Kuchma, Leonid Danylovych (lĭŭnyēt` dənyē`ləvĭch k
ch`mä), 1938–, Ukrainian politician, president of Ukraine Ukraine , Ukr. Ukraina, republic (2005 est. pop. 47,425,000), 232,046 sq mi (601,000 sq km), E Europe. It borders on Poland in the northwest; on Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova in the southwest; on the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov in the south; on
..... Click the link for more information. (1994–2005). Formerly the manager of the Soviet Union's largest missile factory, he was a member of the Ukrainian Communist party's central committee (1981–91). Elected (1991) to Ukraine's supreme soviet, he served (1992–93) as prime minister after Ukrainian independence. In 1994, he defeated the incumbent, Leonid Kravchuk Kravchuk, Leonid Makarovich , 1934–, Ukrainian leader, president of Ukraine (1991–94), b. Velyky Zhityn, Ukraine. A political economist and long-time Communist party ideologue, he became chairman of Ukraine's Supreme Soviet in 1990.
..... Click the link for more information. , to win the presidency. Kuchma initiated some free-market reforms in his economically struggling nation and was successful at gaining Western support and funds for Ukraine, but the country suffered from a declining economy dominated by huge state-run industries. He was reelected in 1999, but he later was implicated in Sept., 2000, disappearance of an opposition journalist, which led to an erosion of parliamentary and public support, and in the 2004 elections Kuchma's hand-picked successor, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, lost to opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko Yushchenko, Viktor Andriyovych,, 1954–, Ukrainian politician, president of Ukraine (2005–), b. Khoruzhivka, Ukraine. A technocrat trained as an accountant and economist, he rose in Ukraine's banking system under Soviet rule, and after Ukrainian
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ch`mä), 1938–, Ukrainian politician, president of Ukraine Ukraine , Ukr. Ukraina, republic (2005 est. pop. 47,425,000), 232,046 sq mi (601,000 sq km), E Europe. It borders on Poland in the northwest; on Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova in the southwest; on the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov in the south; on..... Click the link for more information. (1994–2005). Formerly the manager of the Soviet Union's largest missile factory, he was a member of the Ukrainian Communist party's central committee (1981–91). Elected (1991) to Ukraine's supreme soviet, he served (1992–93) as prime minister after Ukrainian independence. In 1994, he defeated the incumbent, Leonid Kravchuk Kravchuk, Leonid Makarovich , 1934–, Ukrainian leader, president of Ukraine (1991–94), b. Velyky Zhityn, Ukraine. A political economist and long-time Communist party ideologue, he became chairman of Ukraine's Supreme Soviet in 1990.
..... Click the link for more information. , to win the presidency. Kuchma initiated some free-market reforms in his economically struggling nation and was successful at gaining Western support and funds for Ukraine, but the country suffered from a declining economy dominated by huge state-run industries. He was reelected in 1999, but he later was implicated in Sept., 2000, disappearance of an opposition journalist, which led to an erosion of parliamentary and public support, and in the 2004 elections Kuchma's hand-picked successor, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, lost to opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko Yushchenko, Viktor Andriyovych,, 1954–, Ukrainian politician, president of Ukraine (2005–), b. Khoruzhivka, Ukraine. A technocrat trained as an accountant and economist, he rose in Ukraine's banking system under Soviet rule, and after Ukrainian
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