President of Ukraine Ukraine lacks many of the executive powers of a president and is only meant to serve for a short time before a new election can take place. During his tenure Oleksandr Turchynov was addressed as "acting president" by other Ukrainian politicians and the media. The 2014 election took place on 25 May, with businessman Petro Poroshenko winning over 54 percent of the vote; Yulia Tymoshenko was the runner up with around 13 percent. Poroshenko was sworn in as president on 7 June 2014. On 18 June 2015 Yanukovych was officially deprived of the title of President of Ukraine. The Government
Viktor Viktorovych Yanukovych in this direction has been a nationwide monitoring of the old highway dividers on Ukrainian roads. Viktor Yanukovych was married to Olga Stanislavovna Yanukovych (Korochanska). They had one son, Iliya. Yanukovych died in the evening of 20 March 2015 when he fell through ice while driving his Volkswagen minivan on Lake Baikal. Yanukovych had driven his vehicle out on the ice near Khoboi Cape on the northern edge of Olkhon island. Five of the passengers escaped, but Yanukovych was unable to unfasten his seat belt in time and he drowned. The Ministry of Emergencies in Irkutsk Oblast announced on BBC