1999 in Ukraine

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Events in the year 1999 in Ukraine.

Incumbents

• President: Leonid Kuchma
• Prime Minister: Valeriy Pustovoitenko (until 22 December), Viktor Yushchenko (from 22 December)

Governors

• Cherkasy Oblast: Anatoliy Danylenko (until September 8), Volodymyr Lukyanets (starting September 8) (Independent)
• Chernihiv Oblast: Mykhailo Kaskevych (until August 12), Mykola Butko (starting August 12) (Independent)
• Chernivtsi Oblast: Teofil Bauer (Independent)
• Dnipropetrovsk Oblast: Oleksandr Shvets (Independent)
• Donetsk Oblast: Viktor Yanukovych (Independent)
• Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast: Mykhailo Vyshyvanyuk (Independent)
• Kharkiv Oblast: Oleh Demyn (Independent)
• Kherson Oblast: Oleksandr Verbytskyi (Independent)
• Khmelnytskyi Oblast: Viktor Lundyshev (Independent)
• Kirovohrad Oblast: Mykhailo Bashkirov (until February 2), Valeriy Kalchenko (February 2–November 2), Vasyl Motsnyi (starting November 2) (Independent)
• Kyiv Oblast: Anatoliy Zasukha (Independent)
• Luhansk Oblast: Oleksandr Yefremov (Independent)
• Lviv Oblast: Mykhailo Gladiy (until January 12), Stepan Senchuk (starting January 12) (Independent)
• Mykolaiv Oblast: Mykola Kruhlov (until November 23), Oleksiy Harkusha (starting November 23) (Independent)
• Odesa Oblast: Serhiy Hrynevetskyi (Independent)
• Poltava Oblast: Oleksandr Kolesnikov (until November 2), Anatoliy Kukoba (starting November 2) (Independent)
• Rivne Oblast: Mykola Soroka (Independent)
• Sumy Oblast: Volodymyr Shcherban (Independent)
• Ternopil Oblast: Vasyl Kolomyichuk (Independent)
• Vinnytsia Oblast: Mykola Chuvilo (until November 2), Dmytro Dvorkis (starting November 2) (Independent)
• Volyn Oblast: Borys Klimchuk (Independent)
• Zakarpattia Oblast: Ivan Rijak (until February 9), Fedir Feduta (Acting, February 9–May 5), Viktor Baloha (starting May 5) (Independent)
• Zaporizhzhia Oblast: Volodymyr Kuratchenko (until January 14), Yevhen Kartashov (January 27–November 23), Volodymyr Kuratchenko (starting November 23) (Independent)
• Zhytomyr Oblast: Anton Malynovskyi (Independent)

Events

• 31 October – The first round of presidential elections were held in the country, with a second round held on 14 November. The result was a victory for Leonid Kuchma, who defeated Petro Symonenko in the run-off.