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Leonid Kuchma

1938 - Today

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Leonid Danylovych Kuchma (Ukrainian: Леонід Данилович Кучма, IPA: [ˈlɛ.ɔ.nʲid dɐˈnɪ.lɔ.ʋet͡ʃ ˈkut͡ʃ.mɐ]; born 9 August 1938) is a Ukrainian politician who was the second president of Ukraine from 19 July 1994 to 23 January 2005. The only President of Ukraine to serve two terms, his presidency was marked by democratic backsliding and the growth of the Ukrainian oligarchs, as well as several scandals and improvement of Russia–Ukraine relations. After a successful career in the machine-building industry of the Soviet Union, Kuchma began his political career in 1990, when he was elected to the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament); he was re-elected in 1994. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonid Kuchma has received more than 1,098,455 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Leonid Kuchma is the 729th most popular politician (up from 1,607th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 51st in 2019) and the 12th most popular Ukrainian Politician.

Leonid Kuchma is most famous for being the president of Ukraine from 1994 to 2005. He was in office when the country became independent from the Soviet Union.

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  • 71

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Leonid Kuchma ranks 729 out of 15,577. Before him are Stanisław Leszczyński, Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Árpád, John III of Sweden, Charles IX of Sweden, and Antiochus IV Epiphanes. After him are Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, Ptolemy III Euergetes, Anne of Brittany, Umberto I of Italy, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, and Jeroboam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Leonid Kuchma ranks 10. Before him are Beatrix of the Netherlands, Claudia Cardinale, Adriano Celentano, Jon Voight, Rudolf Nureyev, and Queen Sofía of Spain. After him are Nico, Islam Karimov, Farah Pahlavi, Joe Dassin, Paul Verhoeven, and Christopher Lloyd.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Leonid Kuchma ranks 24 out of 1,083. Before him are Taras Shevchenko (1814), Sviatoslav I of Kiev (942), Kliment Voroshilov (1881), Anna Akhmatova (1889), Lyudmila Pavlichenko (1916), and Stanisław Leszczyński (1677). After him are Vaslav Nijinsky (1889), Ludwig von Mises (1881), Viktor Yushchenko (1954), Wilhelm Reich (1897), Sergei Korolev (1906), and Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Leonid Kuchma ranks 12. Before him are Stepan Bandera (1909), Golda Meir (1898), John III Sobieski (1629), Sviatoslav I of Kiev (942), Kliment Voroshilov (1881), and Stanisław Leszczyński (1677). After him are Viktor Yushchenko (1954), Grigory Zinoviev (1883), Yulia Tymoshenko (1960), Ivan Mazepa (1639), Andrei Zhdanov (1896), and Petro Poroshenko (1965).

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