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Leonid Kravchuk

1934 - 2022

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Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk (Ukrainian: Леонід Макарович Кравчук, IPA: [leoˈn⁽ʲ⁾id mɐˈkɑrowɪtʃ krɐu̯ˈtʃuk]; 10 January 1934 – 10 May 2022) was a Ukrainian politician and the first president of Ukraine, serving from 5 December 1991 until 19 July 1994. In 1992, he signed the Lisbon Protocol, undertaking to give up Ukraine's nuclear arsenal. He was also the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada and a People's Deputy of Ukraine serving in the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) faction. After a political crisis involving the president and the prime minister, Kravchuk resigned from the presidency, but ran for a second term as president in 1994. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leonid Kravchuk is the 923rd most popular politician (up from 999th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 38th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Ukrainian Politician.

Leonid Kravchuk was the first president of Ukraine after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. He was elected in 1991 and served until 1994. He is most famous for being the first president of Ukraine after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Leonid Kravchuk ranks 923 out of 19,576. Before him are Randal Cremer, Christian VII of Denmark, Margaret Theresa of Spain, James Buchanan, Julius Nepos, and Maria Sophie of Bavaria. After him are Chandragupta Maurya, Sigurd the Crusader, Jeroboam, Jorge Rafael Videla, Klas Pontus Arnoldson, and Cleopatra III of Egypt.

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Among people born in 1934, Leonid Kravchuk ranks 15. Before him are Albert II of Belgium, Gene Cernan, Maggie Smith, Richard Chamberlain, Giorgio Armani, and Carl Sagan. After him are Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., Giovanni Battista Re, Nana Mouskouri, Judi Dench, Jane Goodall, and Daniel Kahneman. Among people deceased in 2022, Leonid Kravchuk ranks 11. Before him are Ivana Trump, Jiang Zemin, Shinzō Abe, Vangelis, Thích Nhất Hạnh, and Jean-Luc Godard. After him are Ben Roy Mottelson, Francisco Gento, Luc Montagnier, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, and Ayman al-Zawahiri.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Leonid Kravchuk ranks 30 out of 1,365. Before him are Leonid Kuchma (1938), Élie Metchnikoff (1845), Ivan Mazepa (1639), Stanisław Leszczyński (1677), Anna Akhmatova (1889), and Yulia Tymoshenko (1960). After him are Kliment Voroshilov (1881), Nestor Makhno (1888), Vaslav Nijinsky (1889), Anne of Kiev (1025), Sviatoslav I of Kiev (942), and Petro Poroshenko (1965).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Leonid Kravchuk ranks 15. Before him are Hafsa Sultan (1479), Viktor Yushchenko (1954), Leonid Kuchma (1938), Ivan Mazepa (1639), Stanisław Leszczyński (1677), and Yulia Tymoshenko (1960). After him are Kliment Voroshilov (1881), Sviatoslav I of Kiev (942), Petro Poroshenko (1965), Grigory Zinoviev (1883), Symon Petliura (1879), and Vladimir II Monomakh (1053).

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