.eu: "Signatures of the political provisions of the Association Agreement" 21 Mar 2014 |access-date=May 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305005900/http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/ukraine/documents/association_agreement/aa_en.pdf |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |url-status=dead }} with the economical part of the treaty to be signed after the presidential election in May 2014.{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-sign-political-aspects-eu-pact-friday-165605035.html|title=Ukraine to sign political aspects of EU pact on Friday|agency=Reuters|date=2014-03-17|access-date=2014-03-19}}{{cite news|last=Croft|first=Adrian|title=European Union signs landmark association agreement with Ukraine|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-eu-agreement-idUSBREA2K0JY20140321|work=Reuters|date=March 21, 2014}} The day before, Yatsenyuk was replaced (due to his new position) as his party's faction leader in parliament by Sergei Sobolev.File:P031214PS-0710 (14104760453).jpg talks with Arseniy Yatsenyuk in the Oval Office, 12 March 2014.]]

On 24 July 2014, Yatsenyuk announced that he was resigning from the post of prime minister immediately.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/25/world/europe/ukraine-parliament-takes-step-toward-elections.html|title=Ukraine Prime Minister Resigns, as Kiev Moves Toward Elections|work=The New York Times|access-date=24 July 2014|first=David M.|last=Herszenhorn|date=July 24, 2014}} Earlier that day the coalition supporting his Yatsenyuk Government had collapsed,[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/215293.html Rada speaker announces dissolution of parliamentary coalition], Interfax-Ukraine (24 July 2014) after parliament failed to pass legislation to increase military financing and regulate energy matters. Yatsenyuk had told parliament "History will not forgive us ... how are we to pay wages, how are we tomorrow morning going to send fuel for armoured vehicles, how will we pay those families who have lost soldiers, to look after the army?"{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/24/ukrainian-prime-minister-arseny-Yatsenyuk-resigns |title=Ukrainian prime minister Arseny Yatsenyuk resigns |author=Shaun Walker |newspaper=The Guardian |date=24 July 2014 |access-date=6 August 2014}} During his announcement of resignation in parliament Yatsenyuk hinted that the coalition had collapsed because politicians did not want to be seen involved in making budget cuts and had thus placed "political interest above the fate of the country"; according to him this was "a moral and an ethical crime".[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/215330.html Yatsenyuk says collapse of Rada coalition means failure to pass laws on filling budget], Interfax-Ukraine (24 July 2014) However, his resignation had yet to be officially accepted by parliament and they did not do this the day after his resignation.[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/215455.html Yatsenyuk's statement of resignation sent to parliament - Hroisman], Interfax-Ukraine (25 July 2014) Instead MPs decided that their next meeting will be on 31 July 2014.{{in lang|uk}} [http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/07/25/7033029/ On Thursday, the Council will meet for a partially closed meeting], Ukrayinska Pravda (25 July 2014)

On 25 July 2014, the remainder of Cabinet had appointed Deputy Prime Minister for Regional Policy – Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine Volodymyr Hroisman as acting prime minister.[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/215395.html Government adopts resolution appointing Hroisman as Ukraine's acting PM], Interfax-Ukraine (25 July 2014)
[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/215364.html Deputy PM Hroisman appointed Ukraine's acting premier, says Avakov], Interfax-Ukraine (25 July 2014)

On 31 July 2014, the Verkhovna Rada declined his resignation because only 16 (of the 450) MPs voted for his resignation.[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/216286.html Rada expresses confidence in PM Yatsenyuk], Interfax-Ukraine (31 July 2014)

