Alexander Vladimirovich Zakharchenko (Russian: ??????´??? ?????´??????? ????´??????, IPA: [?l??'ksandr vl?'d?im??r?v??t? z?'xart??nk?], Ukrainian: ??????´??? ??????´??????? ????´??????; 26 June 1976 – 31 August 2018) was a separatist leader who was the head of state and Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic, a self-proclaimed state and rebel group which declared independence from Ukraine on 11 May 2014.
Zakharchenko was appointed Prime Minister in August 2014 after his predecessor, Alexander Borodai, resigned, and went on to win the early November 2014 election for the position.Zakharchenko was killed in 2018 when a bomb was planted in a café that he visited.
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