The politics of Ukraine take place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democratic republic and of a multi-party system. A Cabinet of Ministers exercises executive power. Legislative power is vested in Ukraine's parliament,the Verkhovna Rada.
Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych is a former politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 until he was removed from office in the Revolution of Dignity in 2014,after a long series of protests in support of closer ties with the European Union by diverse civil-society groups in response to his rejection of the Ukrainian-European Association Agreement. From 2006 to 2007 he was the prime minister of Ukraine;he also served in this post from November 2002 to January 2005,with a short interruption in December 2004. He currently lives in exile in Russia,where he has lived since his removal from office in 2014.
Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko is a Ukrainian politician who was the third president of Ukraine from 23 January 2005 to 25 February 2010.
Presidential elections were held in Ukraine on 31 October,21 November and 26 December 2004. The election was the fourth presidential election to take place in Ukraine following independence from the Soviet Union. The last stages of the election were contested between the opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko and incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych from the Party of Regions. It was later determined by the Ukrainian Supreme Court that the election was plagued by widespread falsification of the results in favour of Yanukovych.
Below is the timeline of events that followed the runoff presidential election held in Ukraine on 21 November 2004 that sparked off the "Orange Revolution".
Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko is a Ukrainian politician,people's Deputy of Ukraine,Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for the fuel and energy complex (1999–2001),Prime Minister of Ukraine from February to September 2005 and from December 2007 to March 2010. She was the first and so far the only woman to serve as prime minister of Ukraine. She has the degree of Candidate of Economic Sciences.
The Constitution of Ukraine is the fundamental law of Ukraine. The constitution was adopted and ratified at the 5th session of the Verkhovna Rada,the parliament of Ukraine,on 28 June 1996. The constitution was passed with 315 ayes out of 450 votes possible. All other laws and other normative legal acts of Ukraine must conform to the constitution. The right to amend the constitution through a special legislative procedure is vested exclusively in the parliament. The only body that may interpret the constitution and determine whether legislation conforms to it is the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. Since 1996,the public holiday Constitution Day is celebrated on 28 June.
The Party of Regions was a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine formed in late 1997 that then grew to be the biggest party of Ukraine between 2006 and 2014.
Yuriy Ivanovych Yekhanurov is a Ukrainian politician who was Prime Minister of Ukraine from 2005 to 2006 and Minister of Defense from 2007 to 2009.
The 2006 Parliamentary crisis in Ukraine started in March 2006 as a result of inconclusive parliamentary elections,and ended on 3 August 2006 with Viktor Yanukovych being chosen as a Prime Minister to replace Yuriy Yekhanurov,who resigned right after the parliamentary elections.
Presidential elections were held in Ukraine on 17 January 2010. As no candidate received a majority of the vote,a run-off election was held between Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych on 7 February.
The Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea is the head of government of the Republic of Crimea.
The president of Ukraine is the head of state of Ukraine. The president represents the nation in international relations,administers the foreign political activity of the state,conducts negotiations and concludes international treaties. The president is directly elected by the citizens of Ukraine for a five-year term of office,limited to two terms consecutively.
Serhiy Leonidovych Tihipko is a Ukrainian politician and finance specialist who was Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine. Tihipko was Minister of Economics in 2000 and subsequently served as Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine from 2002 to 2004. He ran unsuccessfully for President of Ukraine in the 2010 presidential election and participated in the 2014 presidential election,in which he placed fifth with 5.23 percent of the vote. Tihipko is also former Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Social Policy.
Anatolii Volodymyrovych Mohyliov is a Ukrainian politician. He is the former Prime Minister of Crimea and former Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs.
The 2010 Ukrainian local elections took place on 31 October 2010,two years before the 2012 general election. The voter turnout across Ukraine was about 50%,which is considered low in comparison to previous elections.
Vasyl Heorhiyovych Dzharty was a Ukrainian politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Crimea,which is also known as the Chairman of the Crimean Council of Ministers,from March 17,2010,until his death in August 2011.
In Ukraine,the title chief (head) of local (regional) state administration refers to the chief executive of each of the administrative divisions of Ukraine:region,raion (district) or city,in case of Kyiv and Sevastopol.
Viktor Vasylyovych Bondar is a Ukrainian politician,a member of Ukrainian parliament of the 7th and 8th convocations,the Minister of Transport and Communication of Ukraine (2005–2006),and the Head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration (2007–2010).
The Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea represents the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