In September 2014, Yatsenyuk started the new party People's Front.{{in lang|uk}}[http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/09/10/7037335/ Yatsenyuk became a leader of the "People's Front" political council, while Turchynov is a head of its headquarters]. Ukrayinska Pravda. 10 September 2014
[http://en.ria.ru/world/20140910/192809518/Ukrainian-PM-Parliament-Speaker-to-Head-Newly-Formed-Popular.html Ukrainian PM, Parliament Speaker to Head Newly Formed Popular Front Party] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911002115/http://en.ria.ru/world/20140910/192809518/Ukrainian-PM-Parliament-Speaker-to-Head-Newly-Formed-Popular.html |date=11 September 2014 }}, RIA Novosti (10 September 2014) The party won 82 seats in the August 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-25/ukraine-president-poroshenko-calls-snap-general-election.html Ukraine President Poroshenko Calls Snap General Election], Bloomberg News (25 August 2014){{cite web|url=https://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/reform-watch/poroshenko-and-yatsenyuks-parties-maneuver-for-lead-role-in-coalition-369983.html|title=Poroshenko and Yatsenyuk's parties maneuver for lead role in coalition - Oct. 29, 2014|date=October 29, 2014}}

File:Baiden_Yatsenyuk.jpg and Arseniy Yatsenyuk]]

Yatsenyuk was confirmed as prime minister at the first session of the new parliament by 341 votes.[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/236676.html Ukrainian parliament appoints Yatsenyuk prime minister], Interfax-Ukraine (27 November 2014)

In July 2015 Yatsenyuk announced with Canadian prime minister Steven Harper the successful conclusion of the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement.{{cite news |last1=Milewski |first1=Terry |title=Canada-Ukraine trade deal announced by Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Stephen Harper |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-ukraine-trade-deal-announced-by-arseniy-yatsenyuk-stephen-harper-1.3149875 |publisher=CBC |date=13 July 2015}}

February 2016 saw the start of Yatsenyuk's downfall as the Prime Minister of Ukraine after economy minister Aivaras Abromavičius announced his resignation claiming the government did not have a real commitment to fight corruption.{{cite web|url=https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/why-do-ukraine-s-reform-ministers-keep-quitting/|title=Why do Ukraine's Reform Ministers Keep Quitting?|date=February 3, 2016}} On 16 February 2016, President Petro Poroshenko asked Yatsenyuk to resign{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35585651|title=Ukraine crisis: Poroshenko asks PM Yatsenyuk to resign|work=BBC News|date=February 16, 2016}} and later on the same day, the Ukrainian parliament voted to find the work the Ukrainian cabinet was doing under Yatsenyuk unsatisfactory, but rejected calls for a vote of no confidence.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35591605|title=Ukraine crisis: PM Yatsenyuk survives no-confidence vote|work=BBC News|date=February 16, 2016}} On 17 and 18 February 2016, Fatherland and Self Reliance left the coalition supporting Yatsenyuk's government, meaning the coalition became 5 deputies short of the 226 needed.[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/325715.html Samopomich pulls out from ruling coalition in parliamen], Interfax-Ukraine (18 February 2016)
{{in lang|uk}} [http://pda.pravda.com.ua/news/id_7099477/ "Self" comes from the coalition], Ukrayinska Pravda (18 February 2016)[http://www.unian.info/politics/1267671-batkivschyna-faction-pulls-out-of-coalition.html Batkivschyna faction pulls out of coalition], UNIAN (17 February 2016)
[http://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/ukraine-politics/batkivshchyna-faction-leaves-ruling-coalition-408285.html Batkivshchyna faction leaves ruling coalition], Kyiv Post (17 February 2016)

On 10 April 2016, Yatsenyuk announced that he would report to parliament on 12 April and resign as prime minister.[http://www.unian.info/politics/1315050-ukrainian-pm-yatsenyuk-resigns.html Ukrainian PM Yatsenyuk resigns], UNIAN (10 April 2016)
[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36010511 Ukraine Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk to resign], BBC News (10 April 2016) But parliament did not hold a vote on his resignation that day because (Yatsenyuk's party) People's Front and Petro Poroshenko Bloc could not agree on the forming of a new government.[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36020548 Ukraine: Lawmakers end session without new PM vote], BBC News (12 April 2016) On 14 April 2016, parliament did hold a vote on his resignation resulting in Yatsenyuk being replaced by the new prime minister, Volodymyr Groysman, and his Groysman government. Yatsenyuk's party’s People's Front remains in the coalition because (according to Yatsenyuk) "today it is the only way to defend the state".{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/10/ukraines-prime-minister-arseniy-yatsenyuk-quits|title=Ukraine's prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk quits|website=The Guardian|date=April 10, 2016}}

