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'''Leonid Kuchma''' (born 1938) was elected as [[Ukraine]]'s second president in free and fair elections in 1994, defeating [[Leonid Kravchuk]]. Kuchma was reelected in November 1999 to another five-year term, with 56% of the vote. He left office in 2005. Despite numerous scandals he was credited with removing the Soviet era restrictions and sponsoring free trade, which led to high rates of economic growth. He downplayed conflicts with [[Russia]], especially regarding the status of 11 million Russians living in Ukraine. Kuchma, a rocket engineer was a technocrat in the aerospace industry before becoming prime minister in 1992–93.
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|name=Leonid Kuchma
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|birth_date=Leonid Danylovych Kuchma <br/> August 9, 1938 (age 84)
|birth_place=Chaikyne, Ukrainian SSR
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|office=President of Ukraine
|term_start=July 19, 1994
|term_end=January 23, 2005
|preceded=[[Leonid Kravchuk]]
|succeeded=[[Viktor Yushchenko]]
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'''Leonid Kuchma''' (born August 9, 1938) was elected as [[Ukraine]]'s second president in free and fair elections in 1994, defeating [[Leonid Kravchuk]]. Kuchma was reelected in November 1999 to another five-year term, with 56% of the vote. He left office in 2005. Despite numerous scandals he was credited with removing the Soviet era restrictions and sponsoring free trade, which led to high rates of economic growth. He downplayed conflicts with [[Russia]], especially regarding the status of 11 million Russians living in Ukraine. Kuchma, a rocket engineer was a technocrat in the aerospace industry before becoming prime minister in 1992–93.
His regime opened the way for the [[Orange Revolution]] in 2004, which has not been able to reform Ukraine politics.
His regime opened the way for the [[Orange Revolution]] in 2004, which has not been able to reform Ukraine politics.