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Verkhovna Rada
The unicameral parliament of Ukraine.
The Verkhovna Rada is the sole body of legislative power in Ukraine. The parliament determines the principles of domestic and foreign policy, introduces amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine, adopts laws, approves the state budget, designates elections for the President of Ukraine, impeaches the president, declares war and peace, appoints the Prime Minister of Ukraine, appoints or confirms certain officials, appoints one-third of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, ratifies and denounces international treaties, and exercises certain control functions. The constitution of Ukraine stipulates that the Verkhovna Rada is authorized to fulfill its functions under the condition that at least two-thirds of its constitutional composition (300 or more people's deputies) are elected.
Hryhoriy Nemyria
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
Current Verkhovna Rada Composition
Party and Seats Held | Ideology |
Fatherland Renewal Party (FRP) – 140 seats | State-guided modernization, anti-corruption, national economic revival. |
New Horizons Party (NHP) – 58 seats | Liberal-conservative, decentralization, global trade diversification. |
Agrarian People’s Movement (APM) – 34 seats | Rural modernization, agrarian populism, community cooperatives. |
Civic Integrity Deputies (CID) – 10 seats | Anti-corruption, radical transparency, digital reforms. |
Future of Industry Caucus (FIC) – 10 seats | Technology, industrial upgrading, R&D investment. |
United Social Party (USP) – 92 seats | Economic nationalism, social welfare, industrial protectionism. |
Solidarity Forward Party (SFP) – 52 seats | Centrist technocracy, anti-corruption, judicial reform. |
Eastern Welfare Front (EWF) – 40 seats | Regional industrialism, pension protection, geopolitical neutrality. |
Independents – 14 seats | Various. |
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