Presiding officer of Ukraine's unicameral parliament
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Голова Верховної Ради України
Incumbent Ruslan Stefanchuk since 8 October 2021
Nominator
Verkhovna Rada
Appointer
Secret ballot
Term length
Five years
Constituting instrument
Article 88, Constitution of Ukraine Rules of the Procedures of the Verkhovna Rada
Precursor
Chairman of Central Executive Committee (1917–1937) Chairman of the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR (1937–1996)
Inaugural holder
Mykhailo Burmystenko
Formation
30 January 1937; 87 years ago (1937-01-30)(original) 25 July 1938; 85 years ago (1938-07-25)(current form)
Deputy
First Deputy Chairman
Salary
₴21,144 monthly[1]
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chairman.rada.gov.ua
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The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Голова Верховної Ради України, romanized: Holova Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy) is the presiding officer of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's unicameral parliament. The chairman presides over the parliament and its procedures. Chairmen are elected by open voting from the parliament's deputy ranks.[2]
Ruslan Stefanchuk is the current chairman since being confirmed on 8 October 2021.[3]
^Price of parliamentarism: how effective and transparent Verkhovna Rada spends money (Цена парламентаризма: насколько эффективно и прозрачно Верховная Рада тратит деньги). Agumentua. 14 May 2018
^Yanukovych signs law on open voting to elect parliamentary chairman, Kyiv Post (19 November 2012)
^"Stefanchuk Of Ukraine's Ruling Party Becomes New Parliament Speaker". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
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