Who Was President of Ukraine Before Zelensky?

Poroshenko Petro Oleksiyovych was the president of Ukraine before Zelensky.

Poroshenko Petro Oleksiyovych (born September 26, 1965), is a Ukrainian businessman and politician who served as Ukraine’s fifth president from 2014 to 2019.

From 2009 to 2010, Poroshenko was the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and from 2012 to 2013, he was the Minister of Trade and Economic Development. Poroshenko was the head of the National Bank of Ukraine’s Council from 2007 to 2012.

He was elected president on May 25, 2014, with 54.7 percent of the vote in the first round, eliminating the need for a run-off. Poroshenko presided over the country during the first phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War, driving insurgent rebel forces deeper into the Donbas Region.

By signing the Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement, he began the process of integration with the European Union.

List of All Past And Present Presidents Of Ukraine

# Portrait Name
(Birth-Death)
Term of office Cabinets Elections Prior office Political alliance
Leonid Kravchuk.jpg
Leonid Kravchuk
Леонід Кравчук
(1934–)
Leonid Kravchuk Signature 1991.png
24 August
1991
5 December
1991
Fokin (1990–92) Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Independent
1 5 December
1991
19 July
1994
1991
2 years, 329 days(Lost re-election campaign) Kuchma (1992–93)
2
Leonid Kuchma 2002-03-01.jpg
Leonid Kuchma
Леонід Кучма
(1938–)
Leonid Kuchma Signature 1996.png
19 July
1994
23 January
2005
Masol II (1994–95)
Marchuk (1995–96)
Lazarenko (1996–97)
Pustovoitenko (1997–99)
Yushchenko (1999–2001)
Kinakh (2001–02)
Yanukovych I (2002–04)
1994 2nd Prime Minister of Ukraine Independent
10 years, 188 days(Opted out of third

term in office.)

1999
3
Wiktor Juschtschenko, Präsident der Ukraine, in der Universität Zürich.jpg
Viktor Yushchenko
Віктор Ющенко
(1954–)
Viktor Yushchenko's signature.svg
23 January
2005
25 February
2010
Tymoshenko I (2005) 2004 7th Prime Minister of Ukraine Our Ukraine
5 years, 33 days(Lost re-election campaign) Yekhanurov (2005–06)
Yanukovych II (2006–07)
Tymoshenko II (2007–10)
4
Viktor Yanukovych & Yukiya Amano (01910428) (10992648186) (cropped).jpg
Viktor Yanukovych
Віктор Янукович
(1950–)
Viktor Yanukovych signature.svg
25 February
2010
22 February
2014
Azarov I (2010–12) 2010 12th Prime Minister of Ukraine Party of Regions
3 years, 362 days(Removed from office following the 2014 Ukrainian revolution) Azarov II (2012–14)
Oleksandr Turchynov March 2014 (cropped).jpg
Oleksandr Turchynov
Олександр Турчинов
(1964–)
Oleksandr Turchynov Signature 2014.png
23 February
2014
7 June
2014
Yatsenyuk I (2014) Chairman of the
Verkhovna Rada
Fatherland
0 years, 115 days
5
Official portrait of Petro Poroshenko.jpg
Petro Poroshenko
Петро Порошенко
(1965–)Petro Poroshenko Signature 2014.png
7 June
2014
20 May
2019
Yatsenyuk II (2014–2016) 2014 Minister of Trade and Economic Development Petro Poroshenko Bloc
4 years, 347 days(Lost re-election campaign) Groysman (2016–2019)
6
Volodymyr Zelensky Official portrait (cropped).jpg
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Володимир Зеленський
(1978–)Autograph-VolodymyrZelensky.png
20 May
2019
Incumbent 2019 Comedian(no prior elected office) Servant of the People
2 years, 288 days
(Incumbent)
Honcharuk (2019–2020)
Shmyhal (2020–present)

Living former presidents

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