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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — |
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Leonid Kravchuk Леонід Кравчук (1934–)  |
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 |
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Leonid Kuchma Леонід Кучма (1938–)  |
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 |
 |
Viktor Yushchenko Віктор Ющенко (1954–)  |
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 |
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Viktor Yanukovych Віктор Янукович (1950–)  |
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) | ||||||||
| — |
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Oleksandr Turchynov Олександр Турчинов (1964–)  |
23 February 2014 |
7 June 2014 |
Yatsenyuk I (2014) | — | Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada |
Fatherland | |
| 0 years, 115 days | |||||||||
| 5 |
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Petro Poroshenko Петро Порошенко (1965–)  |
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 |
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy Володимир Зеленський (1978–)  |
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) | |||||||||
