Leonid Kuchma
Leonid Danylovych Kuchma 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.
9 August 1938
Born on the same birth date (9 August 1938): Otto Rehhagel • Rod Laver
Born on the same birth day (9 August): Albert Seedman • Aleksandr Gorelik • Alice Barlow • Arlo Parks • Beverlee McKinsey • Chuck Essegian • Denis Atkinson • Dipa Karmakar • Ferenc Fricsay • Hayley Peirsol • Jason Heyward • John "Hot Rod" Williams • John Varley (author) • John Willcock • Kermit Beahan • Linda Keen • Linn Ullmann • Matt Morris (baseball) • Nitin Chandrakant Desai • Ralph Houk • Ravshan Irmatov • Steve Swisher • Willian (footballer, born 1988)
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