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Ukrainian Parliament

Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Верховна Рада України
8th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Andriy Parubiy, People's Front
Since April 14, 2016
First Deputy Chairman
Deputy Chairman
Oksana Syroyid, Self Reliance
Since December 4, 2014
Structure
Seats 450
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Political groups

Coalition members (224)

Opposition (153)

     Non-affiliated (46)

     Vacant (27)
Elections
Last election
26 October 2014
Next election
2019 or earlier
Meeting place
Виступ Віктора Галасюка у Верховній Раді України.jpg
Verkhovna Rada Building, Kiev, Ukraine
Website
http://www.rada.gov.ua/
Footnotes
Due to the War in Donbass and the unilateral annexation of Crimea by Russia only 423 of the parliaments 450 seats were elected in the last election.

Coordinates: 50°26′50.3″N 30°32′12.6″E / 50.447306°N 30.536833°E / 50.447306; 30.536833

Coalition members (224)

Opposition (153)

     Non-affiliated (46)

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, Ukrainian abbreviation ВРУ; literally Supreme Council of Ukraine), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the unicameral parliament of Ukraine. The Verkhovna Rada is composed of 450 deputies, who are presided over by a chairman (speaker). The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovna Rada building in Ukraine's capital Kiev.

The Verkhovna Rada was transformed out of the system of republican representative body known in the Soviet Union as Supreme Soviet (Supreme Council) that was first established back in 1938 as a type of legislature of the Ukrainian SSR after the reorganization of the Central Executive Committee of the Ukrainian SSR.


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