This list encompasses all rulers and leaders in Ukrainian territory, from ancient to modern times. This is not a list of sovereigns.

There were the following nomadic civilizations on Ukrainian territory in Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages: Cimmerians, Scythians, Sarmatians, Goths, Huns, Avars, Bulgars, and Khazars.

Scythian kings

Scythian king Skilurus, relief from Scythian Neapolis, Crimea, 2nd century BC

Scythia was a loose state that originated as early as 8th century BC. Little is known of them and their rulers. Most detailed description came down to us from Herodotus.

• Scylas (ca. 500 BC) – Herodotus describes him as a Scythian whose mother was Greek, he was expelled by his people
• Octamasadas (ca. 450 BC) – was put on the throne after Scylas
• Ateas (ca. 429 BC – 339 BC) – defeated by the Macedonians; his empire fell apart
• Skilurus (ca. 200 BC)
• Palacus (ca. 100 BC) – the last Scythian ruler, defeated by Mithridates VI of Pontus

Kings of Cimmerian Bosporus

A silver coin depicting Mithradates VI of Pontus

The shores of Crimea were settled by greeks since the 7th century BC. The kingdom was established around 480 BC. It was ruled by three consecutive dynasties: Archaeanactidae (480 BC - 438 BC), Spartocids (438 BC - 108 BC), and Pontids (108 BC - 16 BC). After Pontids the territory became a Roman client kingdom.

Pontids

• Mithridates VI of Pontus (108 BC - 64 BC)
• Pharnaces (64 BC - 47 BC)
• Asander (47 BC - 17 BC)
• Scribonius (17 BC - 16 BC)

Gothic rulers

A period of great migrations began with the descent of the Goths from the Baltic region into Ukraine about AD 200. They displaced the Sarmatians. In 238, the Goths for the first time passed the Danube, and took to the Black Sea. The division of the Goths (Thervingi-Vesi and Greuthungi-Ostrogothi) is first attested in 291. Their own power was broken about 375 by the invading Huns from the east.

Tervingi

The Balti dynasty, Balth(e)s, Baltungs, or Balthings, existed among the Tervingi ("forest people"), called later the Visigothi. The names of the Drevlyans (Derevliany in Ukrainian; Drevlyane in Russian) and the Gothic Tervingi in Ukraine have often been adduced as parallels to agac-ari ("forest men" in Turkic).

• Nidad, reik ("ruler") (ca.218-249)
• Ovida, son of Nidad, co-ruler (ca.249-273)
• Cniva aka Kniwa ("knife"), brother of Ovida, co-ruler
• Ilderic aka Hilderith, son of Ovida, co-ruler (ca.273-317)
• Ariaric aka Ascaric, brother of Hilderith, co-ruler
• Geberic aka Geberich, son of Hilderith, kindin ("king") (ca.317-350)
• Athanaric aka Aþanareiks ("year-king"), pagan, Gunþi-reik ("battle prince") (365-381)
• Fritigern aka Frithugairns ("desiring peace"), converted to Arianism, Gunþi-reik (369-382)

Greuthungi

The Amali dynasty, Amals, Amaler, or Amalings of the Greuthungi ("steppe dwellers" or "people of the pebbly coasts"), called later the Ostrogothi.

• Amal (Amala), the Fortunate, born fl. 110 or ca. 123
• Hisarna, (Isarna), the Iron One, born fl. 140 or ca. 153
• Ostrogotha, the Patient, born fl. 170 or ca. 183, died ca. 250 in Ukraine
• Hunuil ("Immune to Magic") aka Ginvila, born fl. 210 or ca. 213
• Athal (Athala), the Noble One, born fl. 240 or ca. 243 in Ukraine
• Achiulf (Agiulf), born fl. 270 or ca. 273 in Ukraine
• Wultwulf (Vultuulf, Vulthulf, Vuldulf), born fl. 300 in Ukraine, died fl. 370, prince of the Goths
• Ermanaric (Hermanaric, Ermanarich, Hermanarik), born ca. 303 in Ukraine, king of the Getae/Greutungi/Ostrogoths (335 or 350 - 375 or 376)
• Winithar (Vinitharius), Conqueror of the Venedi-Slavs (Antes), born fl. 345 or ca. 353 in Ukraine, the last independent king of the Ostrogoths (376-380)
• Hunimund ("Protege of the Huns"), the Beautiful, born ca. 326 in Ukraine, the first Hunnic vassal prince of the Ostrogoths (376-fl.405)

Hunnic rulers

• Balambér aka Bülümer (Bulümar, Balamir), conqueror of the Ostrogoths (376-378)
• Baltazár aka Alyp-bi, Khan of the Western Huns (378-390), buried on Kuyantau mountain (current Kiev)
• Uldin aka Ulduz, Khan of the Western Huns (390-ca.411)
• Donatus, Khan of the Eastern Huns (ca.382-412)
• Charaton aka Aksungur (Aksuvar), (ca.411-ca.422)
• Octar aka Oktar (Uptar ?), (ca.425-ca.430)
• Rugila aka Ruga (Rua, Roila), Yabgu (prince), then Khagan (432-434)
• Mundzuk aka Aybat, Yabgu (390-434), Khagan (434)
• Bleda, Khagan and ruler of Eastern Huns (Ak Bulgar) (434-445)
• Attila the Hun, Yabgu of Western Huns (Kara Bulgar) (434-445), Khagan (445-453)
• Ellac aka Ellak, Khagan and ruler of the Sabirs (453-454)
• Dengizich aka Tengiz (Diggiz), ruler of the Akatziroi (early Khazars ?), (454-468)
• Ernakh aka Bel-Kermek (Hernach), ruler of the Bulgars (455-465), and the Akatziroi (469-503)

Rulers of Patria Onoguria

According to Zakarius Rhetor and Priscus Rhetor, Patria Onoguria was a vulgar statelet in alliance with Byzantium established in 463 around Azov having been forced west upon the Akatziroi by the Sabirs who in turn were being attacked. Its 7th century period is commonly referred to as Old Great Bulgaria (~600–~690).

• Ernakh (469-503) raids on Byzantium
• Utigur (503-520)
• Grod (520-528) alliance with Byzantium
• Mugel (528-530) breaks alliance with Byzantium
• Sandilch (mid 6thC) in Southeast supported by Byzantium against Khinialon and Sinnion in Southwest, then Zabergan while Sarosios assists arrangement between Pseudo-Avars in North and Justinian I. Then Kagan Bayan controls the rest of Ukraine for most of the 60s until Sarosios assists Gokturks petition of Justin II to support a "true" Avar candidate in Patria Onoguria against the Pseudo-Avars.
• Houdbaad (c. 581-c. 600)
• Organa (617–630)
• Gostun (2 years)
• Kubrat (632–660) extended dominion of Great Bulgarian Onoguria into Pannonia placing Pseudo-Avars under Kuber in Sirmium.
• Batbayan of Bulgaria ruled two years before being challenged and forced south by his brother Kotrag who ensured Khazar rule over a loose confederation of tribal city-states from Kiev in the West to Bolghar in the Northeast and the Caspian Gates in the Southeast.

Khazar rulers

• Bulan Sabriel (fl. c. 740)
• Obadiah (c. 786-809)
• Hezekiah ben Obadiah
• Manasseh I ben Hezekiah
• Hanukkah ben Obadiah
• Isaac ben Hanukkah
• Zebulun ben Isaac
• Manasseh II ben Zebulun
• Nisi ben Manasseh
• Aaron I ben Nisi (fl. c. 900)
• Menahem ben Aaron (fl. c. 910)
• Benjamin ben Menahem (fl. c. 920)
• Aaron II ben Benjamin (c. 920s-940)
• Joseph ben Aaron (fl. 940-965)

