Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko (Ukrainian: Юлія Володимирівна Тимошенко) (born 27 November 1960), Ukrainian politician, was the Prime Minister of Ukraine from 24 January to 8 September 2005. She is leader of the All-Ukrainian Union Fatherland party and the Yulia Tymoshenko Electoral Bloc. Prior to that she was a successful businesswoman in the gas industry and became one of the wealthiest people in Ukraine.