Leonid Kravchuk

**Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk** (; 10 January 1934 – 10 May 2022) was a Ukrainian politician. He was the first President of Ukraine from 5 December 1991, until his resignation on 19 July 1994.

He was the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada and People's Deputy of Ukraine serving in the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) faction.

Kravchuk had heart surgery in June 2021. Kravchuk died in Kyiv, Ukraine on 10 May 2022 at the age of 88.

## Infobox (president)

- **name**: Leonid Kravchuk
- **native name lang**: uk
- **image**: Leonid Kravchuk (1).jpg
- **caption**: Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk in 1991
- **office**: President of Ukraine
<small>5th including Presidents in exile</small>
- **primeminister**: Vitold Fokin
Valentyn Symonenko
Leonid Kuchma
Yukhym Zvyahilsky
Vitaliy Masol
- **term start**: 24 August 1991
- **term end**: 19 July 1994

- **predecessor**: _Mykola Plaviuk _
_Himself _
- **successor**: Leonid Kuchma
- **office2**: Chairman of the Verkhovna RadaChairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
- **term start2**: 23 July 1990
- **term end2**: 5 December 1991
- **predecessor2**: Vladimir Ivashko, Volodymyr Ivashko
- **successor2**: Ivan Plyushch
- **office4**: Member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union), Secretariat of the Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union), Communist Party of Ukraine
- **term start4**: 4 June 1988
- **term end4**: 5 December 1990
- **birth place**: Żytyń, Second Polish Republic, Poland
(now Velykyi Zhytyn, Ukraine)
- **party**: * Independent (politician), Independent (1991–1994, while president)
* Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1958–1991
* Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) 1994–2009
- **nationality**: Ukrainians, Ukrainian
- **children**: Oleksandr
- **death place**: Koncha-Zaspa, Kiev, Ukraine
- **alma mater**: Kiev University, Kiev State University (1958)
Academy of Social Sciences (disambiguation), Academy of Social Sciences of Communist Party of the Soviet Union, CPSU (1970)
- **occupation**: Politician
- **signature**: Leonid Kravchuk Signature 1991.png
- **footnotes**: Mykola Plaviuk, the 4th President of Ukraine#History of the presidency, President of Ukrainian People's Republic in exile terminated his authority on 22 August 1992 when he formally ceded his authority to Kravchuk recognizing Ukraine as a successor of the Ukrainian People's Republic.From July 23, 1990 to August 24, 1991, the office was known as the "Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR."
- **office5**: People's Deputy of Ukraine
- **convocation5**: 1st Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, 1st convocation
- **constituency5**: Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union), Communist Party , Vinnytsia Oblast, District No.39
- **term start5**: 15 May 1990
- **term end5**: 5 December 1991
- **convocation6**: 2nd Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, 2nd convocation
- **constituency6**: Independent (politician), Independent, Ternopil Oblast,
District No.364
- **term start6**: 25 September 1994
- **term end6**: 12 May 1998
- **convocation7**: 3rd Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, 3rd convocation
- **constituency7**: Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united), Social Democratic Party (united), No. 1
- **term start7**: 12 May 1998
- **term end7**: 14 May 2002
- **convocation8**: 4th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, 4th convocation
- **constituency8**: Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united), Social Democratic Party (united), No. 5
- **term start8**: 14 May 2002
- **term end8**: 25 May 2006