Viktor Andriiovych Yushchenko is a Ukrainian politician who was the third president of Ukraine from 23 January 2005 to 25 February 2010. He aimed to orient Ukraine towards the West, European Union and NATO.
Official portrait, 2008
Yushchenko as prime minister visiting Poland in 2000
Yushchenko with fellow opposition leader Oleksandr Moroz during the Orange Revolution, 2004
Pro-Orange Revolution demonstration in Brussels, Belgium
The President of Ukraine is the head of state of Ukraine. The president represents the nation in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the state, conducts negotiations and concludes international treaties. The president is directly elected by the citizens of Ukraine for a five-year term of office, limited to two terms consecutively.
President of Ukraine
President of the Central Council Mykhailo Hrushevskyi (1917–18)
Hetman Pavlo Skoropadskyi (1918)
President of the Directorate Volodymyr Vynnychenko (1918–19)