9th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada


The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 9th convocation 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.
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 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. All deputies from the biggest party with 254 seats Servant of the People were political newcomers. 61 percent of the new MPs had never before been engaged in politics.
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

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. The Verkhovna Rada chairman Razumkov has official announced all names of parliamentary factions and deputy groups in parliament of the 9th convocation.

Members

Parliamentary factions and deputy groups summary

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