File:Arsenij Jazenjuk MSC 2017 (cropped).jpg 2017]]

On 2 December 2016 Oleksandr Onyshchenko, former Ukrainian MP, told The Independent that he had organized and funded a smear campaign against Yatsenyuk and his government (in Onyshchenko’s own words, with “$30 million” of unclear origin). According to Onyshchenko, then-President Poroshenko has initiated this anti-Yatsenyuk defamation campaign, and benefited from it politically.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/politician-makes-claims-vast-corruption-ukraine-a7452961.html|title = Politician makes claims of vast corruption in Ukraine|website = The Independent|date = December 2, 2016}}

In August 2017, Yatsenyuk acquired 30% of Goldberry LLC, the owner of Espreso TV.[https://ukraine.mom-rsf.org/en/media/detail/outlet/espreso-tv/ Espreso TV], {{ill|Institute of Mass Information|uk|Інститут масової інформації}}
[https://ukraine.mom-rsf.org/en/owners/companies/detail/company/company/show/goldberry-llc/ Goldberry LLC], {{ill|Institute of Mass Information|uk|Інститут масової інформації}} In December 2017, Yatsenyuk sold his share of the Espresso TV channel to an American company.[https://espreso.tv/news/2017/12/30/zayava_quotespresoquot_schodo_zminy_struktury_vlasnosti Заява "Еспресо" щодо зміни структури власності]

In 2020, using the Index for Monitoring Reforms, {{ill|VoxUkraine|uk|VoxUkraine}} compared the performance of the last four Ukrainian Cabinets. VoxUkraine claimed that Yatsenyuk’s second government had made the most progress in governmental reforms, including anti-corruption ones, as laws on a number of anti-corruption bodies were adopted at that time.{{cite web|url=https://voxukraine.org/en/which-cabinet-of-ministers-has-been-implementing-reforms-more-effectively/|title = Four Cabinets of Ministers After Euromaidan: The Path of Reforms | VoxUkraine}}

During the Prelude to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Yatsenyuk called Russia the "biggest threat" and criticized Zelenskyy's handling of the crisis.{{cite news |last1=Schwirtz |first1=Michael |title=As West Warns of Russian Attack, Ukraine Sends Different Message |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/25/world/europe/ukraine-russia-invasion.html |access-date=26 January 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=25 January 2022}}

On the July 2022 signing of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, Yatsenyuk told Times Radio that "I don't trust any kind of deal signed with the Russian Federation, we had dozens of different deals, and they always violate them."{{cite news |title='I don't trust any deals with Russia' : Arseniy Yatsenyuk |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pPEca1m9Oo |agency=YouTube |publisher=Times Radio |date=22 July 2022}} And within hours after Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu's signature on the UN-brokered deal to resume Ukraine’s Black Sea grain exports, a missile had hit the Port of Odesa.{{cite news |title=Ukraine War: Missiles hit Odesa hours after grain agreement |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgVplcsjxRc |agency=YouTube |publisher=Sky News |date=23 July 2022}}{{cite news |title=UN officials announce grain exports deal with Russia, Ukraine and Turkey |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220722-live-ukraine-ports-to-reopen-after-grain-export-deal-with-russia-says-turkey |publisher=FRANCE 24 |date=22 July 2022}}

In his August 2022 Times Radio interview Yatsenyuk alleged that the Russian Armed Forces intended to use the winter weather against Ukraine. At the time, Russia controlled almost half of the Ukrainian energy supply when the Russian seizure of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was added to their control of the Naftogaz supply.{{cite news |title='I don't trust any word of Putin. Any. Any single word.' |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUp8oDBdt7A |agency=YouTube |publisher=Times Radio |date=14 August 2022}}

File:Condolisa_Rice,_Jeorge_W._Bush,_and_Arseniy_Yatsenyuk.jpg, Condoleezza Rice, and Arseniy Yatsenyuk in January 2007]]

