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."[1] 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.

Main article: President of Ukraine

Presidential Standard of Ukraine.

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.[2] After defeated Poroshenko, the comedian Volodymyr Zelensky was inaugurated as President of Ukraine on 20 May 2019.

List

Party legend

  Independent   Our Ukraine   Party of Regions   Fatherland   Petro Poroshenko Bloc   Servant of the People

	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Cabinets	Elections	Prior office	Political alliance
		Leonid Kravchuk[3] Леонід Кравчук (1934–)	24 August 1991^[a]	19 July 1994	Fokin (1990–92)	1991	Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada	Independent
			02 3292 years, 329 days (Lost re-election campaign)		Kuchma (1992–93)
		Leonid Kuchma[4] Леонід Кучма (1938–)	19 July 1994[5]	23 January 2005	Masol II (1994–95) Marchuk (1995–96) Lazarenko (1996–97) Pustovoitenko (1997–99) Yushchenko (1999–2001) Kinakh (2001–02) Yanukovych I (2002–04)	1994	2nd Prime Minister of Ukraine	Independent[6]
			10 years, 188 days (Opted out of third term in office.[7])			1999
		Viktor Yushchenko[8] Віктор Ющенко (1954–)	23 January 2005	25 February 2010	Tymoshenko I (2005)	2004	7th Prime Minister of Ukraine	Our Ukraine[9]
			5 years, 33 days (Lost re-election campaign[10])		Yekhanurov (2005–06)
					Yanukovych II (2006–07)
					Tymoshenko II (2007–10)
		Viktor Yanukovych[11] Віктор Янукович (1950–)	25 February 2010	22 February 2014	Azarov I (2010–12)	2010	12th Prime Minister of Ukraine	Party of Regions[12]
3 years, 362 days (Removed from office following the 2014 Ukrainian revolution[13])		Azarov II (2012–14)
		Oleksandr Turchynov[14] Олександр Турчинов (1964–)	23 February 2014	7 June 2014	Yatsenyuk I (2014)[15]	—-	Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada	Fatherland[16]
			0 years, 115 days (Resigned office following 2014 election)
		Petro Poroshenko[17] 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)
		Volodymyr Zelensky Володи́мир Зеле́нський (1978–)	20 May 2019	Incumbent	Groysman (2019)	2019	Comedian (no prior elected office)	Servant of the People
			1 year, 82 days (Incumbent)		Honcharuk (2019–2020)
					Shmyhal (2020–present)

Living former Presidents

All five former Ukrainian presidents are still living as of December 18 2019.

• 
  Leonid Kravchuk (age 86)
  1991–1994
• 
  Leonid Kuchma (age 82)
  1994–2005
• 
  Viktor Yushchenko (age 66)
  2005–2010
• 
  Viktor Yanukovych (age 70)
  2010–2014
• 
  Petro Poroshenko (age 54)
  2014–2019

Notes:

• Viktor Yanukovych was stripped of the title following his departure from Ukraine during the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution.[18]

Timeline

Statistics

#	President	Date of birth	Age at ascension (first term)	Time in office (total)	Age at retirement (last term)	Date of death	Longevity
1	Kravchuk, LeonidLeonid Kravchuk	19340110January 10, 1934(January 10, 1934)	57 22657 years, 226 days	02 3292 years, 329 days	60 19060 years, 190 days	Living	31,62486 years, 213 days (Living)
2	Kuchma, LeonidLeonid Kuchma	19380809August 9, 1938(August 9, 1938)	55 34455 years, 344 days	10 18810 years, 188 days	66 16766 years, 167 days	Living	29,95282 years, 1 day (Living)
3	Yushchenko, ViktorViktor Yushchenko	19540223February 23, 1954(February 23, 1954)	50 33550 years, 335 days	5 0335 years, 33 days	56 00256 years, 2 days	Living	24,27566 years, 169 days (Living)
4	Yanukovych, ViktorViktor Yanukovych	19500709July 9, 1950(July 9, 1950)	59 23159 years, 231 days	3 3623 years, 362 days	63 22863 years, 228 days	Living	25,60070 years, 32 days (Living)
A	Turchinov, OleksandrOleksandr Turchynov	19640331March 31, 1964(March 31, 1964)	49 32949 years, 329 days	00 1150 years, 115 days	50 06850 years, 68 days	Living	20,58656 years, 132 days (Living)
5	Poroshenko, PetroPetro Poroshenko	19650926September 26, 1965(September 26, 1965)	48 25448 years, 254 days	4 3474 years, 347 days	53 23653 years, 236 days	Living	20,04254 years, 319 days (Living)
6	Zelensky, VolodymyrVolodymyr Zelensky	19780125January 25, 1978(January 25, 1978)	41 11541 years, 115 days	00 316 19091 year, 82 days (Ongoing)	Incumbent	Living	15,53842 years, 198 days (Living)

