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![]() ![]() Ukraine Government 1997https://photius.com/wfb1997/ukraine/ukraine_government.htmlSOURCE: 1997 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Country name
Data code UP Government type republic National capital Kiev (Kyyiv) Administrative divisions
24 oblasti (singular - oblast'), 1 autonomous republic* (avtomnaya respublika),and 2 municipalities (mista, singular - misto) with oblast status**; Cherkas'ka(Cherkasy), Chernihivs'ka (Chernihiv), Chernivets'ka (Chernivtsi), Dnipropetrovs'ka(Dnipropetrovs'k), Donets'ka (Donets'k), Ivano-Frankivs'ka (Ivano-Frankivs'k),Kharkivs'ka (Kharkiv), Khersons'ka (Kherson), Khmel'nyts'ka (Khmel'nyts'kyy),Kirovohrads'ka (Kirovohrad), Kyyiv**, Kyyivs'ka (Kiev), Luhans'ka (Luhans'k),L'vivs'ka (L'viv), Mykolayivs'ka (Mykolayiv), Odes'ka (Odesa), Poltavs'ka(Poltava), Avtonomna Respublika Krym* (Simferopol'), Rivnens'ka (Rivne), Sevastopol'**,Sums'ka (Sumy), Ternopil's'ka (Ternopil'), Vinnyts'ka (Vinnytsya), Volyns'ka(Luts'k), Zakarpats'ka (Uzhhorod), Zaporiz'ka (Zaporizhzhya), Zhytomyrs'ka(Zhytomyr)
Independence 1 December 1991 (from Soviet Union) National holiday Independence Day, 24 August (1991) Constitution adopted 28 June 1996 Legal system based on civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts Suffrage 18 years of age; universal Executive branch
Legislative branch
unicameral Supreme Council or Verkhovna Rada (450 seats; members areelected by popular vote from one-member districts by complex procedures toserve four-year terms)
Judicial branch Supreme Court; Constitutional Court Political parties and leaders Green Party of Ukraine [Vitaliy KONONOV, leader]; Liberal Party of Ukraine;Liberal Democratic Party of Ukraine [Volodymyr KLYMCHUK, chairman]; DemocraticParty of Ukraine [Volodymyr Oleksandrovych YAVORIVSKIY, chairman]; People'sParty of Ukraine; Peasants' Party of Ukraine; Party of Democratic Rebirthor Revival of Ukraine [Volodymyr FILENKO, chairman]; Social Democratic Partyof Ukraine [Vasyl ONOPENKO, chairman]; Socialist Party of Ukraine [OleksandrMOROZ, chairman]; Ukrainian Christian Democratic Party [Vitaliy ZHURAVSKYY,chairman]; Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party [Stepan KHMARA, chairman];Ukrainian Labor Party [Valentyn LANDYK, chairman]; Ukrainian Party of Justice[Yuriy ZUBKO, chairman]; Ukrainian Peasants' Democratic Party [Serhiy PLACHINDA,chairman]; Ukrainian Republican Party [Bondan YAROSHPSKYY, chairman]; UkrainianNational Conservative Party; Ukrainian People's Movement for Restructuring or Rukh [Vyacheslav CHORNOVIL, chairman]; Ukrainian Communist Party [PetrSYMONENKO]; Agrarian Party; Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists [Slava STESTKO];Civil Congress [O. BAZYLUK]; Party of Economic Revival of Crimea; ProgressiveSocialist Party of Ukraine [Nataliya VITRENKO and Volodymyr MARCHENKO, leaders];People's Democratic Party [Anatoliy MATVIYENKO, chairman] Political pressure groups and leaders New Ukraine (Nova Ukrayina); Congress of National Democratic Forces International organization participation BSEC, CCC, CE, CEI, CIS, EBRD, ECE, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IFC, IFRCS,ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat (nonsignatory user), Interpol, IOC, IOM(observer), ISO, ITU, NACC, OSCE, PCA, PFP, UN, UNAVEM III, UNCTAD, UNESCO,UNIDO, UNMIBH, UNMOP, UNMOT, UNPREDEP, UNTAES, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO (applicant) Diplomatic representation in the US
Diplomatic representation from the US
Flag description
two equal horizontal bands of azure (top) and golden yellow representgrainfields under a blue sky
NOTE: The information regarding Ukraine on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Ukraine Government 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Ukraine Government 1997 should be addressed to the CIA. |
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