{{Quote box|width=32%|align=left|quote=“Ukraine is still not a democracy”|source=Yatsenyuk during the Yalta European Strategy conference 2011, when Viktor Yanukovych was the President of Ukraine[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/113017/ Yatsenyuk: Ukraine is still not a democracy], Kyiv Post (September 17, 2011){{subscription required}}}}

In 2009 Yatsenyuk made clear that he does not want Russian to become the second state language in Ukraine.[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/53849/ Yatsenyuk: Ukrainian must be only state language in Ukraine], Kyiv Post (November 28, 2009){{subscription required}}

As early as 2012 Yatsenyuk wanted European Union membership for Ukraine.[http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/Yatsenyuk-prosecution-of-tymoshenko-lutsenko-hinders-ukraine-eu-integration-317116.html Yatsenyuk:Prosecution of Tymoshenko, Lutsenko hinders Ukraine-EU integration], Kyiv Post (4 December 2012){{subscription required}} and he sees this "because this means standards and values – a [high] level of education, medical treatment, pensions, employment, freedoms, new technologies, and progress". Yatsenyuk stated late 2009 that in its relations with the European Union, Ukraine should have a visa-free regime with EU countries.[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/54561/ Yatsenyuk: meaningless foreign policy has been conducted over whole period of Ukraine's independence], Kyiv Post (December 8, 2009){{subscription required}} Yatsenyuk stated on 20 April 2012 that it was clear to him that the European Union will not sign the association agreement "until fully fledged democracy is resumed in Ukraine, free and fair elections are held, and the political persecution of opponents is stopped in Ukraine".[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/126359/ Yatsenyuk: No EU association agreement without fully fledged democracy in Ukraine], Kyiv Post (20 April 2012){{subscription required}}

File:YatsenyukCabMinBlockage 02.JPG: the blockade of the Government of Ukraine, December 2013]]

In 2012 Yatsenyuk registered that he disfavoured Ukraine joining the Eurasian Customs Union; according to him "Ukraine's joining the Customs Union means the restoration of the Soviet Union in a slightly different form and with a different name. But this means that the country will become a part of the Russian empire. We know history. We have been there and we don't want to return there".

On 21 August 2013, Yatsenyuk stated "Russia has decided for some reason that it can be the architect of a new Berlin Wall. And, according to Russia’s design, this wall should appear at the border between Ukraine and the European Union".[http://www.interfax.co.uk/ukraine-news/Yatsenyuk-russia-plays-its-last-card-by-banning-ukrainian-exports/ Yatsenyuk: Russia plays its last card by banning Ukrainian exports], Interfax-Ukraine (21 August 2013)

In November 2009 Yatsenyuk favoured the creation of a special "vice prime minister for Crimean issues".[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/52521/ Yatsenyuk: Crimea should become 'Ukrainian Hong Kong'], Kyiv Post (November 11, 2009){{subscription required}}

In April 2010 Yatsenyuk called for the Kharkiv Pact for the lease of the naval base in Sebastopol not to be endorsed by parliament. It was signed in April 2010 by then-president Viktor Yanukovych. The Russian lease on naval facilities in Crimea would be extended beyond 2017 by 25 years with an additional five-year renewal option (to 2042–47) in exchange for a multiyear discounted contract to provide Ukraine with Russian natural gas.[http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/deal-struck-on-gas-black-sea-fleet/404501.html Deal Struck on Gas, Black Sea Fleet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423073455/http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/deal-struck-on-gas-black-sea-fleet/404501.html |date=23 April 2010 }}, Moscow Times (April 21, 2010)[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/64702/ Yatsenyuk calls on president not to submit Russian naval base deal to parliament for ratification], Kyiv Post (April 22, 2010){{subscription required}}[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/65154/ Agreement on Black Sea Fleet may be denounced, says Yatsenyuk], Kyiv Post (April 27, 2010){{subscription required}}

In November 2009, Yatsenyuk stated that Ukraine's shadow economy "is a part of the current political system in Ukraine and that's why taking business out of the shadows will only be possible via a change in this system". In November 2009 he said that his most difficult task if elected President would be "to break the political clan system that has been built up over the last 18 years".[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/53178/ Yatsenyuk: Business will come out of shadows only via change of political system], Kyiv Post (November 19, 2009){{subscription required}} Yatsenyuk wants to create a common energy company with European Union countries and Russia.

