Editing Petro Symonenko (section)

{{short description|Ukrainian politician (born 1952)}}
{{family name hatnote|Mykolayovych|Symonenko|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Petro Symonenko
| native_name = {{nobold|Петро Симоненко}}
| native_name_lang = uk
| image            = Symonenko Petr.png
| office           = First Secretary of the Central Committee of the [[Communist Party of Ukraine]]
| term_start       = 19 June 1993
| predecessor      = ''Position established''
| office1          = [[People's Deputy of Ukraine]]
| term_start1      = 12 May 1994
| term_end1        = 27 November 2014
| constituency1    = {{plainlist|
* [[Donetsk Oblast]], No. 150 (1994–1998)<ref>{{cite web|title=People's Deputy of Ukraine of the II convocation|url=http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/radan_gs09/d_ank_arh?kod=14702|website=Official portal|publisher=[[Verkhovna Rada|Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine]]|access-date=22 December 2014|language=uk}}</ref>
* [[Communist Party of Ukraine|KPU]], No. 1 (1998–2014)<ref>{{cite web|title=People's Deputy of Ukraine of the III convocation|url=http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/radan_gs09/d_ank_arh?kod=30203|website=Official portal|publisher=[[Verkhovna Rada|Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine]]|access-date=22 December 2014|language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=People's Deputy of Ukraine of the IV convocation|url=http://gapp.rada.gov.ua/mps/info/expage/884/5|website=Official portal|publisher=[[Verkhovna Rada|Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine]]|access-date=22 December 2014|language=uk}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=People's Deputy of Ukraine of the V convocation|url=http://gapp.rada.gov.ua/mps/info/expage/884/6|website=Official portal|publisher=[[Verkhovna Rada|Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine]]|access-date=22 December 2014|language=uk|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214423/http://gapp.rada.gov.ua/mps/info/expage/884/6|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VI convocation|url=http://gapp.rada.gov.ua/mps/info/expage/884/7|website=Official portal|publisher=[[Verkhovna Rada|Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine]]|access-date=22 December 2014|language=uk|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304212617/http://gapp.rada.gov.ua/mps/info/expage/884/7|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VII convocation|url=http://gapp.rada.gov.ua/mps/info/expage/884/8|website=Official portal|publisher=[[Verkhovna Rada|Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine]]|access-date=22 December 2014|language=uk|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304212612/http://gapp.rada.gov.ua/mps/info/expage/884/8|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|df=y|1952|8|1}}
| birth_place      = [[Donetsk|Stalino]], [[Ukrainian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]] (now Donetsk, [[Ukraine]])
| party            = [[Communist Party of Ukraine]]
| otherparty       = [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] (1978–1991)
| nationality      = [[Ukrainian people|Ukrainian]]
| residence        = [[Kyiv]], Ukraine<ref>[http://gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/site/p_deputat?d_id=884 Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091107091454/http://gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/site/p_deputat?d_id=884 |date=2009-11-07 }}, [[Verkhovna Rada]]</ref>
| spouse           = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Svetlana Vladimirovna Simonenko|1974|2009|end=divorced}}<ref name=mig>[http://mignews.com.ua/en/articles/338215.html Chief communist of Ukraine has extramarital affair!]
{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208215401/http://mignews.com.ua/en/articles/338215.html |date=2010-02-08 }}, MIGnews (2 February 2009)</ref> 
* {{marriage|Oksana Nikolayevna Vashchenko|2009}}<ref>[http://www.unian.net/eng/news/news-338318.html Leader of Communist Party Symonenko got married second time], [[UNIAN]] (28 September 2009)</ref>
}}
| children         = Maria (born 2009), 2 (adult) sons<ref name=mig/> 
| website          = [https://web.archive.org/web/20091107091454/http://gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/site/p_deputat?d_id=884 rada.gov.ua]
}}

'''Petro Mykolayovych Symonenko''' ({{langx|uk|Петро́ Микола́йович Симоне́нко}}; born 1 August 1952) is a Ukrainian politician and the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the [[Communist Party of Ukraine]]. Symonenko was the party's candidate in the [[1999 Ukrainian presidential election|1999]] and [[2004 Ukrainian presidential election|2004]], [[2010 Ukrainian presidential election|2010]],<ref name=BLCSfc/>{{#tag:ref|In the [[2010 Ukrainian presidential election]], Symonenko was the candidate of the [[Bloc of Left and Center-left Forces]], of which the [[Communist Party of Ukraine]] was a part.<ref name=BLCSfc/><ref>[http://www.interfax.com.ua/eng/main/20204/ Four parties unite to participate in presidential election], [[Interfax-Ukraine]] (September 14, 2009)</ref>|group=nb}} and until his withdrawal, the [[2014 Ukrainian presidential election|2014]] Ukrainian presidential elections.<ref name="PSep6414" /><ref name="CommunistoutPresE2014" /> The [[Central Election Commission of Ukraine]] prohibited his candidacy for the [[2019 Ukrainian presidential election]] because the statute, name, and symbolism of his party did not comply with the [[decommunization laws in Ukraine]].<ref name="7206166UPCECb">{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/02/8/7206166/ The CEC refused to register nearly fifty presidential candidates], [[Ukrayinska Pravda]] (8 February 2019)</ref>