| Current Government: |
Head of State – President Petro Poroshenko (won the presidential election on 25 May 2014 with 54% of the vote). The president is elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term).
Acting Prime Minister - Arseniy Yatseniuk (since 26 February 2014)
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| Constitution: Republic. Most recent constitution adopted and ratified 28 June 1996; amended 2004 and 2010 (replaced 2014, not yet ratified). |
Single chamber parliament Verkhovna Rada (Supreme Council) – 450 seats; 50% of seats allocated on a proportional basis to those parties that gain 5% or more of the vote and 50% to members elected in single mandate districts. Members serve five-year terms.
Elections last held in October 2012 (next officially to be held in 2017, but expected earlier). |
| Relations with EU - see separate page listed in header index. |
| Presidential election 25 May 2014 - There was a high turnout to vote, but in the Crimea and parts of two separatist eastern regions many polling stations did not open at all, either because of separatist sympathies of local officials, or through intimidation by pro-Russian militias. Thus 19.4% of the population could not vote. |
