What is Yulia Tymoshenko?
[[File:Юлия Тимошенко 2019 (cropped) 2.jpg|thumb|right|Tymoshenko in 2019]] [[Image:Yulia Tymoshenko November 2009-3cropped.jpg|thumb|right|255px|Yulia Tymoshenko, November 2009]] '''Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko''' ({{lang-uk|Юлія Володимирівна Тимошенко}}, born 27 November 1960), is a [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] politician. Tymoshenko is a member of the [[Verkhovna Rada]] since 2014. She is the leader of the [[Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc]] [[political party]]. She was the [[Prime Minister of Ukraine|Prime Minister]] of [[Ukraine]] for two separate terms in 2005 and again from 2007 until 2010. ==Political career== Her first term as Prime Minister was from 24 January to 8 September 2005. She was re-elected on 18 December 2007 but was removed by the Ukrainian Parliament on 3 March 2010<ref name=end>[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/61450/ Ukrainian parliament creates new coalition], [[Kyiv Post]] (11 March 2010)</ref> after the government with her own political party and the political party of [[Viktor Yushchenko]] (former [[President]] of Ukraine) [[Our Ukraine]] and the small [[Lytvyn Bloc]] lost a no-confidence vote.<ref name=end/> While they were once strong allies, today there is a lot of political rivalry between Yushchenko and Tymoshenko. When [[Viktor Yushchenko]] lost the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, and his followers argued that the election had been corrupt, she was his main ally and one of the leaders of the [[Orange Revolution]].<ref name=president>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4848942.stm Profile: Yulia Tymoshenko], [[BBC News]]</ref> ===Presidential campaigns=== In February 2010 Tymoshenko lost the presidential election to [[Viktor Yanukovych]]; with a 3.48% [[difference]], she said Yanukovych won because of fraud.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4038803.stm Profile: Viktor Yanukovych], [[BBC News]]</ref> She has promised to make life for the new President as difficult as possible.<ref name=president/> She was an unsuccessful candidate for [[President of Ukraine]] in the [