President of Ukraine

The President of Ukraine (in Ukrainian, Президент України, Prezydent Ukrayiny) is the head of state and acts in its name. The President is the guarantor of the state sovereignty and territorial indivisibility of Ukraine, the observance of the Constitution of Ukraine and human and citizens' rights and freedoms.

Contents

1 List of Presidents of the Ukrainian People's Republic 2 List of Presidents of Ukraine 3 See also 4 External Links

List of Presidents of the Ukrainian People's Republic

The Ukrainian People's Republic was formed after the Russian Revolution, and lasted until the Peace of Riga between Poland and Bolshevist Russia in March, 1921.

1. Mykhailo Hrushevsky (1917 – 1918)
2. Volodymyr Vynnychenko (1918 – 1919)
3. Symon Petliura (1919 – 1926, in exile from 1921)

List of Presidents of Ukraine

1. Leonid Kravchuk (December 5, 1991 – July 19, 1994)
2. Leonid Kuchma (July 19, 1994 – January 23, 2005)
3. Viktor Yushchenko (January 23, 2005 – )

For the leadership of the Soviet-controlled Ukrainian SSR, see Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR.

See also

• Prime Minister of Ukraine
• Government of Ukraine
• Constitution of Ukraine
• Rulers of Kyivan Rus'
• See Tsar for the list of rulers of Muscovy and the Russian Empire
• List of leaders of the Soviet Union, which controlled the territory of Ukraine from 1921 to 1991
• History of Poland

External Links

• Official Website of the President of Ukraine
• Official Website of Victor Yuschenko