Sumy Oblast Council Explained
| Sumy Oblast Council |
| Coa Pic: | Coat of Arms of Sumy Oblast.svg |
| Session Room: | Сумська облдержадміністрація (2).jpg |
| House Type: | Unicameral |
| Houses: | 1 |
| Leader1 Type: | Speaker |
| Leader1: | Viktor Fedorchenko |
| Members: | 64 |
| Structure1: | Розподіл мандатів в Сумській обласній раді 8-го скликання.svg |
| Structure1 Res: | 250px |
| Last Election1: | 25 October 2020[1] |
| Meeting Place: | Sumy, Sumy Oblast |
| Website: | https://sorada.gov.ua/ |
The Sumy Oblast Council (uk|Сумська обласна рада) is the regional oblast council (parliament) of the Sumy Oblast (province) located in central Ukraine.
Council members are elected for five year terms. In order to gain representation in the council, a party must gain more than 5 percent of the total vote.[2]
Recent elections
2020
Distribution of seats after the 2020 Ukrainian local electionsElection date was 25 October 2020[3]
2015
Distribution of seats after the 2015 Ukrainian local electionsElection date was 25 October 2015[4]
Chairmen
Regional executive committee
- Iosif Gorlov (1939–1941, 1943–1944)
- Alexander Abramov (1944–1948)
- Vasily Shadrin (1948–1950)
- Ivan Martynenko (1950–1953)
- Andrei Kondratenko (1953–1959)
- Trofim Poplevkin (1959–1962)
- Boris Voltovsky (1962–1963)
- Ivan Eremenko (1963–1964; agrarian)
- Mikhail Lushpa (1963–1964; industrial)
- Andrey Naumenko (1964–1973)
- Dmitry Kozenyashev (1973–1982)
- Vladimir Shevchenko (1982–1988)
- Anatoly Bondarenko (1988–1991)
- Volodymyr Shevchenko (1991)
Regional council
- Volodymyr Shevchenko (1990–1991)
- Anatoliy Bondarenko (1991–1994)
- Anatoliy Epifanov (1994–1999)
- Mark Berfman (1999–2006)
- Vyacheslav Shaposhnyk (2006–2009)
- Volodymyr Tokar (2009–2010)
- Hennadiy Mykhailenko (2010–2014)
- Mykola Klochko (2014)
- Vera Lavryk (acting, 2014–2015)
- Semen Salatenko (2015–2016)
- Volodymyr Tokar (2016–2020)
- Viktor Fedorchenko (since 2020)
Notes and References
- https://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vm2020/pvm057pid112=12pid102=2522pf7691=2522pt001f01=695rej=0pt00_t001f01=695.html Results of the 2020 elections of the Sumy 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.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210825191524/https://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vm2020/pvm057pid112=12pid102=2522pf7691=2522pt001f01=695rej=0pt00_t001f01=695.html Results of the 2020 elections of the Sumy Oblast Council
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190329074436/http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vm2015/PVM057?PID112=12&PID102=2522&PF7691=2522&PT001F01=100&rej=0&pt00_t001f01=100 Results