File:Arseniy Yatsenyuk awarding wounded volunteers.jpg]]

According to Yatsenyuk in 2010, it would be impossible to fight corruption without changing the country's system of government, "The system of government in Ukraine has in fact remained the same as it was under the Soviet Union".[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/64389/ Yatsenyuk sees no prospects for reforming Ukraine without fight against corruption], Kyiv Post (April 19, 2010){{subscription required}}

In late July 2010, Yatsenyuk wrote a draft law which proposed to fine officials for violating the law "On Appeals by Citizens", thus holding officials personally accountable for ignoring the complaints of citizens.[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/76094/ Yatsenyuk: Officials should be held personally accountable for ignoring the complaints of citizens], Kyiv Post (July 30, 2010){{subscription required}}

In November 2009, he proposed that a referendum be held on if Ukraine should have an open list voting system. Yatsenyuk is in favour of holding referendums; he calls this "nationalization of state power".[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/54389/ If elected president, Yatsenyuk promises to transfer power to the people], Kyiv Post (December 4, 2009){{subscription required}} The amendment of the terms and conditions of the Russian Black Sea Fleet's presence in Ukraine and a decision on Ukraine's membership of NATO and other military alliances are according to Yatsenyuk only possible through a referendum.

File:Bill_Clinton_and_Arseniy_Yatsenyuk.jpg and Arseniy Yatsenyuk]]

In January 2015, Yatsenyuk appeared on the German television channel ARD for an interview with Pinar Atalay. The interview's live translation contained a controversial statement that was immediately picked up by Russian media and later spread to other media outlets. The statement typically featured was a variation of "All of us still clearly remember the Soviet Union invading Ukraine and Germany. And nobody has the right to rewrite the results of the Second World War. And that is exactly what Russia’s President Putin is trying to do." Implying that Yatsenyuk said that it was the USSR who started the war against Germany and not the other way around, this later turned out to be a misrepresentation meant to further the Russian political objectives in Ukraine.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/W-i--EAfBPw Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20150110081840/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-i--EAfBPw&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-i--EAfBPw| title = Rewriting history: Ukrainian PM Yatsenyuk says USSR invaded Germany during WWII | via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} The actual statement by Yatsenyuk was "Russian aggression against Ukraine is an encroachment on the world order. We all remember well the Soviet invasion both in Ukraine, including, and in Germany. It must be avoided. Nobody is allowed to rewrite the results of the Second World War." Referring the post World War 2 soviet occupation of both Ukraine and East Germany and attempting to draw the parallels between the actions done by Soviets during that period to the present Russian aggression. This was clarified by Ukrainian officials and Yatsenyuk himself.{{cite web |title=Обмовка Яценюка може дорого обійтися Україні |url=https://zak-kor.net/3718-obmovka-yacenyuka-mozhe-dorogo-obytisya-ukrayin.html}}{{cite web |title=Яценюк особисто пояснив, що мав на увазі під радянською ″інвейжн″ | Україна | DW.COM | 11.01.2015 |website=Deutsche Welle |url=https://www.dw.com/uk/%D1%8F%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8E%D0%BA-%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%8F%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B2-%D1%89%D0%BE-%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B2-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%96-%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%B4-%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%8E-%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B6%D0%BD/a-18184687 |url-status=dead |access-date=23 August 2022 |archive-date=9 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909235718/http://www.dw.com/uk/%D1%8F%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8E%D0%BA-%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%8F%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B2-%D1%89%D0%BE-%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B2-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%96-%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%B4-%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%8E-%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B6%D0%BD/a-18184687 }}[https://www.facebook.com/UkraineMFA/posts/775605862493336 Коментар Речника МЗС України Євгена Перебийноса]{{cite news|url=https://www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/video/video-52871.html|title=Der ukrainische Ministerpräsident Arseni Jazenjuk im Gespräch mit Pinar Atalay|work=Pinar Atalay, Tagesschau|publisher=ARD|language=de, uk|date=7 January 2015|access-date=11 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111001141/http://www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/video/video-52871.html|archive-date=January 11, 2015|df=mdy-all}}{{cite news|url=https://www.freitag.de/autoren/jens-bernert/jazenjuk-aggression-wie-gegen-hitler|title=Jazenjuk: Aggression wie gegen Hitler|author=Jens Bernert|publisher=Der Freitag|language=de|date=8 January 2015|access-date=11 January 2015|archive-date=12 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112150842/https://www.freitag.de/autoren/jens-bernert/jazenjuk-aggression-wie-gegen-hitler|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/spam/satire-spiegel-online-jazenjuk-sowjetischer-einmarsch-a-1011915.html#spRedirectedFrom=www&referrrer=|title=Jazenjuk enttarnt Sowjetrussen|work=Der Spiegel|language=de|date=8 January 2015|access-date=11 January 2015}}

