Yuriy Pavlenko appointed by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to the position of 'Authorized representative of the President of Ukraine for Children's Rights', or children's ombudsman. Pavlenko said that this was done with the consent of the previous President, and leader of his party, Viktor Yushchenko. On 24 February 2014 Pavlenko was dismissed as children's ombudsman by a decree of acting Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov . In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Pavlenko was again re-elected into parliament; this time after placing 24th on the electoral list of Opposition Bloc. He is the first cousin of Ukrainian singer Maria Burmaka. Yuriy Pavlenko Yuriy
Viktor Yanukovych with them. On 15 December 1967, at the age of 17, Yanukovych was sentenced to three years incarceration for participating in a robbery and assault. On 8 June 1970 he was convicted for a second time on charges of assault. He was sentenced to two years of imprisonment and did not appeal against the verdict. Decades later, Yanukovych characterized his arrests and incarceration as "mistakes of youth". In 1971, Yanukovych married Lyudmyla (née Nastenko), a niece of Yenakiyeve city judge Oleksandr Sazhyn. In July 1974, Yanukovych enrolled at the Donetsk Polytechnic Institute. In 1976, as a second-year student, he was