List of presidents of Ukraine

The officeholder leads the executive branch of the government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

"[1] Upon the declaration of Ukrainian independence from the Soviet Union on 24 August 1991, the title was changed to "President of Ukraine".

Every president of Ukraine except for Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been a People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada prior to their election, with Kuchma, Yushchenko, and Yanukovych all previously serving as Prime Minister and Kravchuk as well as acting president Turchynov previously serving as Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada.

Kravchuk was the first president to resign from the office, following a power struggle with Prime Minister Leonid Kuchma.

[2] The sixth and current president is Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who defeated Poroshenko in the 2019 presidential election and was inaugurated on 20 May 2019.