Yatsenyuk had stated that convicted politicians Yulia Tymoshenko and Yuriy Lutsenko should be released from jail and he had proposed/written laws to make this happen.[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/124216/ Yatsenyuk proposes amnesty for Tymoshenko and Lutsenko this year], Kyiv Post (14 March 2012){{subscription required}}{{efn|Yuriy Lutsenko was released from prison on 7 April 2013 because Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych pardoned him (among others) for health reasons.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22061269 Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych pardons Yulia Tymoshenko allies], BBC News (8 April 2013)[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22057073 Ukrainian leader Yanukovych pardons Tymoshenko ally], BBC News (7 April 2013)[http://www.interfax.co.uk/ukraine-news/ukrainian-president-pardons-lutsenko-and-filipchuk-decree-3/ Ukrainian president pardons Lutsenko and Filipchuk – decree], Interfax-Ukraine (7 April 2013)}} He also believed their convictions were a "difficult obstacle on Ukraine's path to the European Union." In early December 2012, he stated that he was ready to open a dialogue with the authorities only after Tymoshenko and Lutsenko were released.

In April 2016 Yatsenyuk stated that full transparent privatization of state property is needed, with the exception of strategic companies. In his address to the citizens Yatsenyuk also stood for the appointment of independent executives of all public companies and exposure to deprivation of all political forces.https://www.kmu.gov.ua/ua/news/248937036 Звернення Прем'єр-міністра України Арсенія Яценюка 03 квітня 2016

In April 2016 Yatsenyuk stated that a “strict policy towards any aggressor country which in this case means the Russian Federation” is needed. “No deals and compromise at the expense of Ukraine. The restoration of the territorial integrity of the Ukrainian State. The return of Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea. And the extension of sanctions against the Russian Federation until Ukraine has completely restored its territorial sovereignty,” – he said.http://yatsenyuk.org.ua/ua/video/open/659 10 хвилин із Прем'єр-міністром України 03 квітень 2016

File:Pope_Francis_Yatsenyuk.jpg and Arseniy Yatsenyuk]]

Yatsenyuk's wife is Tereza Viktorivna (b. 1970); they have two daughters named Khrystyna and Sofiya.{{cite web |url=http://www.pravda.com.ua/ru/news/2007/3/21/56093.htm |title=Arseniy Yatsenyuk. New millioner in Yanukovich's Cabmin |work=Ukrayinska Pravda |date=2007-03-21 |language=ru}} Tereza Yatsenyuk was born into a family of philosophers. Her father, Viktor Illarionovych Gur, was a professor of philosophy at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute; her mother Svitlana Mykytivna, PhD, was retired. Yatsenyuk's family has lived near Kyiv (the village of Novi Petrivtsi, Vyshhorod Raion) since 2003.

Yatsenyuk’s sister Alina Petrivna Steel passed away in August 14, 2024, in the city of Santa Barbara, California United States at the age of 56.[https://glavcom.ua/amp/country/society/jatsenjuk-povidomiv-pro-smert-ridnoji-sestri--1015384.html Яценюк повідомив про смерть рідної сестри]

Arseniy Yatsenuk heads the Open Ukraine Foundation, an international foundation based in Ukraine.{{when|date=August 2022}} It was established in July 2007 for the "strengthening and development of Ukraine's reputation in the world."{{cite web|title=Mission|year=2014|work=Open Ukraine|url=http://openukraine.org/en/about/mission}} Open Ukraine works with the young generation of artists, scholars and community leaders who seek to implement social changes in the different regions.

