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31-568: The governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast is the head of executive branch for the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast . The office of governor is an appointed position, with officeholders being appointed by the president of Ukraine , on recommendation from the prime minister of Ukraine , to serve a four-year term. The official residence for the governor is located in Dnipro . Chief of Local State Administration (Ukraine) Informally

62-598: A head of city-state administration one for Kyiv and another for Sevastopol. The head of Kyiv City State Administration (governor) usually is served by the Kyiv city mayor elected by the popular vote. The Chairperson of the Sevastopol City State Administration (governor) is appointed by the president on petition of the prime minister. Sevastopol is the only city in Ukraine that does not have

93-644: A mayoral position. Due to the 2014 annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation the post of the head of Sevastopol City State Administration is currently suspended, while the Presidential representative in Crimea continues to function in mainland Ukraine along with other Crimean offices of executive power. The chiefs of local state administrations are appointed by the President of Ukraine with

124-540: Is terminated in case of violation of the Constitution of Ukraine and laws of Ukraine, loss of citizenship or discovery of dual citizenship, recognition of incompetency by a court, emigration for a residence abroad, gaining a court conviction by a legal force, violation of compatibility requirements, declaring no confidence by the two-thirds of the relevant council composition, filing a request for dismissal from office at own will. The appointment may also be terminated by

155-491: 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 (300 ayes minimum). 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

186-571: 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. In 2004, amendments were adopted that significantly changed Ukraine's political system; these changes are sometimes referred to as the 2004 Constitution. In 2010, then- President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych reverted these changes on

217-581: The 2004 presidential election crisis . It was signed almost immediately in the parliamentary chamber by the outgoing President Leonid Kuchma and promulgated on the same day. These amendments weakened the power of the President of Ukraine , who lost the power to nominate the Prime Minister of Ukraine , which became the task of the parliament solely. The President could only appoint the Minister of Defence and Foreign Minister . The President also lost

248-616: The Communist Party of the Soviet Union due to the leading role of the Party in the Soviet Union. Previously, there existed a chairman of the executive committee ( ispolkom ) at the governorate (province) level, raion (district) level, okruh (district) level, and oblast (province) level. Besides the local state administration, all local (regional, district, city) councils have their executive committees. There are two offices of

279-672: The Constitution of Ukraine , the heads of the local administrations are appointed and dismissed by the President of Ukraine on the proposal of the Cabinet of Ministers . According to the Ukrainian Constitution they should also resign after a new President is elected . The authority of the chiefs of local state administrations is terminated also upon their death. In case of election of the new President of Ukraine

310-441: The Constitutional Court of Ukraine overturned the 2004 amendments, considering them unconstitutional. The Court had started to consider the case on the political reform in 2004 under a motion from 252 coalition lawmakers regarding the constitutionality of this reform of 14 July 2010. The 2010 nullification decision was highly controversial. The Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner received several reports alleging that

341-670: The Orange Revolution . They therefore attracted criticism from several internal (Ukrainian political parties) and external bodies (the Council of Europe , the European Parliament and the Venice Commission ). The amendments took force unconditionally on 1 January 2006. The remaining amendments took force on 25 May 2006, when the new parliament assembled after the 2006 elections . On 1 October 2010,

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372-407: The 1710 Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk is the predecessor of Ukraine's current constitution. In February 2019 the constitution was amended to require governments to seek European Union and NATO membership. The Constitution of Ukraine is divided into 15 chapters: In accordance with Chapter XIII: Introducing Amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine , the constitution can only be amended with

403-489: The Agreement was ceremonially signed and promulgated in mid-July 1996. According to a ruling of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine , the constitution took force at the moment when the results of the parliamentary vote were announced on 28 June 1996 at approx. 9 a.m. Kyiv Time. Ukraine was the last of the post-Soviet states to adopt its own constitution. On Constitution Day 2018, President Petro Poroshenko remarked that

434-603: The Law of Ukraine "On the Principles of Regulatory Policy in Economic Activity" (Law № 1160-IV, parliament, September 11, 2003) . To execute the Constitution of Ukraine, laws of Ukraine, acts of the President of Ukraine, Cabinet of Ukraine , other bodies of executive power as well as own and delegated powers the chief issues orders. The orders of the chief adopted within his/her competence are mandatory for execution on

465-612: The President of Ukraine in case of accepting the resignation of the Chief of Regional State Administration, petition of the Prime Minister of Ukraine on the grounds prescribed by the legislation about the State Service, declaring no confidence by the majority of the relevant council composition, other circumstances foreseen by this or other laws of Ukraine, on initiative of the President of Ukraine. According to Article 118 of

496-648: The President of Ukraine. In May 2012, President Viktor Yanukovych set up the Constitutional Assembly of Ukraine ; a special auxiliary agency under the President for drawing up bills of amendments to the Constitution, the president then will introduce them in parliament. On 8 December 2004, the parliament passed Law No. 2222-IV amending the constitution. The law was approved with a 90 percent majority (402 voted in favour and 21 against, with 19 abstentions; 300 in favour required for passage) simultaneously with other legislative measures aimed at resolving

527-580: The Soviet Union was transformed from Crimean Oblast to Crimean ASSR, also changed its regional (oblast) executive committee into Council of Ministers of the Crimean ASSR. The chief of Crimean regional executive committee became the chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Crimean ASSR. The introduction of the Institute of Presidential Representatives in Crimea in the early 1990s was blocked due to

