Kharkiv Oblast Council Explained

Kharkiv Oblast Council Харківська обласна рада
Coa Pic:	COA of Kharkiv Oblast m.svg
House Type:	Unicameral
Houses:	1
Leader1 Type:	Speaker
Leader1:	(Servant of the People)
Structure1:	Kharkiv Oblast Council 2021 diagram.svg
Structure1 Res:	250px
Members:	120
Political Groups1:	Government (63) Supported by (29) ^[1] ^[2] Opposition (28)
Last Election1:	25 October 2020^[3]
Meeting Place:	Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast
Website:	http://www.oblrada.kharkov.ua/ukr/

The Kharkiv Oblast Council (uk|Харківська обласна рада) is the regional oblast council (parliament) of the Kharkiv Oblast (province) located in eastern Ukraine. The council is composed of 120 members and is situated in the oblast's administrative center Kharkiv. Council members are elected for five year terms. In order to gain representation on the council, a party must gain more than 5 percent of the total vote.^[4]

On 1 March 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the building was bombed in a missile strike.^[5] According to the Council, 29 people were killed.^[6]

Recent elections

2020

Distribution of seats after the 2020 Ukrainian local electionsElection date was 25 October 2020^[7]

2015

Distribution of seats after the 2015 Ukrainian local electionsthumb|left|Distribution of seats from 2015 until 2020 Election date was 25 October 2015^[8]

Chairmen

Regional executive committee

Vasily Kuzmenko (1932–1933)
Ilya Shelekhes (1933–1934)
Ivan Fedyaev (1934–1935)
Grigory Pryadchenko (1935–1937)
Nikolay Prokopenko (1937–1938)
Grigory Butenko (1938–1940)
Pyotr Svinarenko (1940–1942)
Artem Vakhnyuk (acting, 1943)
Dmitry Zhila (acting, 1943)
Ivan Voloshin (1943–1954)
Dmitry Pisnyachevsky (1954–1963)
Dmitry Pisnyachevsky (agrarian, 1963–1964)
Konstantin Trusov (industrial, 1963–1964)
Dmitry Pisnyachevsky (1964–1968)
Andrey Bezditko (1968–1983)
Oleksandr Maselsky (1983–1990)
Yuri Titov (1990–1991)

Regional council

Oleksandr Maselsky (1991–1992)
Volodymyr Tyahlo (1992–1994)
Oleksandr Maselsky (1994–1996)
Volodymyr Tyahlo (1996–2002)
Oleksiy Kolesnik (2002–2004)
Yevhen Kushnaryov (2004–2005)
Oleh Shapovalov (2005–2006)
Vasiliy Salygin (2006–2008)
Serhii Chernov (2008–2020)
Artur Tovmasyan (2020–2021)
Tetiana Yehorova-Lutsenko (since 2021)

Notes and References

Web site: Второй фронт. Бывшие из "ОПЗЖ" в Харьковском облсовете поднимают головы . 2024-01-24 . 2day.kh.ua . ru.
Web site: Кто за Суркиса: депутаты Харьковского областного совета, отказавшиеся забрать звание почетного гражданина у нардепа . 2024-01-24 . 2day.kh.ua . ru.
https://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vm2020/pvm057pid112=12pid102=5441pf7691=5441pt001f01=695rej=0pt00_t001f01=695.html Results of the 2020 elections of the Kharkiv Oblast Council
News: Elections in Kharkiv Region: Kernes' Son in the Regional Council and Local Success "Servants of the People" . . 10 November 2020. Ukrainian.
News: How to win elections under the new Electoral Code. . 19 July 2020. Ukrainian.
News: Zinets . Natalia . Kharkiv official says Russian missiles hit administration building, residential areas . 1 March 2022 . Reuters . 1 March 2022 . en.
News: Внаслідок обстрілу обладміністрації у Харкові загинув студент Політеху . Суспільне | Новини . 2022-04-01 . Суспільне . https://archive.today/20220511212433/https://suspilne.media/224013-u-harkovi-z-pid-zavaliv-obladministracii-distali-tilo-zagiblogo-studenta/ . 2022-05-11 . live . uk. Суспільне .
https://web.archive.org/web/20220225071043/https://cvk.gov.ua/pls/vm2020/pvm057pid112=12pid102=5441pf7691=5441pt001f01=695rej=0pt00_t001f01=695.html Results of the 2020 elections of the Kharkiv Oblast Council
https://web.archive.org/web/20171008192151/http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vm2015/PVM057?PID112=12&PID102=5441&PF7691=5441&PT001F01=100&rej=0&pt00_t001f01=100 Results