The Kyiv Security Forum was established by the Arseniy Yatsenyuk Open Ukraine Foundation in 2007. The forum is an annual event that acts as a platform for high-level discussion on relevant matters of national security as well as security in the Black Sea region, Europe and globally.

The annual Kyiv Security Forum has become a leading regional platform for discussion that creates an opportunity for the exchange of views on global security in an atmosphere of open and informal dialogue. The Forum brings together representatives of governments and independent experts, representatives of regional and global organizations, influential intellectuals, politicians, academics and journalists.

As of April 2014 Open Ukraine was partnered with the NATO Information and Documentation Centre, the United States Department of State, the National Endowment for Democracy, the German Marshall Fund and Chatham House, among other organizations.{{cite web|title=Partners|year=2014|work=Open Ukraine|url=http://openukraine.org/en/about/partners|access-date=14 March 2014|archive-date=23 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423080701/http://openukraine.org/en/about/partners|url-status=dead}}

Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale aggression on 24 February 2022, Open Ukraine Foundation has been providing assistance to the Ukrainian army and people in the regions most affected by the war. More than ₴30 million in aid has already been provided.[https://m.gordonua.com/news/war/fond-yacenyuka-s-nachala-polnomasshtabnoy-voyny-peredal-pomoshch-na-303-mln-grn-1640087.html Фонд Яценюка с начала полномасштабной войны передал помощь на 303 млн]

On 1 December 2022, the Open Ukraine Foundation held the annual international Kyiv Security Forum in the Ukraine’s capital. Among the forum’s participants were the president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Joëlle Garriaud-Maylam; the United States Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland; President of the European Council in 2014-19 Donald Tusk, the Ambassadors of G7 countries to Ukraine.[https://censor.net/ua/video_news/3384173/vse_zadlya_peremogy_na_kyyivskomu_bezpekovomu_forumi_obgovoryat_zmitsnennya_mijnarodnoyi_solidarnosti Все задля перемоги] 

Arseniy Yatsenyuk was described positively by Victoria Nuland.{{Cite journal |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24483306 |title=Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West's Fault: The Liberal Delusions That Provoked Putin|jstor=24483306 |last1=Mearsheimer |first1=John J. |journal=Foreign Affairs |year=2014 |volume=93 |issue=5 |pages=77–89 }} On 4 February 2014, a recording of a phone call between her and U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt was published on YouTube, showing the United States government supporting President Yanukovych’s offer to make Yatsenyuk Prime Minister of Ukraine.{{cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSxaa-67yGM |title=Марионетки Майдана |trans-title=Puppets in the Public Square (marionetke maidana)|via=YouTube |work=Re Post |date=February 4, 2014 |access-date=June 19, 2014}}{{citation |title=Ukraine crisis: Transcript of leaked Nuland-Pyatt call |date=February 7, 2014 |work=BBC News |access-date=October 9, 2014 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957}}{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-ukraine-tape-idUSBREA1601G20140207|title=Leaked audio reveals embarrassing U.S. exchange on Ukraine, EU |first1=Doina |last1=Chiacu |first2=Arshad |last2=Mohammed|date=Feb 6, 2014|work=Reuters|access-date=May 19, 2014}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079591 |title=Victoria Nuland: Leaked phone call 'impressive tradecraft'|date=February 7, 2014|publisher=BBC|access-date=May 19, 2014}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/07/angela-merkel-victoria-nuland-eu-unacceptable |title=Angela Merkel: Victoria Nuland's remarks on EU are unacceptable |author=Ed Pilkington, Luke Harding and agencies|date=February 7, 2014|access-date=May 19, 2014}}