Princes of Kiev

Rulers of Kiev and Kievan Rus (~860–1246)

Pagan rulers of the Rurik Dynasty

The Rurikids were descendants of Rurik, a Varangian pagan chieftain, who was of Finno-Ugrian origin (haplogroup N1c1).¹

Portrait	Name	Born-Died	Ruled From	Ruled Until
	Askold and Dir (Haskuldr and Dyri), not the Rurikids, Varangian konungs or jarls (probably of Swedish origin), were rulers (khagans) of Kiev, not Kievan Rus'	?-882	c.8422	882
	Oleg the Seer, the Varangian konung Helgi of Holmgard (Novgorod)	?-912	882	912
	Igor, the Varangian konung Ingvar	?-945	912	945
	Olga (regent), Ingvar's wife Helga of Pskov who was baptized by Emperor Constantine VII but failed to bring Christianity to Kiev	?-969	945	962
	Sviatoslav I, the first true ruler of Rus' who destroyed the Khazar Khaganate and united all of the Rus' principalities under the Kiev throne	942-972	962	972
	Yaropolk I, supposedly was baptised into Catholicism, and then was murdered by two Varangians	958 (960?)-980	972	980

Christian rulers of the Rurik Dynasty

Portrait	Name	Born-Died	Ruled From	Ruled Until
	Volodymyr the Great, Volodymyr's early rule is characterized by a staunch pagan reaction but in 988 he was baptized into Orthodoxy and successfully converted Kievan Rus' to Christianity	958-1015	980	1015
	Sviatopolk the Accursed	980-1019	1015	1019
	Yaroslav the Wise (Jarizleifr), son of Volodymyr the Great (Valdamarr) and Rogneda of Polotsk (Ragnhild), Prince of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod, and Grand Prince of Kiev	978-1054	1019	1054
	Iziaslav I of Kiev, (I time)	1024-1078	1054	1073
	Vseslav of Kiev	1039-1101	1068	1069
	Sviatoslav II of Kiev (on picture, first from right)	1027-1076	1073	1076
	Iziaslav I of Kiev, (II time)	1024-1078	1076	1078
	Vsevolod I of Kiev	1030-1093	1078	1093
	Sviatopolk II of Kiev	1050-1113	1093	1113
	Vladimir II Monomakh, Monomakh is considered to be the last ruler of the united Kievan Rus'	1053-1125	1113	1125
	Mstislav I of Kiev, during Mstislav I reign Kievan Rus' fell into recession starting a rapid decline	1076–1132	1125	1132

The decline of Kievan Rus

During this time the territory of Ukraine was conquered by various princes of the disintegrating Kievan Rus principalities and Galicia-Volhynia.

Daniel of Galych

• Yaropolk II (1132–1139)
• Vyacheslav I (1139) (first time)
• Vsevolod II (1139–1146)
• Igor II (1146)
• Izyaslav II (1146-1149) (first time)
• Yuri Dolgorukiy (1149–1151) (first time)
• Vyacheslav I (1151–1155) (second time)
• Izyaslav II (1151-1154) (second time)
• Rostislav I (1154) (first time)
• Izyaslav III (1154-1155) (first time)
• Yuri Dolgorukiy (1155–1157) (second time)
• Izyaslav III (1157–1158) (second time)
• Rostislav I (1159-1167) (second time)
• Izyaslav III (1162) (third time)
• Mstislav II (1167–1169) (first time)
• Gleb I (1169) (first time)
• Mstislav II (1170) (second time)
• Gleb I (1170–1171) (second time)
• Vladimir (1171)
• Mikhail I (1171)
• Roman I (1171–1173) (first time)
• Vsevolod III (1173)
• Ryurik (1173) (first time)
• Svyatoslav III (1174) (first time)
• Yaroslav II (1174–1175) (first time)
• Roman I (1175–1177) (second time)
• Svyatoslav III (1177–1180) (second time)
• Yaroslav II (1180) (second time)
• Ryurik (1180-1182) (second time)
• Svyatoslav III (1182–1194) (third time)
• Ryurik (1194-1202) (third time)
• Ingvar of Kiev (1202)
• Ryurik (1203-1205) (fourth time)
• Roman II the Great (1203-1205)
• Rostislav II (1204–1206)
• Ryurik (1206) (fifth time)
• Vsevolod IV (1206–1207) (first time)
• Ryurik (1207-10) (sixth time)
• Vsevolod IV (1210–1214) (second time)
• Ingvar of Kiev (1214)
• Mstislav III (1214–1223)
• Vladimir III (1223–1235)
• Izyaslav IV (1235–1236)
• Yaroslav III (1236–1238) (first time)
• Mikhail II (1238–1239) (first time)
• Rostislav III (1239)
• Daniil I (1239–1240)
• Mikhail II (1241–1246) (second time)
• Yaroslav III (1246) (second time)

