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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 August 1991, with the New Union Treaty having not been adopted by the Soviet Union, a withdrawal from the USSR was proposed. The overwhelming majority of voters backed the idea in an independence referendum in December , approving a declaration of independence .
Elections in Ukraine are held to choose the president (head of state), Verkhovna Rada (legislature), and local governments. Referendums may be held on special occasions. Ukraine has a multi-party system , often no single party has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments .
Europe's second largest country, Ukraine is a land of wide, fertile agricultural plains, with large pockets of heavy industry in the east. ... President Zelensky went on to rally Ukraine's ...
Map of Ukraine from 1991, when it had Crimea until 2014 when it was illegally annexed by the Russian Federation. Country shown in green is Ukraine while the dark gray countries are in Europe and the gray ones are outside of Europe.
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 ...