Yevhen Petrushevych

Yevhen Petrushevych
Євген Петрушевич
President of the West Ukrainian People's Republic
In office 18 October 1918 – November 1919
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished Volodymyr Vynnychenko as head of the Directorate of Ukraine
Personal details
Born	(1863-06-03)3 June 1863 Busk, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine)
Died	29 August 1940(1940-08-29) (aged 77) Berlin, Nazi Germany
Resting place	Lychakiv Cemetery, Lviv

Yevhen Omelianovych Petrushevych (Ukrainian: Євге́н Омеля́нович Петруше́вич; 3 June 1863 – 29 August 1940) was a Ukrainian lawyer, politician, and president of the West Ukrainian People's Republic formed after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918.