title: 1996 in Ukraine
text: # 1996 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)
  
  ## Events
  
  * June 28 - first celebration of Constitution Day (Ukraine)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * January 22 - Petro Shelest, politician
  * November 10 - Imam Alimsultanov, Chechen folk singer
  * November 25 - Mykhailo Krechko, composer
  * Hryhory Nazarenko, musician
  