558-468: The basis of a ruling made by the Constitutional Court of Ukraine . Following the events of Euromaidan (2013–2014), the 2004 amendments were reinstated. Until 8 June 1995, Ukraine's supreme law was the Constitution (Fundamental Law) of the Ukrainian SSR (adopted in 1978, with numerous later amendments). On 8 June 1995, President Leonid Kuchma and Speaker Oleksandr Moroz (acting on behalf of

589-486: The change of the political system of the country – from a parliamentary system to a parliamentary presidential one – are declared unconstitutional by a decision of the Constitutional Court after a period of 6 years. ... As Constitutional Courts are bound by the Constitution and do not stand above it, such decisions raise important questions of democratic legitimacy and the rule of law". On 21 February 2014,

620-477: The chiefs of local state administrations continue to exercise their powers until appointment of the new chiefs of local state administrations in established order. The chief thus heads the executive branch in each region, district, or city. The chief forms the composition of the local State Administration as well as its structure depending upon the budget allocations and requirements to the Article XVIII of

651-515: The consent of no less than two-thirds of the constitutional composition (the 450 Ukrainian lawmakers ) of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. In addition, amendments to Chapter I — "General Principles," Chapter III — "Elections. Referendum", and Chapter XIII — "Introducing Amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine" can only be amended by the parliament of Ukraine on the condition that it is also approved by an All-Ukrainian referendum designated by

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682-490: The head of the state. The position derived from the Institute of Presidential Representatives that was introduced during the presidency of Leonid Kravchuk in 1992. After the resignation of Leonid Kravchuk as the President of Ukraine in 1993, most of presidential representatives positions in regions were discontinued and their functions were performed by chairmen of executive committee in each regional council. The Autonomous Republic of Crimea , which during dissolution of

713-414: The measure was not signed by the then-President Viktor Yanukovych , who was subsequently removed from office. The reinstatement of these amendments was adopted according to the 2014 Agreement on settlement of political crisis in Ukraine . This was followed shortly thereafter by the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and the 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine . On 7 February 2019,

744-521: The parliament passed a law that reinstated the 8 December 2004 amendments of the constitution. This was passed under a simplified procedure, without any decision of the relevant committee , and was passed in the first and the second reading in one vote by 386 deputies. The law was approved by 140 MPs of the Party of Regions , 89 MPs of Batkivshchyna , 40 MPs of UDAR , 32 of the Communist Party , and 50 independent lawmakers. According to Radio Free Europe ,

775-482: The parliament) signed the Constitutional Agreement for the period until a new constitution could be drafted. The first constitution since independence was adopted during an overnight parliamentary session after almost 24 hours of debate of 27–28 June 1996, unofficially known as "the constitutional night of 1996." The Law No. 254/96-BP ratifying the constitution, nullifying previous constitutions and

806-415: The position of the head of regional state administration or more commonly oblast state administration (for oblasts ) is referred to as governor. However, its function is very different from a traditional gubernatorial position. The heads of local state administrations are appointed and dismissed by the President of Ukraine on the submission of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for the term of office of

837-543: The recommendation from the Prime Minister of Ukraine . The role and powers of the position are defined in Chapter 2 (Articles 8 - 12) of the Law of Ukraine "On Local State Administration" (Law № 586-XIV, parliament, April 9, 1999) . Candidates for the position of the chief of district state administration are recommended to the Prime Minister of Ukraine by the chiefs of the respected regional state administrations. The appointment

868-610: The resignation of four judges in the run-up to the decision occurred as a result of extensive pressure by the executive. On 18 November 2010, the Venice Commission published its report titled The Opinion of the Constitutional Situation in Ukraine in Review of the Judgement of Ukraine's Constitutional Court , in which it stated: "It also considers highly unusual that far-reaching constitutional amendments, including

899-792: The respective territory by all authorities, companies, institutions and organizations, officials, and citizens. List of governors who also served as government ministers: Serhiy Tulub , Mykhailo Kaskevych , Heorhiy Filipchuk , Mykola Derkach , Volodymyr Yatsuba , Viktor Bondar , Oleksandr Vilkul , Dmytro Kolyesnikov , Serhiy Polyakov , Anatoliy Blyznyuk , others. List of governors who also served as governors in several regions: Volodymyr Shcherban , Mykola Lavryk , Volodymyr Kulish , Volodymyr Yatsuba , Valentyn Reznichenko , Pavlo Zhebrivskyi , others. Constitution of Ukraine The Constitution of Ukraine ( Ukrainian : Конституція України , romanized :  Konstytutsiia Ukrainy , pronounced [kɔnsteˈtut͡sʲijɐ ʊkrɐˈjine] )

930-471: The right to dismiss members of the Cabinet of Ukraine , but gained the right to dissolve Parliament. If no coalition in parliament could be formed to appoint a Prime Minister, the President would have no choice but to call new parliamentary elections . The 2004 constitutional amendments were passed in the Parliament only with limited consultation and discussion between political forces, in the context of

961-467: The situation in Crimea when the Russian Federation failed to take full control over the peninsula. Earlier before fall of the Soviet Union , chairmen of the executive committee, that existed since the establishment of the Soviet regime in Ukraine, were completely overshadowed by the first secretaries and party offices of regional committees of the Communist Party of Ukraine which was a constituent part of

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