9th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 9th convocation (Ukrainian: Верховна Рада України IX скликання, Verkhovna Rada Ukrayiny IX sklykannia) is the current convocation of the legislative branch of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's unicameral parliament. The 9th convocation meets at the Verkhovna Rada building in Kiev, having begun its term on 29 August 2019 following the last session of the 8th Verkhovna Rada.

Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
of the 9th convocation
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Seat composition of the 9th Verkhovna Rada
Overview
Meeting placeVerkhovna Rada building
Term29 August 2019 (2019-08-29) –
Election2019 parliamentary election
GovernmentHoncharuk Government
Websiteiportal.rada.gov.ua
Members
423 / 450
(since August 29, 2019)
ChairmanDmytro Razumkov
(from Servant of the People)
First DeputyRuslan Stefanchuk (from Servant of the People)
DeputyOlena Kondratiuk (from Fatherland)
Party controlCoalition
Sessions
1st29 August 2019 – 29 August 2019
2nd3 September 2019 – 17 January 2020
3rd4 February 2020 –

The 9th Verkhovna Rada's composition is based upon the results of the 21 July 2019 parliamentary election, which was contested 3 months after the (second round of the) 2019 Ukrainian presidential election. Ukraine's head of state during the parliament's term is President Volodymyr Zelensky. Eleven parties were represented in the Verkhovna Rada, although only five of them surpassed the mandatory five percent election threshold to gain representation based on the proportional representation system.

About 80 percent of the members of parliament of this convocation were new to parliament; 83 deputies managed to get reelected from the previous parliament and 13 deputies from earlier convocations.[1] All deputies from the biggest party with 254 seats Servant of the People were political newcomers.[1] 61 percent of the new MPs had never before been engaged in politics.[1]

Post-election developments

A total of 27 constituencies were not elected due to various calamities taking place in the country. A total of 10 constituencies in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and two in the City of Sevastopol were not elected due to the 2014 Crimean crisis and subsequent annexation of Crimea by Russia, while a further nine constituencies in Donetsk Oblast and six constituencies in Luhansk Oblast were not elected due to the ongoing War in Donbass. Elections in these regions can only take place after the re-introduction of Ukrainian control over these territories.

Major legislation
  • August 29, 2019: Oleksiy Honcharuk is confirmed as prime minister with 290 votes in favor.[2]
  • September 3, 2019: Immunity from prosecution for lawmakers is canceled; 373 votes in favor.[3]

Leadership

Leadership (August 2019 – )

On August 29, 2019, the parliament elected Dmytro Razumkov from the Servant of the People as the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada.[4] The Verkhovna Rada chairman Razumkov has official announced all names of parliamentary factions and deputy groups in parliament of the 9th convocation.[5]

Office MP Vote Since Parliamentary affiliation
Chairman Dmytro Razumkov[4] August 29, 2019 Non-affiliated
First Deputy Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk[6] August 29, 2019
Deputy Chairman Olena Kondratiuk[6] August 29, 2019
Faction leader(s) Davyd Arakhamia August 29, 2019 Servant of the People
Yuriy Boyko and Vadym Rabinovych Opposition Platform — For Life
Artur Herasymov and Iryna Herashchenko European Solidarity
Yulia Tymoshenko All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"
Serhiy Rakhmanin Voice
Group leader(s) Viktor Bondar and Taras Batenko For the Future

Members
Location of parliamentary factions in the 9th Verkhovna Rada:
  – Servant of the People
  – OP — For Life
  – European Solidarity		   – Fatherland
  – Voice
  – vacant seats		   – For the Future (deputy group)
  – Dovira (Trust) (deputy group)
  – non-faction members
Main article: List of members of the 9th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada

Parliamentary factions and deputy groups summary

Government party (248)

Government support (44)

Opposition (131)

Vacant seats (27)

Committees

The Verkhovna Rada approved the composition of its 23 committees.[7] This was done without a parliamentary debate, to the dismay of some people's deputies who chanted: "Shame" and "What are you doing?".[7]

The distribution of posts[7]:

