Leonid Kravchuk President

Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk (Ukrainian: Леонід Макарович Кравчук; born January 10, 1934) is a former Ukrainian politician and the first President of Ukraine, who served from December 5, 1991, until his resignation on July 19, 1994. He is also a former Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada and People's Deputy of Ukraine serving in the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) faction.After a political crisis involving the President and the Prime Minister, Kravchuk resigned from the Presidency, but ran for a second term as President in 1994. He was defeated by his former Prime Minister, Leonid Kuchma, who served as President for two terms. After Kravchuk's presidency, he was active in Ukrainian politics, serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada and the leader of Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united)'s parliamentary group (from 2002 to 2006). He is currently politically inactive.

Personal facts

Leonid Kravchuk
Birth dateJanuary 10, 1934
Birth nameLeonid Makarovych Kravchuk
Birth place
Second Polish Republic , Ukraine , Wołyń Voivodeship (1921–39)
Nationality
Ukrainians
Religion
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate
Residence
Ukraine , Kiev , Koncha-Zaspa
Education
Academy of Social Sciences (disambiguation)
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

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Politician

office
People's Deputy of Ukraine
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
Secretary of CC CPU
party
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Independent (politician)
Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united)
prime minister
successor

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