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Main article: President of Ukraine

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The modern Ukrainian presidency was formed when the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic passed a law on 5 July 1991 establishing the office of the "President of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic." Upon the proclamation of Ukrainian independence from the Soviet Union on 24 August 1991, the title was changed to the "President of Ukraine." The first election of the President of Ukraine, which was held on 1 December 1991, was won by Leonid Kravchuk.

All the presidents except for Volodymyr Zelensky have been people's deputies of the Verkhovna Rada prior to their election. Kravchuk was the first president to resign from the office, following a power struggle with Prime Minister Leonid Kuchma. After the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, Viktor Yanukovych abandoned his office and fled the country. He was subsequently impeached, and replaced by Oleksandr Turchynov as the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, who serves as acting president when the office is vacant. Early presidential elections were held on 25 May 2014 and won by Petro Poroshenko; Poroshenko was inaugurated as the fifth president on 7 June 2014. On 18 June 2015, Yanukovych was officially deprived of the title of President of Ukraine. After defeating Poroshenko, the comedian Volodymyr Zelensky was inaugurated as the sixth and current president of Ukraine on 20 May 2019.

List of World Chess Champions

#	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Time as Champion		Championships	Country
Official World Champions (1886-1946)
1		Wilhelm Steinitz (1836-1900)	29 March 1886[a]	26 May 1894	1886	Austria-Hungary
			02 3298 years, 1 month, 28 days		1889
					1891
					1892
2		Emanuel Lasker (1868-1941)	26 May 1894	28 April 1921	1894	German Empire
			02 32926 years, 11 months, 4 days		1897
					1907
					1908
					1910 (1)
					1910 (2)
3		José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942)	28 April 1921	29 November 1927	1921	Cuba
02 3296 years, 7 months, 2 days
4		Alexander Alekhine (1892-1946)	29 November 1927	16 December 1935	1927	France
			02 3298 years, 18 days		1929
					1934
5		Max Euwe (1901-1981)	16 December 1935	4 December 1937	1935	Netherlands
02 3291 year, 11 months, 19 days
4*		Alexander Alekhine (1892-1946)	4 December 1937	24 March 1946	1937	France
			02 329 8 years, 3 months, 21 days
FIDE World Champions (1948-Present)
6		Mikhail Botvinnik (1911-1995)	18 May 1948	27 April 1957	1948	Soviet Union
			02 329 8 years, 11 months, 10 days		1951
					1954
7		Vasily Smyslov (1921-2010)	27 April 1957	9 May 1958	1957	Soviet Union
02 3291 year, 13 days
6*		Mikhail Botvinnik (1911-1995)	9 May 1958	7 May 1960	1958	Soviet Union
			02 329 2 years, 29 days

See also

• List of Ukrainian rulers, from ancient to modern times
• List of leaders of Ukraine, since Ukrainian independence in 1917

• List of Prime Ministers of Ukraine, since 1917
• List of Chairmen of the Verkhovna Rada, since 1938

References

Notes

a.^{^} Although Leonid Kravchuk's official inauguration ceremony was conducted on 22 August 1992, he carried out most of the presidential responsibilities temporarily ceded to him as Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada from 24 August 1991 until 5 December 1991 when he became President of Ukraine in his own right. He had served as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR since 23 July 1990.

b.^{^} As President of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

c.^{^} "In the event of the pre-term termination of authority of the President of Ukraine in accordance with Articles 108, 109, 110 and 111 of this Constitution, the execution of duties of the President of Ukraine, for the period pending the elections and the assumption of office of the new President of Ukraine, shall be vested in the Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine." —Constitution of Ukraine, Article 112.

Footnotes

External links

• "The History of Presidency". Official web-stite of President of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 2 March 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

*List Ukrainian Presidents Category:National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine