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Leonid Danylovych Kuchma (Ukrainian: Леонід Данилович Кучма, IPA: [ˈlɛ.ɔ.nʲid dɐˈnɪ.lɔ.ʋet͡ʃ ˈkut͡ʃ.mɐ]; born 9 August 1938) is a Ukrainian politician who was the second president of Ukraine from 19 July 1994 to 23 January 2005. The only President of Ukraine to serve two terms, his presidency was marked by democratic backsliding and the growth of the Ukrainian oligarchs, as well as several scandals and improvement of Russia–Ukraine relations.. After a ...
Leonid Kuchma (born August 9, 1938, Chaykyne, Ukraine, U.S.S.R.) was a Ukrainian engineer and politician who became prime minister (1992–93) and the second president of independent Ukraine (1994–2005). His administration supported increased privatization, free trade, and closer ties with Russia.. After graduating from Dnipropetrovsk State University in 1960, Kuchma embarked on a career as an engineer, serving as Communist Party secretary (1972–82) for his company in Dnipropetrovsk ...
Kuchma, Leonid [Кучма, Леонід; Kučma], b 9 August 1938 in Chaikyne, Novhorod-Siverskyi raion, Chernihiv oblast.Second president (1994–2004) and second prime minister (1992–93) of independent Ukraine; head of the Council for National Security and Defense of Ukraine (1994–2004) and of the President of Ukraine’s Higher Economic Council (1997–2001).
5 days ago · Ukraine - Kuchma, Reforms, Independence: Parliamentary and presidential elections were held in Ukraine in 1994. In the first contest, candidates affiliated with the revived Communist Party emerged as the largest single group, winning approximately one-fifth of the seats. Factoring in the deputies of the Socialist and Agrarian parties, the latter of which drew its support from rural interests and farmers, the left now constituted a strong—although not united—bloc in the new parliament. In ...
Leonid Danylovych Kuchma is a Ukrainian politician who was the second president of Ukraine from 19 July 1994 to 23 January 2005. The only President of Ukraine to serve two terms, his presidency was marked by democratic backsliding and the growth of the Ukrainian oligarchs, as well as several scandals and improvement of Russia–Ukraine relations.
Aug 5, 2022 · The second president of Ukraine, Leonid Kuchma, who led the country from 1994 to 2005, has given BBC Ukrainian Service its first interview since the start of the war. He spoke about the first days of the invasion, the goals of Vladimir Putin, and also about the possibility of using nuclear weapons and the prospect of starting a third world war.
Leonid Danylovych Kuchma (Ukrainian: Леоні́д Дани́лович Ку́чма; born 9 August 1938) is a Ukrainian politician.He was the second President of independent Ukraine from 19 July 1994 to 23 January 2005.. He won the 1994 presidential election against his rival, the incumbent Leonid Kravchuk.Kuchma won re-election for an additional five-year term in 1999.
Ukraine's Leonid Kuchma repeatedly pressed the EU for membership, here with EU Commissioner Chris Patten
Jan 1, 2019 · Kuchma was born on 9 Aug. 1938 in Chikino, Chernigov region. After studying engineering at the Dniepropetrovsk State University, between 1960–92 he worked at the world’s largest space missile plant, Pivdenne design bureau, where his technological developments won him both the Lenin Prize and the Ukrainian State Prize.
Sep 26, 2002 · He was re-elected for a second term in 1994. He then served as Ukrainian prime minister between October 1992 and September 1993. He was elected president in 1994 on a manifesto advocating closer economic links with Russia and faster pro-market reforms, replacing the pro-Western Leonid Kravchuk, Ukraine's first post-Soviet leader.
