1996 in Ukraine

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See also:	History of Ukraine List of years in Ukraine

Events in the year 1996 in Ukraine.

Incumbents

• President: Leonid Kuchma
• Prime Minister: Yevhen Marchuk (until 28 May), Pavlo Lazarenko (starting 28 May)

Governors

• Cherkasy Oblast: Vasyl Tsybenko (Independent)
• Chernihiv Oblast: Petro Shapoval (Independent)
• Chernivtsi Oblast: Ivan Hnatyshyn (until March 31), Heorhiy Filipchuk (starting May 12) (Independent)
• Dnipropetrovsk Oblast: Mykola Derkach (until August 8), Viktor Meleshko (starting August 8) (Independent)
• Donetsk Oblast: Volodymyr Shcherban (until July 18), Serhiy Polyakov (starting July 18) (Independent)
• Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast: Stepan Volkovetsky (Independent)
• Kharkiv Oblast: Oleksandr Maselsky (until April 12), Oleh Demyn (starting May 8) (Independent)
• Kherson Oblast: Vitaliy Karaliuk (Independent)
• Khmelnytskyi Oblast: Yevhen Huselnykov (Independent)
• Kirovohrad Oblast: Mykola Sukhomlyn (until September 17), Mykhailo Hromovyi (starting September 17) (Independent)
• Kyiv Oblast: Vasyl Sinko (Independent)
• Luhansk Oblast: Petro Kupin (until October 19), Hennadiy Fomin (starting October 19) (Independent)
• Lviv Oblast: Mykola Horyn (Independent)
• Mykolaiv Oblast: Mykola Kruhlov (Independent)
• Odesa Oblast: Ruslan Bodelan (Independent)
• Poltava Oblast: Mykola Zaludyak (Independent)
• Rivne Oblast: Roman Vasylyshyn (Independent)
• Sumy Oblast: Anatoliy Epifanov (Independent)
• Ternopil Oblast: Bohdan Boyko (Independent)
• Vinnytsia Oblast: Mykola Melnyk (until June 18), Anatoliy Matviyenko (starting June 18) (Independent)
• Volyn Oblast: Borys Klimchuk (Independent)
• Zakarpattia Oblast: Serhiy Ustych (Independent)
• Zaporizhzhia Oblast: Viacheslav Pokhvalsky (Independent)
• Zhytomyr Oblast: Anton Malynovskyi (Independent)

Events

• June 28 - first celebration of Constitution Day (Ukraine)

Births

• February 14 - Viktor Kovalenko, footballer
• October 6 - Victoria Roshchyna, journalist (d. 2024)
• December 15 - Oleksandr Zinchenko, footballer

Deaths

• January 22 - Petro Shelest, politician
• November 10 - Imam Alimsultanov, Chechen folk singer
• November 25 - Mykhailo Krechko, composer
• Hryhory Nazarenko, musician