Vitaly Mykolayovych Kononov (Ukrainian: ??????? ??????????? ???????; born 2 April 1950 in Kobuleti, Adjara) was a candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, nominated by the Green Party of Ukraine, which he then chaired.
He was a national deputy of Ukraine, and been concerned with issues such as youth politics, physical training and sport.
Since 1999, he has been a member of the Board of Ukrainian-wide union of democratic forces "Consent".
He was also a presidential candidate in 1999, receiving 0.29% of the votes and finished 11th of 13 candidates.
In his election program, Kononov supports transition to parliamentary-presidential government, and he actively speaks in support of environment protection.