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Main article: Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada

This article lists the chairmen of the Supreme Soviet (Verkhovna Rada in Ukrainian) of Ukrainian SSR (1938–1991) and the chairmen of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (since 1991).

List of chairmen

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Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR

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No. Portrait Name Term of office Party Election First Deputy Deputy
1 Mykhailo Burmystenko 25 July 1938 9 September 1941 Communist (Bolsheviks) 1938
2 Oleksandr Korniychuk 1947 1953 Communist (Bolsheviks) 1947
3 Pavlo Tychyna 1953 1959 Communist 1953
4 Oleksandr Korniychuk 1959 1972 Communist 1959
5 Mykhailo Bilyi 1972 1980 Communist 1972
6 Kostiantyn Sytnyk 1980 1985 Communist 1980
7 Platon Kostiuk 1985 15 May 1990 Communist 1985
–[a] Ivan Plyushch 15 May 1990 4 June 1990 Communist 1990 – –
8 Volodymyr Ivashko 4 June 1990[1] 9 July 1990 Communist Ivan Plyushch[b] Volodymyr Hrynyov
9 Leonid Kravchuk 23 July 1990[2] 24 August 1991 Communist

Chairmen of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

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According to the parliamentary regulations, a chair person of the Ukrainian parliament during his or her term at the position, officially votes in the parliament among the non-affiliated group.

No. Portrait Name Term of office Political alliance Parliament
(Election) 		First Deputy Deputy
1 Leonid Kravchuk 24 August 1991 5 December 1991 Independent[c] I (1990) Ivan Plyushch Volodymyr Hrynyov
2 Ivan Plyushch 5 December 1991[3] 11 May 1994 Independent[d] Vasyl Durdynets Volodymyr Hrynyov
3 Oleksandr Moroz 18 May 1994[4] 7 July 1998 Socialist Party of Ukraine II (1994) Oleksandr Tkachenko Oleh Dyomin
Viktor Musiyaka
4 Oleksandr Tkachenko 7 July 1998[5] 21 January 2000 Communist Party of Ukraine III (1998) Adam Martyniuk Viktor Medvedchuk
5 Ivan Plyushch 1 February 2000 14 May 2002 People's Democratic Party Viktor Medvedchuk Stepan Havrysh
6 Volodymyr Lytvyn 28 May 2002[6] 6 July 2006 For United Ukraine IV (2002) Hennadiy Vasyliev
Adam Martyniuk		 Oleksandr Zinchenko
7 Oleksandr Moroz 6 July 2006[7] 4 December 2007 Socialist Party of Ukraine V (2006) Adam Martyniuk Mykola Tomenko
8 Arseniy Yatsenyuk 4 December 2007[8] 12 November 2008[9][10] Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc VI (2007) Adam Martyniuk
Oleksandr Lavrynovych[e]		 Mykola Tomenko
9 Volodymyr Lytvyn 9 December 2008 12 December 2012 People's Party
(Lytvyn Bloc)		 Oleksandr Lavrynovych
Adam Martyniuk		 Mykola Tomenko
10 Volodymyr Rybak 13 December 2012 22 February 2014 Party of Regions VII (2012) Ihor Kalietnik Ruslan Koshulynskyi
11 Oleksandr Turchynov 22 February 2014 27 November 2014 Batkivshchyna[f] vacant Ruslan Koshulynskyi
12 Volodymyr Groysman 27 November 2014 14 April 2016 Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity" VIII (2014) Andriy Parubiy Oksana Syroyid
13 Andriy Parubiy 14 April 2016 29 August 2019 People's Front Iryna Herashchenko Oksana Syroyid
14 Dmytro Razumkov 29 August 2019 7 October 2021 Servant of the People IX (2019) Ruslan Stefanchuk Olena Kondratiuk
15 Ruslan Stefanchuk 8 October 2021 Incumbent Oleksandr Kornienko Olena Kondratiuk

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ temporarily heading
  2. ^ From July 9 to 23, Ivan Plyushch performed functions of Chairman ex officio as the First Deputy Chairman.
  3. ^ Initially as an MP of the Communist Party of Ukraine which was dissolved after the 1991 August Putsch
  4. ^ Initially as an MP of the Communist Party of Ukraine which was dissolved after the 1991 August Putsch
  5. ^ From November 12 to December 9, 2008, Oleksandr Lavrynovych performed functions of Chairman ex officio as the First Deputy Chairman.
  6. ^ During his term as Chairman, Turchynov switched allegiance to People's Front, which was established on 10 September 2014. People's Front did not take part in the 2012 parliamentary election and it never had a political faction in parliament prior to the 2014 parliamentary election.[11][12][13]

References

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  1. ^ Laws of Ukraine. Order of Verkhovna Rada No. 11-XII: On the Head of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR. Adopted on 1990-06-04. (Ukrainian)
  2. ^ Laws of Ukraine. Order of Verkhovna Rada No. 63-XII: On the Head of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR. Adopted on 1990-07-23. (Ukrainian)
  3. ^ Laws of Ukraine. Order of Verkhovna Rada No. 1930-XII: On the Head of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Adopted on 1991-12-05. (Ukrainian)
  4. ^ Laws of Ukraine. Order of Verkhovna Rada No. 14/94-ВР: On the Head of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Adopted on 1994-05-18. (Ukrainian)
  5. ^ Laws of Ukraine. Order of Verkhovna Rada No. 31-XIV: On the Head of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Adopted on 1998-07-07. (Ukrainian)
  6. ^ Laws of Ukraine. Order of Verkhovna Rada No. 10-IV: On the Head of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Adopted on 2002-05-28. (Ukrainian)
  7. ^ Laws of Ukraine. Order of Verkhovna Rada No. 7-V: On the Head of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Adopted on 2006-07-06. (Ukrainian)
  8. ^ Laws of Ukraine. Order of Verkhovna Rada No. 5-VI: On the Head of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Adopted on 2007-12-04. (Ukrainian)
  9. ^ "Rada Dismisses Yatseniuk". Ukrainian News Agency. November 12, 2008. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012.
  10. ^ "President Yuschenko: Dismissal Of Yatseniuk Aimed Against Stabilization Of Situation In Country". Ukrainian News Agency. November 12, 2008. Archived from the original on January 5, 2013.
  11. ^ (in Ukrainian)Yatsenyuk became a leader of the "People's Front" political council, while Turchynov is a head of its headquarters. Ukrayinska Pravda. 10 September 2014
    Ukrainian PM, Parliament Speaker to Head Newly Formed Popular Front Party, RIA Novosti (10 September 2014)
  12. ^ (in Ukrainian) Депутатські фракції і групи VII скликання Deputy fractions and Groups VII convocation[dead link], Verkhovna Rada official website (oktober 7, 2014)
  13. ^ Oleksandr Turchynov was not a parliamentary of the People Front however until after the next elections. Verkhovna Rada website.
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