List of presidents of Ukraine
This is a list of people who have served as the President of Ukraine.
List[change | change source]
| # | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Cabinets | Elections | Prior office | Political alliance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — |  |
Leonid Kravchuk[1] Леонід Кравчук (1934–2022) 
|
24 August 1991[a] |
5 December 1991 |
Fokin (1990–92) | — | Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada | Independent | |
| 1 | 5 December 1991 |
19 July 1994 |
1991 | ||||||
| 2 years, 329 days
(Lost re-election campaign) |
Kuchma (1992–93) | ||||||||
| 2 |  |
Leonid Kuchma[2] Леонід Кучма (1938–) 
|
19 July 1994[3] |
23 January 2005 |
Masol II (1994–95) | 1994 |
2nd Prime Minister of Ukraine | Independent[4] | |
| Marchuk (1995–96) | |||||||||
| Lazarenko (1996–97) | |||||||||
| Pustovoitenko (1997–99) | |||||||||
| 10 years, 188 days
(Opted out of third | |||||||||
| Yushchenko (1999–2001) | 1999 | ||||||||
| Kinakh (2001–02) | |||||||||
| Yanukovych I (2002–04) | |||||||||
| 3 | .jpeg) |
Viktor Yushchenko[6] Віктор Ющенко (1954–) 
|
23 January 2005 |
25 February 2010 |
Tymoshenko I (2005) | 2004 | 7th Prime Minister of Ukraine | Our Ukraine[7] | |
| 5 years, 66 days
(Lost re-election campaign[8]) |
Yekhanurov (2005–06) | ||||||||
| Yanukovych II (2006–07) | |||||||||
| Tymoshenko II (2007–10) | |||||||||
| 4 | .jpg) |
Viktor Yanukovych[9] Віктор Янукович (1950–) 
|
25 February 2010 |
22 February 2014 |
Azarov I (2010–12) | 2010 | 12th Prime Minister of Ukraine | Party of Regions[10] | |
| 3 years, 362 days
(Removed from office following the 2014 Ukrainian revolution[11]) |
Azarov II (2012–14) | ||||||||
| — | .jpg) |
Oleksandr Turchynov[12] Олександр Турчинов (1964–) 
|
23 February 2014 |
7 June 2014 |
Yatsenyuk I (2014)[13] | — | Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada |
Fatherland[14] | |
| 0 years, 115 days | |||||||||
| 5 |  |
Petro Poroshenko[15] Петро Порошенко (1965–) 
|
7 June 2014 |
20 May 2019 |
Yatsenyuk II (2014–2016) | 2014 | Minister of Trade and Economic Development | Petro Poroshenko Bloc | |
| 4 years, 347 days
(Lost re-election campaign) |
Groysman (2016–2019) | ||||||||
| 6 | _(cropped).jpg) |
Volodymyr Zelenskyy Володимир Зеленський (1978–) 
|
20 May 2019 |
Incumbent | 2019 | — (no prior elected office) |
Servant of the People | ||
| 4 years, 312 days (Incumbent) |
Honcharuk (2019–2020) | ||||||||
| Shmyhal (2020–present) | |||||||||
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Leonid Kravchuk". Official web-site of President of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ↑ "Leonid Kuchma". Official web-site of President of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ↑ Laws of Ukraine. Vekhovna Rada of Ukraine decree No. 106/94-ВР: On the date of oath of the President of Ukraine (Про дату принесення присяги Президентом України). Adopted on 14 July 1994. (Ukrainian)
- ↑ "Kuchma Leonid Danylovych". Election of President 99 (in Ukrainian). Central Election Commission of Ukraine. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ↑ Laws of Ukraine. Constitutional Court of Ukraine decision No. 22-рп/2003: Decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine regarding the case of the constitutional petition of 53 and 47 People's Deputies of Ukraine concerning the official interpretation of the provisions of Article 103 of the Constitution of Ukraine (right on the timing of tenure of the President of Ukraine (Рішення Конституційного Суду України у справі за конституційними поданнями 53 і 47 народних депутатів України про офіційне тлумачення положення частини третьої статті 103 Конституції України (справа щодо строків перебування на посту Президента України)). Adopted on 25 December 2003. (Ukrainian)
- ↑ "Victor Yushchenko". Official web-site of President of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ↑ "History of "Our Ukraine"". Informational server "Our Ukraine" (in Ukrainian). Our Ukraine. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ↑ "Yushchenko loses re-election bid". The Washington Times. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ↑ "The History of Presidency". Official web-site of President of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2 March 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ↑ "Yanukovych Viktor Fedorovych". Elections of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Central Election Commission of Ukraine. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ↑ Laws of Ukraine. Vekhovna Rada of Ukraine decree No. 757-VII: On withdrawal of the President of Ukraine from the implementation of constitutional powers and calling early presidential elections in Ukraine (Про самоусунення Президента України від виконання конституційних повноважень та призначення позачергових виборів Президента України). Adopted on 22 February 2014. (Ukrainian)
- ↑ "Ukraine: Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov named interim president". BBC News. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ↑ "Government of Ukraine". Web-portal of Ukrainian Government. Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ↑ "Oleksandr Turchynov" (in Ukrainian). Batkivshchyna. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ↑ "Petro Poroshenko". Official web-site of President of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
