List of presidents of Ukraine


The modern Ukrainian presidency was formed when the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic passed a law on 5 July 1991 establishing the office of the "President of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic." Upon the proclamation of Ukrainian independence from the Soviet Union on 24 August 1991, the title was changed to the "President of Ukraine." The first election of the President of Ukraine was contested on 1 December 1991, which was won by Leonid Kravchuk.
All the presidents except for Volodymyr Zelensky have been people's deputies of the Verkhovna Rada prior to their election. Kravchuk was the first president to have resigned from the office, following a power struggle between him and Prime Minister Leonid Kuchma. After the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, Viktor Yanukovych abandoned his office and fled the country. He was subsequently impeached, and replaced with Oleksandr Turchynov as the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, who takes on as acting president when the office is vacant. Early presidential elections were contested on 25 May 2014, which were won by Petro Poroshenko; Poroshenko was inaugurated as the fifth president on 7 June 2014. On 18 June 2015 Yanukovych was officially deprived of the title of President of Ukraine. After defeated Poroshenko, the comedian Volodymyr Zelensky was inaugurated as President of Ukraine on 20 May 2019.

List of Presidents of Ukraine

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Living former Presidents

All five former Ukrainian presidents are still living as of December 18 2019.
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from: 24/08/1991 till: 19/07/1994 color:president text:"Leonid Kravchuk"
from: 19/07/1994 till: 23/01/2005 color:president text:"Leonid Kuchma"
from: 23/01/2005 till: 25/02/2010 color:president text:"Viktor Yushchenko"
from: 25/02/2010 till: 22/02/2014 color:president text:"Viktor Yanukovych"
from: 23/02/2014 till: 07/06/2014 color:acting text:"Oleksandr Turchynov"
from: 07/06/2014 till: 20/05/2019 color:president text:"Petro Poroshenko"
from: 20/05/2019 till: 29/03/2020 color:president text:"Volodymyr Zelensky"

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