Kings and Princes of Galicia-Volhynia

Galicia-Volhynia was a Ruthenian state in Galicia and Volhynia during 1199–1349. Depending on the title of the ruler it was called either principality or kingdom. The first king was crowned in 1215.

Portrait	Name	Born-Died	Ruled From	Ruled Until
	Roman the Great, Prince of Novgorod (1168-1170), Prince of Volhynia (1170-1188, 1189-1205), Prince of Halych (1188, 1199-1205), and Prince of Kiev (1204-1205)	fl.1160–1205	1199	1205
	Coloman of Galicia-Lodomeria, Hungarian prince Kálmán, Prince of Halych (1214-15), became the first anointed and crowned King of Galicia-Volhynia (rex Galiciae et Lodomeriae) in 1215	1208–1241	1214	1219
	Andrew, the younger brother of Coloman, Hungarian prince András, king of Galicia and Lodomeria	1210–1234	1219	1221
	Daniel of Galicia, Prince of Halych (temporary since 1205), Volhynia (since 1228), Belz (since 1234), Galicia-Volhynia (since 1238), crowned by a papal legate, archbishop Opizo, in Dorohychyn in 1253, granted a city charter for Kholm (1237), moved the capital of Galicia from Halych to Kholm (1240), and founded the town of Lviv (1256)	1201–1264	1238	1264
	Lev I, Prince of Belz (1245-1264), Prince of Peremyshl and Halych (1264-1269) who moved the capital of Galicia from Kholm to Lviv in 1272	1228–1301	1269	1301
	Yuri I, Prince of Belz (1264–1301)	fl.1252–1308	1301	1308
	Andrew II and Lev II, princes, joint rule, the last members of the Rurikid dynasty to rule Ukraine	?–1323	1308	1323
	Yuri II-Boleslaw, prince, a member of the Piast dynasty (Polish noble family)	1308–1340	1323	1340
	Liubartas, prince, a member of the Gediminid dynasty, the last Ruthenian-Lithuanian ruler of Galicia-Volhynia, Prince of Volhynia (1323-1384)	ca.1300–1384	1340	1349

In 1349, Liubartas lost all territories, except for eastern Volhynia, to Casimir III of Poland. In 1366, a Polish-Lithuanian treaty was signed: eastern Volhynia with Lutsk retained under Liubartas' rule (the Grand Duchy of Lithuania), while Galicia, western Volhynia, and western Podolia were annexed by the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. Other Ukrainian territories (Kiev Voivodeship, Volhynian Voivodeship, and Bratslav Voivodeship) were transferred from Lithuania to Poland, when the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was established by the Union of Lublin in 1569.

Crimean khans

Crimean Khanate (1441–1783). Crimean Tatars, although not a part of the Ukrainian ethnos, ruled a large part of modern Ukraine.

Meñli I Giray (centre) with the eldest son, future khan Mehmed I Giray (left) and Turkish sultan Bayezid II (right)

İslâm III. Giray

Hetmans of Ukrainian Cossacks

A Hetman (1506?–1764) was a military and civil leader, democratically elected by the Cossacks.

