Liudmyla Kuchma

Liudmyla Mykolaivna Kuchma is a Ukrainian former design engineer, who served as First Lady of Ukraine from 1994 to 2005 as the wife of President Leonid Kuchma.

Early life and education

Liudmyla Kuchma was born in Udmurtia, and studied at a music school located in the house-museum of Pyotr Tchaikovsky. She graduated from mechanical college.

Career

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

Personal life

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

Honors

In 1998, Kuchma was awarded the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas. and Order of Princess Olga First Class.
Since 1996, she has been honorary president of the National Fund for Social Protection of Mother and Child.
Since 12 May 2004, she has been special ambassador of UNESCO to help young talents.