KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko, who won an overwhelming victory in an election on May 25, will take the oath as president on Saturday, parliament ruled on Tuesday.
Poroshenko, 48, a pro-Western confectionery tycoon, emphatically defeated former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko and other candidates in a vote that was disrupted in the east by pro-Russian separatists opposed to rule by Kiev.
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