Hetmans and commanders of Ukrainian Cossacks

Several Cossack regiments were operating in Ukraine at this time that were largely independent of each other, so some of the Hetmans' tenures overlap.

Portrait	Name	Born-Died	Ruled From	Ruled Until
	Przecław Lanckoroński, was a member of the Zadora Polish szlachta family and starosta of Khmilnyk	?-1531	1506	1512
	Ataman Ostap Dashkevych, was a commander of the Cossacks, sometimes referred to as Hetman	1495-1535	1506	1535
	Dmytro Vyshnevetsky, the first to be officially and casually refferred to as Cossack Hetman	?-1553	1550	1553
	Ivan Svirgovsky	?	1567	1574
	Ivan Pidkova, the first Hetman to be elected by the entire Sich, thus establishing the first direct democratic rule in modern Europecitation needed	?-1578	1577	1578
	Ivan Orishevsky	?	1579	1591
	Bogdan Mikoshinsky	?	1586	1594
	Kryshtof Kosynsky	1545–1593	1591	1593
	Hryhory Loboda	?-1596	1593	1596
	Severyn Nalyvaiko	?-1597	1596	1596
	Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny	1570–1622	1614	1622
	Mykhailo Doroshenko	?–1628	1623	1628
	Hryhoriy Chorny, elected by Registered Cossacks	?-1630	1628	1630
	Taras Fedorovych, elected by unregistered Cossacks	?-1636	1629	1630
	Ivan Sulyma	?–1635	1630	1635
	Dmytro Hunia	?	1638	1638

Hetmans of the Cossack state

Following the Khmelnytsky uprising a new Cossack republic, the Hetmanate, was formed.

Portrait	Name	Born-Died	Ruled From	Ruled Until
	Bohdan Khmelnytsky, the first sole ruler of the Ukrainian Cossack state who adopted the title of Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host	1595—1657	1648	1657
	Ivan Bohun, was acting hetman during the Battle of Berestechko	?-1664	June 1651	June 1651
	Ivan Vyhovsky, second Hetman of the Cossack Hetmanate, co-author of the Treaty of Hadiach signed in 1658, Voivode of Kiev (1660-1664)	?-1664	October 21, 1657	October 17, 1659
	Yurii Khmelnytsky, third Hetman of the Cossack Hetmanate who adopted the title of Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host and Prince of Sarmatia	1641-1685	October 17, 1659	1663

Hetmans during the Ruin

The Ruin (1660–1687) was a time in Ukrainian history when the country fell into disarray and chaos. Afterwards, the Cossack state emerged as a vassal of the Russian Empire. During this period a number of hetmans stayed in power for short periods of time and often controlled only parts of the country. Moreover the Treaty of Andrusovo (1667) split the Cossack Hetmanate along the Dnieper River into Left-bank Ukraine, enjoyed a degree of autonomy within the Tsardom of Russia, and Right-bank Ukraine remained part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, temporary occupied by the Ottoman Empire (1672-1699).

Hetmans of Right-bank Ukraine

Portrait	Name	Born-Died	Ruled From	Ruled Until
	Pavlo Teteria, succeeded Yurii Khmelnytsky as the first ruler of Right-bank Ukraine	?—1670	1663	1665
	Petro Doroshenko, united Cossack state for a short period of time until accepting Ottoman suzerainty	1627-November 19, 1698	October 10, 1665	September 19, 1676
	Mykhailo Khanenko, nominal Hetman	ca. 1620–1680	1669	1674
	Yurii Khmelnytsky, nominated by the Ottomans in 1678, and re-instaled by the Poles in 1683	1641-1685	1678 1683	1681 1685