  • Committee on matters of anti-corruptive police:
    • Chairperson Anastasia Krasnoselska (Servant of the People)
    • First Deputy Yaroslav Yurchyshyn (Voice)
    • Secretary Mykhailo Tsymbaliuk (Fatherland)
  • Committee on matters of agrarian and land policies
    • Chairperson Mykola Solskyi (Servant of the People)
    • First Deputy Ivan Kyrylenko (Fatherland)
    • Secretary Ivan Chaikivskyi (unaffiliated)
  • Committee on matters of budget
    • Chairperson Yuriy Arystov (Servant of the People)
    • First Deputy Ivan Krulko (Fatherland)
    • Secretary Volodymyr Tsabal (Voice)
  • Committee on matters of humanitarian and informative policies
  • Committee on matters of ecological policy and use of natural resources
    • Chairperson Oleh Bondarenko (Servant of the People)
    • First Deputy Stepan Ivakhiv (unaffiliated)
    • Secretary Oleksandr Feldman (unaffiliated)
  • Committee on matters of economic development
  • Committee on matters of energy and communal-living services
    • Chairperson Andriy Herus (Servant of the People)
    • First Deputy Oleksiy Kucherenko (Fatherland)
    • Secretary Yuriy Shapovalov (unaffiliated)
  • Committee on matters of the nation's health, medical help and medical insurance
    • Chairperson Mykhailo Radutskyi (Servant of the People)
    • First Deputy Valeriy Dubil (Fatherland)
    • Secretary Yana Zinkevych (European Solidarity)
  • Committee on matters of foreign policy and inter-parliamentary cooperation
    • Chairperson Bohdan Yaremenko (Servant of the People)
    • First Deputy Hryhoriy Nemyria (Fatherland)
    • Secretary Solomiya Bobrovska (Voice)
  • Committee on matters of integration of Ukraine with the European Union
    • Chairperson Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze (European Solidarity)
    • First Deputy Vadym Halaichuk (Servant of the People)
    • Secretary Yevhen Yakoveko (Fatherland)
  • Committee on matters of finances, tax and customs policies
    • Chairperson Danylo Hetmantsev (Servant of the People)
    • First Deputy Yaroslav Zhelezniak (Voice)
    • Secretary Ihor Palytsia (unaffiliated)
  • Committee on matters of education, science and innovations
    • Chairperson Serhiy Babak (Servant of the People)
    • First Deputy Oleksandr Lukashev (Servant of the People)
    • Secretary Natliya Pipa (Voice)
  • Committee on human rights, deoccupation and integration of temporary occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts as well as the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, national minorities, inter-ethnic relations
    • Chairperson Dmytro Lubinets (unaffiliated)
    • First Deputy Maksym Tkachenko (Servant of the People)
    • Secretary Rustem Umerov (Voice)
  • Committee on matters of digital transformation
    • Chairperson Mykhailo Kryachko (Servant of the People)
    • First Deputy Kira Rudyk (Voice)
    • Secretary Serhiy Larin (OP — For Life)
  • Committee on matters of legal policy
    • Chairperson Iryna Venedyktova (Servant of the People)
    • First Deputy Vasyl Nimchenko (OP — For Life)
    • Secretary Oleh Makarov (Voice)
  • Committee on matters of law enforcement
    • Chairperson Denys Monastyrskyi (Servant of the People)
    • First Deputy Andriy Osadchuk (Voice)
    • Secretary Serhiy Minko (unaffiliated)
  • Committee on matters of transport and infrastructure
    • Chairperson Volodymyr Kreidenko (Servant of the People)
    • First Deputy Yuliya Klymenko (Voice)
    • Secretary Hennadiy Vatsak (unaffiliated)
  • Committee on matters of organization of state power, local self-government, regional and urban development
    • Chairperson Andriy Klochko (Servant of the People)
    • First Deputy Roman Lozynskyi (Voice)
    • Secretary Dmytro Isayenko (OP — For Life)
  • Committee on matters on national security, defense, and intelligence
    • Chairperson Oleksandr Zavitnevych (Servant of the People)
    • First Deputy Mykhailo Zabrodskyi (European Solidarity)
    • Secretary Roman Kostenko (Voice)
  • Committee on matters of freedom of speech
  • Committee on matters of social policy and protection of the veterans rights
    • Chairperson Halyna Tretiakova (Servant of the People)
    • First Deputy Anzhelika Labunska (Fatherland)
    • Secretary Mykola Babenko (unaffiliated)
  • Committee on matters of youth and sports
    • Chairperson Andriy Kozhemyakin (Fatherland)
    • First Deputy Zhan Belenyuk (Servant of the People)
    • Secretary Hryhoriy Surkis (OP — For Life)
  • Committee on matters of parliamentary regulations, deputy ethics, and the Verkhovna Rada operation
    • Chairperson Serhiy Kalchenkko (Servant of the People)
    • First Deputy Andriy Puzyichuk (Fatherland)
    • Secretary Mykhailo Papiev (OP — For Life)

References
  1. Who Is Who in the Ukrainian Parliament?, Carnegie Europe (September 24, 2019)
  2. "The Rada appointed Honcharuk as the Prime-Minister". Ukrayinska Pravda. August 29, 2019.
  3. "Ukrainian Parliament Cancels Immunity For Lawmakers". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  4. Razumkov took over chair of the Rada and said for what all will be ashamed (Разумков очолив Раду і сказав, за що буде соромно). Ukrayinska Pravda. 29 August 2019
  5. In the Rada has created 5 parliamentary factions and a deputy group. List of chairpersons (У Раді створили 5 фракцій і депутатську групу. Список керівників). Ukrayinska Pravda. 29 August 2019
  6. The Rada appointed Stefanchuk and Kondratiuk as vice-speakers (Рада призначила Стефанчука і Кондратюк віце-спікерами). Ukrayinska Pravda. 29 August 2019
  7. Parliament approved the composition of 23 BP committees. List and Guide, Ukrayinska Pravda (29 August 2019)
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