Lviv Oblast Council Explained
| Lviv Oblast Council |
| Coa Pic: | Logo LOR .jpg |
| Session Room: | Наместничество Львов.jpg |
| House Type: | Unicameral |
| Leader1 Type: | Speaker |
| Leader1: | Yevhenii Hirnyk (acting) |
| Members: | 84 |
| Structure1: | Ukraine Lviv Oblast Rada 2020.svg |
| Structure1 Res: | 250px |
| Political Groups1: | Government (44) Opposition (34)
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| Last Election1: | 25 October 2020[1] |
| Meeting Place: | Government House, Lviv, Lviv Oblast |
| Website: | https://lvivoblrada.gov.ua/ |
The Lviv Oblast Council or Lviv Regional Council (Ukrainian: Львівська обласна рада) is the regional council (parliament) of the Lviv Oblast (region) located in western Ukraine.
Legislative framework
The Regional Council is a local self-government body representing the common interests of territorial communities of villages, towns and cities within the powers defined by the Constitution of Ukraine and Ukrainian Law On Local Self-Government in Ukraine.[2]
Composition and work procedure
The Lviv Regional Council consists of 84 members who are elected by Lviv Region residents on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage. Council members are elected for a five year term. In order to gain representation in the Council, a party must gain more than 5 percent of the total vote.[3]
The Council meets in regular and extraordinary sessions. The session is plenipotentiary if more than a half of its members (at least 43) participate in the meeting.
Recent elections
2020
Distribution of seats after the 2020 Ukrainian local electionsElection date was 25 October 2020[4]
2015
Distribution of seats after the 2015 Ukrainian local elections
Election date was 25 October 2015[5]
Chairmen
Regional executive committee
- Nikolai Kozyrev (1939–1940)
- Pyotr Timchenko (1940–1941)
- Nikolai Kozyrev (1944–1949)
- Kuzma Pelekhaty (1949–1952)
- Pyotr Mirgorodsky (1952, acting)
- Pyotr Kozlanyuk (1952–1954)
- Semyon Stefanik (1954–1963)
- Fyodor Koval (1963–1964; industrial)
- Semyon Stefanik (1963–1964; agrarian)
- Semyon Stefanik (1964–1969)
- Timofey Telishevsky (1969–1979)
- Pyotr Shavkov (1979–1980, acting)
- Mikhail Kirei (1980–1990)
- Stepan Davimuka (1990–1991)
Regional council
- Viacheslav Chornovil (1990–1992)
- Mykola Horyn (1992–1997)
- Orest Furdychko (1997–1998)
- Stepan Senchuk (1998–2001)
- Yaroslav Hadzalo (2001–2002)
- Mykhailo Sendak (2002–2006)
- Myroslav Senyk (2006–2010)
- Oleg Pankevych (2010–2012)
- Petro Kolodiy (2012–2015)
- Oleksandr Hanushchyn (2015–2020)
- Iryna Hrymak (2020–2023)
- Yevhenii Hirnyk (acting, since 2023)
Notes and References
- https://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vm2020/pvm057pid112=12pid102=2962pf7691=2962pt001f01=695rej=0pt00_t001f01=695.html Results of the 2020 elections of the Lviv Oblast Council
- Web site: Про місцеве самоврядування в Україні.
- 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.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20220225071800/https://cvk.gov.ua/pls/vm2020/pvm057pid112=12pid102=2962pf7691=2962pt001f01=695rej=0pt00_t001f01=695.html Results of the 2020 elections of the Lviv Oblast Council
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160304214554/http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vm2015/PVM057?PID112=12&PID102=2962&PF7691=2962&PT001F01=100&rej=0&pt00_t001f01=100 Results