A - Acting President

Social poll rankings of Ukrainian Presidents

No.	President	Political party	NPDU 2018[19]	SOCIS2019[20]	[21]2 Rating 2020	Aggr.
1	Leonid Kravchuk	Independent	02	02	03	03
2	Leonid Kuchma	Independent	01	03	01	01
3	Viktor Yushchenko	Our Ukraine	04	04	06	06
4	Viktor Yanukovych	Party of Regions	03	05	05	05
5	Petro Poroshenko	Petro Poroshenko Bloc	05	01	04	04
6	Volodymyr Zelensky	Servant of the People	—	—	02	02

See also

List of Ukrainian rulers, from ancient to modern times List of leaders of Ukraine, since Ukrainian independence in 1917

List of Prime Ministers of Ukraine, since 1917 List of Chairmen of the Verkhovna Rada, since 1938

References

Notes

a.^{^} Although Leonid Kravchuk's official inauguration ceremony was conducted on 22 August 1992, he carried out most of the presidential responsibilities temporarily ceded to him as Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada from 24 August 1991[22] until 5 December 1991 when he became President of Ukraine in his own right. He had served as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR since 23 July 1990.

b.^{^} As President of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

c.^{^} "In the event of the pre-term termination of authority of the President of Ukraine in accordance with Articles 108, 109, 110 and 111 of this Constitution, the execution of duties of the President of Ukraine, for the period pending the elections and the assumption of office of the new President of Ukraine, shall be vested in the Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine." —Constitution of Ukraine, Article 112.

Footnotes

1. Laws of Ukraine. Vekhovna Rada of Ukraine decree No. 1295-XII: On the President of the Ukrainian SSR (Про Президента Української РСР). Adopted on 5 July 1991. (Ukrainian)
2. Published law deprives Yanukovych of presidential rank, UNIAN (17 June 2015)
3. "Leonid Kravchuk". Official web-site of President of Ukraine. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
4. "Leonid Kuchma". Official web-site of President of Ukraine. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
5. 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)
6. "Kuchma Leonid Danylovych". Election of President 99 (in Ukrainian). Central Election Commission of Ukraine. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
7. 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)
8. "Victor Yushchenko". Official web-site of President of Ukraine. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
9. "History of "Our Ukraine"". Informational server "Our Ukraine" (in Ukrainian). Our Ukraine. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
10. "Yushchenko loses re-election bid". The Washington Times. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
11. "The History of Presidency". Official web-site of President of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2 March 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
12. "Yanukovych Viktor Fedorovych". Elections of the President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Central Election Commission of Ukraine. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
13. 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)
14. "Ukraine: Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov named interim president". BBC News. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
15. "Government of Ukraine". Web-portal of Ukrainian Government. Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
16. "Oleksandr Turchynov" (in Ukrainian). Batkivshchyna. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
17. "Petro Poroshenko". Official web-site of President of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
18. Ukrainian Parliament Deprives Yanukovych Of Presidential Title, Radio Free Europe (4 February 2015)
19. "Сага об украинских реформах". ZN.ua. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
20. "Хто був найкращим президентом на думку українців". Всеукраїнська газета Наголос (in Ukrainian). 22 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
21. "Українці визначилися з "найкращим президентом" в історії країни - Рейтинг". LIGA (in Russian). 18 May 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
22. Laws of Ukraine. Vekhovna Rada of Ukraine decree No. 1430-XII: On granting additional powers to the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Про надання додаткових повноважень Голові Верховної Ради України). Adopted on 24 August 1991. (Ukrainian)

External links

• "The History of Presidency". Official web-stite of President of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2 March 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2015.