Leonid kuchma biography
Leonid Danylovych Kuchma is a Leonid Kuchma (born August 9, , Chaykyne, Ukraine, U.S.S.R.) was a Ukrainian engineer and politician who became prime minister (–93) and the second president of independent Ukraine (–).
Leonid Danylovych Kuchma (Ukrainian: Леоні́д Politician, Prime Minister in , elected President of Ukraine in Leonid Danilovich Kuchma was born on August 9, , in Chaikyne, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. His father died fighting in the defense of Leningrad during World War II, and his mother worked on a collective farm. Kuchma has an older brother and sister who worked in mines.
Formerly the manager of
Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma is facing new calls to resign, amid an international outcry over claims that he authorised arms sales to Iraq. BBC News Online looks back at his career.Leonid Kuchma was born Leonid Danylovych Kuchma (Ukrainian: Леоні́д Дани́лович Ку́чма; born 9 August ) is a Ukrainian politician who was the second president of Ukraine from 19 July to 23 January Kuchma's presidency saw numerous corruption scandals and the lessening of media freedoms.