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(Former President of Ukraine) Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk was a notable Ukrainian politician who served as the first president of Ukraine from 1991 to 1994. He made a significant contribution to Ukraine's history by signing the Lisbon Protocol to relinquish the country's nuclear arsenal. Following a political crisis that led to his resignation, Kravchuk continued his involvement in politics as a People's Deputy in the Verkhovna Rada and as the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) parliamentary group.