Hetmans of Left-bank Ukraine

Portrait	Name	Born-Died	Ruled From	Ruled Until
	Yakym Somko, acting hetman of Left-bank Ukraine	?—September 28, 1664	1660	1663
	Ivan Briukhovetsky, was a pro-Russian hetman of Left-bank Ukraine	?- 1668	1663	1668
	Petro Doroshenko	1627-November 19, 1698	June 9, 1668	1669
	Demian Mnohohrishny,	1630-1701	1669	1672
	Ivan Samoylovych	1630-1690	1672	1687

Hetmans after the Ruin and reunification of Ukraine (1687-1764/75)

Portrait	Name	Born-Died	Ruled From	Ruled Until
	Ivan Mazepa, was the last hetman to actively fight against the Russian domination	1639-1709	1687	1709
	Pylyp Orlyk, a very brief successor of Mazepa, an author of Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk, and the only hetman in exile	1672-1742	1709 1710 in exile	1709 1742 in exile
	Ivan Skoropadsky, pro-Russian Cossack colonel who refused to join Ivan Mazepa in 1708	1646-1722	11 November 1708	14 July 1722
	Pavlo Polubotok, served as Acting Hetman	1660?-1724	1722	1724
	Danylo Apostol	1654-1734	1727	1734
	Kirill Razumovsky, after his rule the territory of Ukraine came under the direct governance of the Russian Empire	1728-1803	1750	1764
	Petro Kalnyshevsky, the last Koshovyi Otaman of the Zaporozhian Cossacks	1691–1803	1765	1775

In the Russian Empire and Austria-Hungary

After the dissolution of the Cossack Hetmanate, a new Malorossiyan collegium was established in 1764, and the Zaporozhian Host was disbanded in 1775. As a result of the second and third Partitions of Poland in 1793 and 1795, eastern and central parts of Ukraine were incorporated directly into the Russian Empire. Western Ukraine was annexed into the Habsburg Monarchy earlier, in the following order: Carpathian Ruthenia (1526), Galicia (1772), and Bukovina (1775).

The Russian Empire existed until 1917, and the Dual Monarchy, Austria–Hungary, existed until 1918.

Ukrainian People's Republic (1917-1921)

The Ukrainian People's Republic (UNR, 1917–1921) was formed after the Russian Revolution of 1917, and lasted until the Peace of Riga between Poland and Soviet Russia in March 1921. The leadership title varied and, despite a rather widespread misconception, none of them had the official title of president.

Chairmen of the Central Council

The Central Council (Tsentral’na rada) was the representative body governing the UNR.

Portrait	Name	Born-Died	In Office From	In Office Until
	Mykhailo Hrushevskyi	1866-1934	27 March 1917	29 April 1918

• Volodymyr Pavlovych Naumenko and Serhiy Oleksandrovych Yefremov (27 April – 29 April 1917 (acting for Hrushevsky)

Hetman of the Ukrainian State

A very short lived Hetmanate was established by Pavlo Skoropadskyi in 1918.

Portrait	Name	Born-Died	In Office From	In Office Until
	Pavlo Skoropadskyi	1873-1945	29 April 1918	14 December 1918

Chairmen of the Directory

The Directorate of Ukraine was a provisional council of the UNR formed after Skoropadskyi's Hetmanate fell apart. On January 22, 1919, the Act of Unification of the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian People's Republic was passed. The text of the universal was made by the members of the Directory.

Portrait	Name	Born-Died	In Office From	In Office Until
	Volodymyr Vynnychenko	1880-1951	14 December 1918	11 February 1919
	Symon Petliura	1879-1926	11 February 1919	7 May 1921

West Ukrainian People's Republic (1918-1919)

The government of the West Ukrainian People's Republic (WUNR) was proclaimed on October 19, 1918. WUNR was united with the Ukrainian People's Republic on January 22, 1919, although it was mostly a symbolic act while the western Ukrainians retained their own Ukrainian Galician Army and government structure. After the Polish-Ukrainian War (1918-1919), Poland took over most of territory of the West Ukrainian People's Republic by July 1919. Since November 1919, the government of the WUNR was in exile.

