List of heads of state of Ukraine


President of Ukraine


Standard of the President


Acting President Volodymyr Zelenskyj since May 20, 2019

Official seat	Mary's Palace in Kiev
Term of office	5 years (re-election possible once)
Creation of office	5th December 1991
Last choice	April 21, 2019

Website	www.president.gov.ua

This article has kept the list of Heads of State of Ukraine since 1917.

West Ukrainian People's Republic (1918-1919)

President of the Ukrainian National Council
#	image	Surname	Taking office	End of office
1		Yevhen Petrushevich	November 1, 1918	January 22, 1919

Chairman of the Central Rada of the Ukrainian People's Republic
#	image	Surname	Taking office	End of office
1		Mychajlo Hruschewskyj	March 4, 1917	April 29, 1918

Hetman of the Ukrainian State
#	image	Surname	Taking office	End of office
1		Pavlo Skoropadskyi	April 29, 1918	December 14, 1918

Chair of the Directory of the Ukrainian People's Republic
#	image	Surname	Taking office	End of office
1		Volodymyr Vynnychenko	December 14, 1918	February 11, 1919
2		Symon Wassyljowytsch Petlyura	February 11, 1919	May 7, 1921

Chair of the Directory of the Ukrainian People's Republic (in exile: Paris until 1945, then Munich until 1992)
#	image	Surname	Taking office	End of office
2		Symon Wassyljowytsch Petlyura	May 7, 1921	May 25, 1926
3		Andrij Liwyzkyj	May 25, 1926	17th January 1954
4th		Stepan Wytvyzkyj	March 6, 1954	October 9, 1965
5		Mykola Liwyzkyj	March 22, 1967	December 8, 1989
6th		Mykola Plawjuk	December 8, 1989	22nd August 1992

Chairwoman of the Central Executive Committee (1919–1938) Chairwoman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1919–1991)
#	image	Surname	Taking office	End of office	Political party
1		Hryhoriy Petrovskyi	March 10, 1919	March 1938	KP (b) U
2/3		Leonid Korniyets	March 1938 July 27th 1938	July 25, 1938 July 28, 1939	KP (b) U
4th		Mychajlo Hretschucha	July 28, 1939	January 18, 1954	KP (b) U / KPU
5		Demyan Korottschenko	January 18, 1954	April 7, 1969	KPU
6th		Oleksandr Lyashko	April 7, 1969	June 8, 1972	KPU
7th		Ivan Hruschezkyj	June 8, 1972	June 24, 1976	KPU
8th		Oleksiy Vachenko	June 25, 1976	November 22, 1984	KPU
9		Valentyna Shevchenko	November 22, 1984	4th June 1990	KPU
10		Volodymyr Ivashko	4th June 1990	July 9, 1990	KPU
11		Leonid Kravchuk	July 23, 1990	5th December 1991	KPU

Ukraine (since 1991)

President
#	image	Surname	Taking office	End of office	Political party	Remarks
1		Leonid Kravchuk	5th December 1991	July 19, 1994	Non-party	Direct election 1991
2		Leonid Kuchma	July 19, 1994	January 23, 2005	Non-party	Direct election 1994 (1st term of office) Direct election 1999 (2nd term of office)
3		Viktor Yushchenko	January 23, 2005	February 25, 2010	NU-NS	Direct election 2004
4th		Viktor Yanukovych	February 25, 2010	February 22, 2014	PR	Direct election 2010 canceled (see: Euromaidan )
-		Oleksandr Turchynov	February 22, 2014	June 7, 2014	AVV	as parliamentary president appointed by parliament as transitional president
5		Petro Poroshenko	June 7, 2014	20th May 2019	BPP	Direct election 2014
6th		Volodymyr Selenskyj	20th May 2019	officiating	Sluha narodu	Direct election 2019

↑ Tymoshenko's confidante becomes interim president. Alexander Turchinov has been appointed the new interim president of Ukraine. Thus the powers of the head of state are temporarily transferred to him. In: The world online. Retrieved March 4, 2014 .