Leonid Kravchuk

Ukrainian politician

Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk (Ukrainian: Леонід Макарович Кравчук; 10 January 1934 – 10 May 2022) was a Ukrainian politician. He was the first President of Ukraine from 5 December 1991, until his resignation on 19 July 1994.

Leonid Kravchuk
Леонід Кравчук
Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk in 1991
President of Ukraine
5th including Presidents in exile
In office
24 August 1991 – 19 July 1994
Acting: 24 August 1991 – 5 December 1991
Prime MinisterVitold Fokin
Valentyn Symonenko (Acting)
Leonid Kuchma
Yukhym Zvyahilsky (Acting)
Vitaliy Masol
Preceded byMykola Plaviuk (as President-in-Exile)
Himself (as Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada)
Succeeded byLeonid Kuchma
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada|Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic3
In office
23 July 1990 – 5 December 1991
Preceded byVolodymyr Ivashko
Succeeded byIvan Plyushch
Member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Ukraine
In office
4 June 1988 – 5 December 1990
People's Deputy of Ukraine
1st convocation
In office
15 May 1990 – 5 December 1991
ConstituencyCommunist Party (until August 1991), Vinnytsia Oblast, District No.39[1]
2nd convocation
In office
25 September 1994 – 12 May 1998
ConstituencyIndependent, Ternopil Oblast,
District No.364[2]
3rd convocation
In office
12 May 1998 – 14 May 2002
ConstituencySocial Democratic Party (united), No. 1[3]
4th convocation
In office
14 May 2002 – 25 May 2006
ConstituencySocial Democratic Party (united), No. 5[4]
Personal details
Born(1934-01-10)10 January 1934
Żytyń, Poland
(now Velykyi Zhytyn, Ukraine)
Died10 May 2022(2022-05-10) (aged 88)
Koncha-Zaspa, Kiev, Ukraine
NationalityUkrainian
Political party
Spouse(s)
(m. 1957)
ChildrenOleksandr
Alma materKiev State University (1958)
Academy of Social Sciences of CPSU (1970)
OccupationPolitician
Signature
2Mykola Plaviuk, the 4th President of Ukrainian People's Republic in exile terminated his authority on 22 August 1992 when he formally ceded his authority to Kravchuk recognizing Ukraine as a successor of the Ukrainian People's Republic.
3From July 23, 1990 to August 24, 1991, the office was known as the "Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR."

He was the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada and People's Deputy of Ukraine serving in the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) faction.

Kravchuk had heart surgery in June 2021.[5] Kravchuk died in Kyiv, Ukraine on 10 May 2022 at the age of 88.[6][7]

References

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  1. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the I convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  2. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the II convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  3. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the III convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  4. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VI convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  5. Ukrinform.net, 27 July 2021. (Retrieved 8 April 2022.)
  6. Hirasnova, Tara (10 May 2022). "Leonid Kravchuk dead. First president of Ukraine passed away at 88". Ukranews. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  7. Associated Press (10 May 2022). "Leonid Kravchuk, independent Ukraine's 1st president, dies at age 88". NPR. Retrieved 10 May 2022.