Ukrainian parliament

Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Верховна Рада України
8th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Chairman	Andriy Parubiy, People's Front Since April 14, 2016
First Deputy Chairman	Iryna Herashchenko, Petro Poroshenko Bloc Since April 14, 2016
Deputy Chairman	Oksana Syroyid, Self Reliance Since December 4, 2014
Structure
Seats	450
Political groups	Coalition members (224)      Petro Poroshenko Bloc (143)      People's Front (81) Opposition (153)      Opposition Bloc (43)      Self Reliance (26)      Revival (23)      Radical Party (21)      Fatherland (21)      People's Will (19)      Non-affiliated (46)      Vacant (27)
Elections
Last election	26 October 2014
Next election	2019 or earlier
Meeting place
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.