On 28 April 2017, Russia’s National Bureau of Interpol requested that Yatsenyuk be put on the international wanted list relating to his alleged involvement in attacks on Russian servicemen in 1994-1995, and in 2000 Russia’s North Caucasian republic of Chechnya, that a Yessentuki city court had previously (on 21 February 2017) issued an in-absentia international warrant for his arrest alleging his violation of three articles of the Criminal Code of Russia; namely that he participated in an armed group, including intentional murder.{{cite news |author= |title=Russian prosecutors confirm bid urging Interpol to put Ukraine's ex-PM on wanted list |url=http://tass.com/politics/943836 |work=TASS|location=Tass.com |date=28 April 2017 |access-date=30 April 2017}}{{cite news |author= |title=Ukraine Charges Russian Arrest Warrant For Yatsenyuk 'Politically Motivated' |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-charges-russian-arrest-warrant-yatsenyuk-politically-motivated/28458493.html |work=RFE/RL |location=Rferl.org |date=29 April 2017 |access-date=30 April 2017 }}

Yatsenyuk called the charges a "total absurdity", with Ukrainian government's Interior Minister Arsen Avakov admitting (on 29 April 2017) that Interpol sent him a copy of the Russian request (he claimed was "politically motivated") and Ukrainian Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko stating that he believes Interpol will dismiss Russia's request.

On 3 May 2017 Interpol officially dismissed Russian request such as not conforming with Article 3 of Interpol constitution.{{cite web|url=https://www.unian.info/politics/1905576-interpol-rejects-russias-appeal-to-put-yatsenyuk-on-intl-wanted-list.html|title=Interpol rejects Russia's appeal to put Yatsenyuk on int'l wanted list|website=unian.info|language=en|access-date=2019-10-29}}

The story of Yatsenyuk's alleged involvement in the Chechnya War has been widely ridiculed in Ukraine and became a subject of internet memes.{{cite news|url=https://ukraine.segodnya.ua/ua/ukraine/internet-vzorvalsya-memami-pro-yacenyuka-v-chechne-posle-obvineniy-sk-rf-647941.html|title=Інтернет вибухнув мемами про Яценюка в Чечні після звинувачень СК РФ|date=9 September 2015|access-date=29 April 2023|language=uk}}{{cite news|url=https://24tv.ua/yatsenyukboyovik_u_chechni_sotsmerezhi_vibuhnuli_memami_n609869|title=Яценюк-бойовик у Чечні: соцмережі вибухнули мемами|date=8 September 2015|access-date=29 April 2023|language=uk}}{{cite news|url=https://nv.ua/ukr/lifestyle/life/mem-jakij-mi-vtratili-jatsenjuk-prem-jer-109284.html|title=Мем який ми втратили: Яценюк - Прем'єр|date=11 April 2016|access-date=29 April 2023|language=uk}}{{cite news|url=https://pogliad.ua/ru/news/ukraine/socmerezhi-vibuhnuli-fotozhabami-na-chechencya-yacenyuka-247554|title=Соцмережі вибухнули фотожабами на чеченця Яценюка|date=9 September 2015|access-date=29 April 2023|language=uk}}

• File:Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise 1st 2nd and 3rd Class of Ukraine.png Cavalier of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise Fifth Class – awarded on 7 February 2008 for significant personal contribution to the integration of Ukraine into the World Trade Organization{{cite web|url=http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/108/2008|title=Указ Президента України № 108/2008 від 7 лютого 2008 року "Про відзначення державними нагородами України"|access-date=October 30, 2014}}
• Medal "For the Glory of Chernivtsi" (2008){{cite web|url=http://citi.cv.ua/vlada-i-politika.php?cid=12105&p=162&av=0|title=Арсеній Яценюк нагороджений медаллю "На славу Чернівців" // Чернівецький інформаційно-розважальний портал CITI.cv.ua, 04 жовтня 2008|access-date=October 30, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225205057/http://citi.cv.ua/vlada-i-politika.php?cid=12105&p=162&av=0|archive-date=February 25, 2014|df=mdy-all}}
• Cavalier of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise Fourth class. Awarded on June 19, 2017 for significant personal contribution to the implementation of Ukraine's European integration programs, the introduction of a visa-free regime by the EU, strengthening the international authority of the state.[https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/1652017-22058 УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №165/2017]

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