Early Career
Under President Leonid Kravchuk, Lazarenko served as the presidential representative in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast from 1992 till 1995. Although Lazarenko sided with incumbent Kravchuk in the 1994 elections, he managed to establish close ties with the election winner, Leonid Kuchma. President Kuchma initially reappointed Lazarenko as the head of the state administration (governor) of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and, later, promoted him to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
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