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    Ukraine Government 1997

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    SOURCE: 1997 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Country name
      conventional long form: none
      conventional short form: Ukraine
      local long form: none
      local short form: Ukrayina
      former: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

      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)
      note: oblasts have the administrative center name following in parentheses

      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
      chief of state : President Leonid D. KUCHMA (since 19 July 1994)
      head of government: Prime Minister Pavlo LAZARENKO (since NA May 1996), First Deputy PrimeMinister Vasyl DURDYNETS (since NA July 1996), and three deputy prime ministers
      cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president and approved by theSupreme Council
      note: there is also a National Security and Defense Council or NSDC originallycreated in 1992 as the National Security Council, but significantly revampedand strengthened under President KUCHMA; the NSDC includes the president,prime minister, ministers of defense, internal affairs, foreign relations,and chairman of the security service; the NSC staff is tasked with developingnational security policy on domestic and international matters and advisingthe president; a Presidential Administration that helps draft presidentialedicts and provides policy support to the president; and a Council of Regionsthat serves as an advisory body created by President KUCHMA in September 1994that includes the Kiev and Sevastopol City Supreme Councils and the chairmenof Oblast
      elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; election lastheld 26 June and 10 July 1994 (next to be held NA 1999); prime minister anddeputy prime ministers appointed by the president and approved by the SupremeCouncil
      election results: Leonid D. KUCHMA elected president; percent of vote - Leonid KUCHMA52.15%, Leonid KRAVCHUK 45.06%

      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)
      elections: last held 27 March 1994 with repeat elections continuing through December1998 to fill empty seats (next to be held NA March 1998)
      election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Communists 91, Rukh22, Agrarians 18, Socialists 15, Republicans 11, Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists5, Labor 5, Party of Democratic Revival 4, Democrats 2, Social Democrats 2,Civil Congress 2, Conservative Republicans 1, Party of Economic Revival ofCrimea 1, Christian Democrats 1, independents 225; note - most recent repeatelection held in April 1996 filling 422 of 450 seats as follows: independents238, Communist 95, Rukh 22, Agrarians 18, Socialist 15, Republicans 11, Congressof Ukrainian Nationalists 5, Labor 5, Party of Democratic Revival 4, DemocraticParty of Ukraine 2, Social Democrats 2, Civil Congress 2, Conservative Republicans1, Party of Economic Revival of Crimea 1, Christian Democrats 1, vacant 28(in February 1997 there were 35 vacant seats)

      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
      chief of mission : Ambassador Yuriy Mikolayevych SHCHERBAK
      chancery: 3350 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20007
      telephone: [1] (202) 333-0606
      FAX: [1] (202) 333-0817
      consulate(s) general : Chicago and New York

      Diplomatic representation from the US
      chief of mission: Ambassador William Green MILLER
      embassy: 10 Yuria Kotsyubinskovo, 254053 Kiev 53
      mailing address: use embassy street address
      telephone: [380] (44) 244-7345
      FAX: [380] (44) 244-7350

      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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