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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 ...
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 .
In the elections since 2002 voters of Western and Central Ukrainian oblasts voted mostly for parties (Our Ukraine, Batkivshchyna, UDAR, Self Reliance, Radical Party, Petro Poroshenko Bloc and the People's Front) and presidential candidates (Viktor Yushchenko, Yulia Tymoshenko) with a pro-Western and state reform platform, while voters in ...
List of presidents of Ukraine from 1991 – till date. No. Portrait Name (Birth–Death) Term dates [3] Term length Party [a] Election Cabinets 1: Leonid Kravchuk Леонід Кравчук (1934–2022) [4] 5 December 1991 [b] – 19 July 1994: 2 years, 226 days Independent: 1991: Fokin (1990–92) Kuchma (1992–93) 2: Leonid Kuchma ...
It was the largest demonstration in late-Soviet era Ukraine. [17] The first multi-party elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic were held in March 1990. The Democratic Bloc, led by protester Ihor Yukhnovskyi, won 111 seats to the KPU's 331. [18]
A one-sided Ukraine minerals deal tabled by his administration then raised more flags, leaving Ukraine the stark choice between having its wealth plundered by America or its land carved up by Russia.
Candidates in the 1991 Ukrainian presidential election (7 P) Pages in category "1991 elections in Ukraine" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.