Chairman of the Ukrainian National Council

Portrait	Name	Born-Died	In Office From	In Office Until
	Yevhen Petrushevych	1863-1940	19 October 1918	15 March 1923

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1918/1921-1991)

Ukraine was incorporated into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on 30 December 1922.

Secretaries of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Ukraine

Mykola Skrypnyk

• Mykola Oleksiiovych Skrypnyk (20 April - 26 May 1918) (Secretary of the Organizational Bureau)
• Yurii Leonidovych Pyatakov (12 July - 9 September 1918)
• Serafima Ilyinichna Hopner (9 September - 23 October 1918)
• Emmanuil Ionovich Kviring (23 October 1918 - 30 May 1919)
• Stanislav Vikentevich Kosior (30 May - 10 December 1919) (1st time)
• Vacant (10 December 1919 - January 1920)
• Rafail Borisovich Farbman (January - 23 March 1920) (acting)
• Nikolay Ilyich Nikolayev (23 March - 25 March 1920)
• Stanislav Vikentevich Kosior (25 March - 23 November 1920) (2nd time)

First Secretary of the Central Committee

• Vyacheslav Mihailovich Molotov (23 November 1920 - 22 March 1921)

Executive Secretary of the Central Committee

• Feliks Yakovlevich Kon (22 March - 15 December 1921)

First Secretaries of the Communist Party

• Dmitry Zakharovich Manuilsky (15 December 1921 - 10 April 1923)
• Emmanuil Ionovich Kviring (10 December 1923 - 20 March 1925)

General Secretaries of the Central Committee

• Emmanuil Ionovich Kviring (20 March - 7 April 1925)
• Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich (7 April 1925 - 14 July 1928)
• Stanislav Vikentevich Kosior (14 July 1928 - 23 January 1934)

First Secretaries of the Central Committee

Nikita Khrushchev

• Stanislav Vikentevich Kosior (23 January 1934 - 27 January 1938)
• Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (27 January 1938 - 3 March 1947) (1st time, acting) (in Russian SFSR exile from 1941 until 1944)
• Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich (3 March - 26 December 1947) (2nd time)
• Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (26 December 1947 - 16 December 1949) (2nd time)
• Leonid Georgyevich Melnikov (16 December 1949 - 4 June 1953)
• Aleksey Illarionovich Kirichenko (4 June 1953 - 26 December 1957)
• Nikolay Viktorovich Podgorny (26 December 1957 - 2 July 1963)
• Pyotr Yefimovich Shelest (2 July 1963 -25 May 1972)
• Vladimir Vasilyevich Shcherbitsky (25 May 1972 - 28 September 1989)
• Vladimir Antonovich Ivashko (28 September 1989 - 22 June 1990)
• Stanislav Ivanovich Gurenko (22 June 1990 - 1 September 1991)

Ukraine (1991-present)

On 5 July 1991, the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR passed a law establishing the post of the President of the Ukrainian SSR. The title was changed to the President of Ukraine upon the proclamation of independence (24 August 1991). The first election of the President of Ukraine was held on 1 December 1991.

Presidents

#	President		Took office	Left office	Party	Term
1		Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk	5 December 1991 Inauguration: 22 August 1992[c]	19 July 1994	Non-partisan	1
2		Leonid Danylovych Kuchma	19 July 1994	14 November 1999	Independent / Non-partisan	2
			14 November 1999	23 January 2005		3
3		Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko	23 January 2005	25 February 2010	People's Union "Our Ukraine"	4
4		Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych	25 February 2010	Incumbent	Independent 3 Supported by Party of Regions	5

See also

• Scythia
• Kings of Cimmerian Bosporus
• Kingdom of Pontus
• List of Hunnic rulers
• List of Khazar rulers, Khazars
• List of Crimean khans
• List of national leaders of Ukraine
• President of Ukraine
• Prime Minister of Ukraine

References

1. ^ DNA Testing of the Rurikid and Gediminid Princes
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