Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Голова Верховної Ради України
Incumbent Andriy Parubiy since April 14, 2016
Appointer	Parliament by secret ballot
Term length	Resignation, dismissal or new convocation of parliament.
Inaugural holder	Mykhailo Burmystenko, January 30, 1937
Formation	Constitution of the Ukrainian SSR of July 25, 1938
Website	chairman.rada.gov.ua

The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Голова Верховної Ради України, Holova Verkhovnoyi Rady Ukrayiny) is the presiding officer of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's unicameral parliament. The chairman presides over the parliament and its procedures. Chairmen are elected by open voting from the parliament's deputy ranks.

Andriy Parubiy is the current chairman since being confirmed on 14 April 2016.

The office of Chairman has existed since the ratification of the Constitution of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on January 30, 1937. Mykhailo Burmystenko, who was appointed on January 30, 1937, was the inaugural holder of the office. The post replaced the existing position of a chairman of Central Executive Committee (1917-37). Along with the chairman, from 1937 to 1990 Verkhovna Rada was also governed by the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada that consisted of about 20 members.

There have been 18 Chairmen of the Verkhovna Rada since 1927. Until Ukraine's independence in 1991, it was titled as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR.

According to of the Ukrainian Constitution, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada is allowed to:

The chairman is also allowed to call special sessions of parliament, enact bills vetoed by the president only when the Verkhovna Rada votes to overcome the veto by a two-thirds majority, and participate in meetings of the National Security and Defence Council.

The chairman and his two assistants (deputy chairmen) cannot head factions of deputies.

The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada is designated as the first in the order of succession of the next head of state with limited authority (1992-1996, 2004-2010, and 2014-Present) while new presidential elections are conducted. Actions not allowed to be performed by the acting president include: