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Presidential elections were held in Ukraine on 1 December 1991, [1] the first direct presidential elections in the country's history. Leonid Kravchuk, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada and de facto acting president, ran as an independent candidate and was elected for a five-year term with 62% of the vote.
On the same day, a presidential election took place. In the month up to the presidential election, all six candidates campaigned across Ukraine in favour of independence from the Soviet Union, and a "Yes" vote in the referendum. Leonid Kravchuk, the parliament chairman and de facto head of state, was elected to serve as the first President of ...
The referendum followed the Declaration of State Sovereignty by the republic's parliament on 16 July 1990 as sovereign republic within the Soviet Union in line with the results. [1] In August 1991, with the New Union Treaty having not been adopted by the Soviet Union, a withdrawal from the USSR was proposed.
English: 1991 Ukrainian Presidential Election Map. This map shows the winning vote share by oblast, autonomous republic, and city with special status. This map shows the winning vote share by oblast, autonomous republic, and city with special status.
Ukrainian presidential elections determine who will serve as the President of Ukraine for the next five years. [ 1 ] Since the establishment of the position of the President of Ukraine in 1991, presidential elections have taken place seven times: in 1991 , 1994 , 1999 , 2004 , 2010 , 2014 and 2019 .
FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy looks at a map and listens a report of commanders as he visits a position near the front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk ...
The Mariinskyi Palace, official residence of the president of Ukraine, in July 2018. The president of Ukraine is the head of state of Ukraine, directly elected to a five-year term by voting eligible citizens of Ukraine. The officeholder leads the executive branch of the government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
A post on X claims that Secretary General of the North American Treaty Organization (NATO) Mark Rutte said he will expel the U.S. from the organization if President-Elect Trump “surrenders ...