The Communist Party of Ukraine is a banned political party in Ukraine. It was founded in 1993 and claimed to be the successor to the Soviet-era Communist Party of Ukraine,which had been banned in 1991. In 2002 it held a "unification" congress when both "old and new" parties merged. The party is a member of the Moscow-based Union of Communist Parties,an umbrella organisation for all communist parties of the former Soviet Union. The party has been led by Petro Symonenko since it was founded.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is the unicameral parliament of Ukraine.
Volodymyr Mykhailovych Lytvyn is a Ukrainian politician best known for being Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada,the Ukrainian parliament. Having previously served in that position from 2002 until 2006,he was re-elected in December 2008 after his party agreed to join the former coalition of Yulia Tymoshenko in an expanded capacity and stayed Chairman until December 2012. From 1994 to 1999,Lytvyn was the aide to President Leonid Kuchma and,later,the head of his office.
Petro Mykolayovych Symonenko is a Ukrainian politician and the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine. Symonenko was the party's candidate in the 1999 and 2004,2010,and until his withdrawal,the 2014 Ukrainian presidential elections. The Central Election Commission of Ukraine prohibited his candidacy for the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election due to the fact that the statute,name,and symbolism of his party did not comply with the decommunization laws in Ukraine.
Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Moroz is a Ukrainian politician. He was the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada twice,from 1994 to 1998 and again from 2006 to 2007. Moroz is one of the founders and the leader of the Socialist Party of Ukraine,formerly an influential political party in Ukraine. Moroz lost parliamentary representation when the Socialist Party failed to secure sufficient number of votes (2.86%) in the 2007 snap parliamentary election,falling 0.14% short of the 3% election threshold.
Ivan Stepanovych Plyushch was a Ukrainian politician. He thrice served as the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada,from 9 July to 23 July 1990 (acting),from 5 December 1991 to 11 May 1994,and from 1 February 2000 to 14 May 2002.
Mykola Volodymyrovych Tomenko is a Ukrainian politician. He has been a member of Ukraine's parliament,the Verkhovna Rada from 2006 until 2016. In 2014,Tomenko became a member of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc,which elected him to the 8th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada on its party lists during the 2014 parliamentary election. On 25 March 2016 the party Congress of Petro Poroshenko Bloc removed Tomenko's parliamentary mandate using the Imperative mandate provisions of the Ukrainian constitution. This was considered illegal by Tomenko;on 28 July 2016 Ukraine's highest Administrative Court rejected his appeal to gain back his parliamentary seat.
Oleksandr Mykolaiovych Tkachenko was a Ukrainian politician who served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 1994 to 2012,variously representing the Peasant Party of Ukraine and the Communist Party of Ukraine. Between 7 July 1998 and 21 January 2000,Tkachenko was the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada. Awarded with the robe of Prince Yaroslav the Wise.
Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Lavrynovych is a Ukrainian physicist,lawyer,politician,former member of the Supreme Council of Justice of Ukraine,a former Ukrainian member of parliament and former Minister of Justice of Ukraine. He is a Merited Jurist of Ukraine (2003). He was one of the founders of the first democratic party in Ukraine in 1989 –People's Movement of Ukraine and considered to be one of the "fathers" of the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union.
Oleh Yaroslavovych Tyahnybok is a Ukrainian politician and far-right activist who is a former member of the Verkhovna Rada and the leader of the Ukrainian nationalist Svoboda political party. Previously,he was elected councilman of the Lviv Oblast Council for the second session.
Andriy Volodymyrovych Parubiy is a Ukrainian politician who served as the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada,the Ukrainian parliament,from 14 April 2016 to 29 August 2019. He previously served as Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine,appointed after leading the anti-government protests in the 2014 Ukrainian revolution,until his resignation on August 7,2014.
Volodymyr Vasylyovych Rybak is a Ukrainian politician. He was the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada from 13 December 2012 to 22 February 2014. Volodymyr Rybak is also the original leader of the predecessor of the Party of Regions,the Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine. He is a Merited Builder of Ukraine (1995).
The second Azarov government was the government of Ukraine from 24 December 2012 to 28 January 2014. It was dissolved amidst the Euromaidan protests. The ministers (except Prime Minister Mykola Azarov who was replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Arbuzov,continued briefly as a caretaker government. On 27 February 2014 Ukraine's parliament approved a resolution to formally dismiss the government.
The 7th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada was a session of the legislative branch of the Verkhovna Rada,Ukraine's parliament. Its composition was based on the results of the 2012 parliamentary election. Half of the seats in the parliament were apportioned between the five winning parties based on the popular vote,while the other half was apportioned between 4 parties and 44 independents between 225 constituencies throughout the country. It first met in the capital Kyiv on December 12,2012,and ended its session on November 27,2014,after the 8th Verkhovna Rada began its first session.
Oleksandr Yefremov or Aleksandr Efremov is a Ukrainian former parliamentarian and politician. A former governor of the Luhansk Oblast,from 2010 until 2014 he was Party of Regions's faction leader in the Verkhovna Rada. On 14 February 2015 Yefremov was detained on suspicion of "abuse of power under aggravating circumstances". This arrest was effectively ended when his bail expired on 1 November 2015. Yefremov was again detained on 30 July 2016 on suspicion of violation of Ukraine's territorial integrity by helping to create the Luhansk People's Republic and misappropriation of property. He was released from prison pending investigation in 2019. Shortly after the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Yefremov moved to Moscow,Russia where he now resides.
People's Will,formerly known as Sovereign European Ukraine,was a centrist,pro-Europe Ukrainian parliamentary faction in its national parliament Verkhovna Rada.
For Peace and Stability was a Ukrainian parliamentary faction in its national parliament Verkhovna Rada from 2 July 2014 till 27 November 2014. The group included 34 MPs.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 8th convocation was a convocation of the legislative branch of the Verkhovna Rada,Ukraine's unicameral parliament. The 8th convocation met at the Verkhovna Rada building in Kyiv,having begun its term on 27 November 2014 following the last session of the 7th Verkhovna Rada. Its five-year term came to an end on July 24,2019,marking the end of its tenth session.
Ihor Kalietnik is a Ukrainian politician,former first deputy chairman of the Verkhovna Rada.
Olena Kostiantynivna Kondratiuk is a Ukrainian politician,Deputy Chair of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 9th convocation,Member of the Parliament of the 6th,7th,8th and 9th convocations from the “Batkivshchyna”party. Secretary of the VRU Committee on Freedom of Speech and Information Policy of the 8th Convocation,Deputy Member of the Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly,Co-Chairman of the Inter-Factional Deputy Caucus "Equal Opportunities". Former director of the “Radnyk”PR agency.
