Ukraine: Legislative Branch

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Ukraine: Legislative Branch

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Ukraine: Legislative Branch

This page includes the Verkhovna Rada and its committees.

HOMEPAGE: http://www.rada.kiev.ua

Chairman: Volodymyr Lytvyn
["Lytvyn elected parliament speaker," forUm online edition, http://eng.for-ua.com/news/2002/05/29/140744.html, 29 May 2002.] {Updated 10/8/2002 EL}
First Deputy Chairman: Hennadiy Vasyliev
["Lytvyn elected parliament speaker," forUm online edition, http://eng.for-ua.com/news/2002/05/29/140744.html, 29 May 2002.] {Updated 10/8/2002 EL}
Deputy Chairman: Oleksandr Zinchenko
["Lytvyn elected parliament speaker," forUm online edition, http://eng.for-ua.com/news/2002/05/29/140744.html, 29 May 2002.] {Updated 10/8/2002 EL}

COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES, AND ELIMINATION OF CHORNOBYL AFTERMATH

Chairman: Ivan Ryezak
["Resolution on parliament committee passed," forUm online edition, http://eng.for-ua.com/news/2002/06/07/165011.html, 7 June 2002]{Updated 10/8/2002 EL}

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND CIS RELATIONS

Chairman: Dmytro Tabachnyk
["Resolution on parliament committee passed," forUm online edition, http://eng.for-ua.com/news/2002/06/07/165011.html, 7 June 2002]{Updated 10/8/2002 EL}

COMMITTEE ON THE FUEL AND ENERGY COMPLEX, NUCLEAR POLICY, AND NUCLEAR SAFETY

Chairman: Andriy Klyuyev
["Resolution on parliament committee passed," forUm online edition, http://eng.for-ua.com/news/2002/06/07/165011.html, 7 June 2002]{Updated 10/8/2002 EL}

COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL POLICY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Chairman: Yuriy Yekhanurov
["Resolution on parliament committee passed," forUm online edition, http://eng.for-ua.com/news/2002/06/07/165011.html, 7 June 2002]{Updated 10/8/2002 EL}

COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE

This committee, created immediately after the May 1994 elections, is one of the largest committees in the Rada. It exerts influence over the export control decision-making process.[1,2] It consists of sub-committees that oversee the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Industrial Policy of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine, the State Committee for Protection of State Borders, and the State Customs Service.[1] Provision of social services to military officers and their family members is among the priorities in the committee's work.[3] As of 11 March 2001, the committee consisted of 21 members.[4]
Sources:
[1] Scheinman, "Managing Export Controls in Latvia and Ukraine," p. 10.
[2] Discussion with Ukrainian export control official, 9 November 2001, UKR011109.
[3] "Vidbulasya zustrich holovy komitetu Verkhovnoyi Rady z pytan natsionalnoyi bezpeky i oborony z kerivnym skladom tsentralnoho aparatu viyskovoho vidomstva," Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Web Site, http://www.mil.gov.ua/novyny/nov/000216.htm.
[4] "Komitety Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy," Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Web Site, http://oracle.rada.gov.ua:2000/radac/kom_list. {Entered 11/5/2001 EF}

Chairman: Heorhiy Kryuchkov
["Resolution on parliament committee passed," forUm online edition, http://eng.for-ua.com/news/2002/06/07/165011.html, 7 June 2002]{Updated 10/8/2002 EL}

COUNCIL OF ADVISORS TO THE PARLIAMENT OF UKRAINE

Established by the Supreme Soviet in 1991, the Council provides Parliament with advice on a variety of issues and seeks to make international experience available to decision-makers in Ukraine to assist them in their efforts. It is composed of a group of international experts; its Chairman works closely with the First Deputy Chairman of Parliament on prioritizing policy issues. The Council also assists and advises the executive and judicial branches of the government.
[Council of Advisors to the Parliament of Ukraine, Fact Sheet, 3/3/93.]

Page updated 25 February 2003

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