President of Ukraine
The President of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Президент України, Prezydent Ukrayiny) is the Ukrainian head of state. The President represents the nation in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the state, conducts negotiations and concludes international treaties.
| President of Ukraine Президент України | |
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| Residence | Mariyinsky Palace (ceremonial) 13 other available for use |
| Appointer | Direct vote |
| Term length | Five years, renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | Leonid Kravchuk, December 5, 1991[d] |
| Formation | Law "On the President of the Ukrainian SSR," July 5, 1991[a] |
| Succession | Speaker of the Parliament |
| Website | president.gov.ua |
The current president is Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
List
Living presidents
2nd
Leonid Kuchma
(1994–2005)
3rd
Viktor Yushchenko
(2005–2010)
4th
Viktor Yanukovych
(2010–2014)
Acting
Oleksandr Turchynov
(2014)
5th
Petro Poroshenko
(2014–2019)
6th
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
(2019-)
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President Of Ukraine Media
Leonid Kravchuk (left), first President of Ukraine, along with other heads of states of the newly formed Commonwealth of Independent States in 1991
The building of the Presidential Office (unofficially called "Bankova") in central Kyiv is located on the pedestrian Bankova Street.
Then-president Viktor Yushchenko meeting with then-US president George W. Bush in 2008
State Security bodyguards surrounding Viktor Yushchenko (far left) in Gdańsk, 2004
Presidential Ukraine Air Enterprise Il-62
Pair of Ukrainian AF Mil Mi-24P flying over Ukrainian Govt An-148-100V at Chuguyev
The facade of the Mariinskyi Palace, the president's ceremonial residence
The House with Chimaeras is located across from the presidential administration.
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