Leonid Kravchuk, Ukraine’s first president, died Thursday, May 10, after a protracted illness. A source close to his family told Ukrainian News Agency about this.
He was a Ukrainian politician and the country’s first president, serving from December 5, 1991, to July 19, 1994. He signed the Lisbon Protocol in 1992, agreeing to hand over Ukraine’s nuclear weapons. He was also the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada in the past.
Kravchuk resigned from the presidency after a political crisis involving the president and the prime minister but ran for a second term in 1994. He was beaten by Leonid Kuchma, his former prime minister, and two-term president.
Death Cause Of Leonid Kravchuk?
Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk, the first President of independent Ukraine, died today, May 10, 2022, at 5 p.m. Kyiv time, following a protracted illness. Kravchuk had heart surgery in June 2021
Kravchuk underwent heart surgery in 2021 and was afterward admitted to intensive care. He was the chairman of Ukraine’s mission to the Trilateral Contact Group, a procedure including Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia, at the time.
#Ukraine’s first President Leonid Kravchuk has died at the age of 88. pic.twitter.com/bzTH2bj8Gj
— KyivPost (@KyivPost) May 10, 2022
From 1991 to 1994, Kravchuk was President of Ukraine. During his tenure, he signed the Lisbon Protocol in 1992, kicking off the process of denuclearization in Ukraine.
His presidency was heavily criticized for failing to prevent corruption in Ukraine’s privatization processes as the country transitioned to a market economy, and he was embroiled in multiple corruption scandals.
Who Is Leonid Kravchuk? Wikipedia
Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk was born in 1934 to an ethnic Ukrainian peasant family in the village of Velykyi Zhytyn. The village was part of Poland’s Second Polish Republic at the time. After the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939, when Kravchuk was a kid, it became part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
During the 1930s, his father served in the Polish army, and afterward, he and his wife worked for the local Polish colonists. Kravchuk’s father died on the front lines during World War II.
Leonid Kravchuk, the 1st President of Ukraine & the first Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the #UAarmy, has passed away. With his signature, the Evil Empire disintegrated. Thank you for the peaceful renewal of our Independence. We’re defending it now with weapons in our hands.R.I.P. pic.twitter.com/WZ8p0z1MdL
— Oleksii Reznikov (@oleksiireznikov) May 10, 2022
Kravchuk joined the Ukrainian Communist Party in 1958 and progressed through the ranks of the party’s agitprop department. In 1989, he joined the Ukrainian Communist Party Bureau, and on July 23, 1990, he was elected Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR, making him the republic’s nominal leader.
The Communist Party of Ukraine’s monopoly on power was broken on October 24, 1990, and Kravchuk became not only the titular but also the actual president of the republic.
Details About Leonid Kravchuk Wife And Family
Antonina Mykhailivna Kravchuk was Kravchuk’s wife. In 1957, the couple tied the knot. She rarely accompanied her spouse to official functions.
Oleksandr Leonidovych Kravchuk (born 1959), head of the State Company Nafkom-Ahro and former FC Nafkom Brovary, is Kravchuk’s only child.
The first President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk died
A great man and a great statesman
The one who gave us the independence of the Ukrainian people🙏🇺🇦
Boundless honor to Leonid Kravchuk🥺
— Ілля Глушко 🇺🇦 (@ilusha_glusha) May 10, 2022
Kravchuk had one great-granddaughter and two grandchildren. After leaving the Ukrainian government, Kravchuk lived in a state-owned dacha in Koncha-Zaspa until his death in 2022.
Being Ukraine’s first independent head of state, died at the age of 88, a profound loss for the entire country.
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