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How Government works in Ukraine
(as of 30.11.2016)
Government Structure in Ukraine
President of Ukraine
National Anti-
corruption Bureau
Legislative Branch
Verkhovna Rada
Executive Branch
Cabinet of Ministers
Judicial Branch
Courts
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Constitutional Court
Ukraine has unicameral parliament, its constitutional composition is 450 MPs (known as People's Deputies of Ukraine) who are elected on the basis of general, equal and direct election right by secret ballot for 5 years term.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
THE MAIN FUNCTIONS OF UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT ARE:
• LEGISLATIVE FUNCTION
• REPRESENTATIVE FUNCTION
• CONSTITUENT FUNCTION• THE FUNCTION OF
PARLIAMENTARY CONTROL
• FISCAL FUNCTION
• FOREIGN FUNCTION
Due to Constitution of Ukraine the Verkhovna Rada has the following powers:
• to introduce amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine; • to call the All-Ukrainian referendum;• to adopt laws; • to approve the State Budget of Ukraine and amend it; to supervise the execution of the
State Budget and adopt decisions on reporting concerning its execution.• to establish the principles of domestic and foreign policy;• to approve national programmes for economic, scientific, technical, social, national, and
cultural development and protection of the environment;• to call elections for the President of Ukraine;• to declare war, upon the recommendation made by the President of Ukraine, and make
peace, approve a decision of the President of Ukraine on the use of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations in the event of armed aggression against Ukraine;
• to remove the President of Ukraine from the office in accordance with a special procedure (impeachment):(See Article 85 of Constitution of Ukraine)
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Structure
The Verkhovna Rada of the VIII convocation began its work on November 27, 2014 following the snap parliamentary election, held under the mixed or parallel voting system.
Mixed electoral system:• 50% of seats (225 seats) are elected by (national)
proportional party lists with a 5% election threshold.
• 50% of the seats are elected in 225 constituencies with a first-past-the-post electoral system in one round.
Due to the law “On ensuring the rights and freedoms of citizens and legal regime on the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine” elections did not take place in 12 Crimean constituencies, 9 constituencies in Donetsk Oblast and 6 constituencies in Luhansk Oblast.
THAT IS WHY 27 SEATS OF THE 450 SEATS IN THE PARLIAMENT REMAIN UNFILLED.
Today Ukrainian Parliament is composed of 423 MPs
(as of 30.11.2016)
Deputy Factions and Groups Ukrainian MPs form deputy factions and groups: currently there are six factions and deputy groups in the Parliament.
A deputy faction is an association of MPs, that may include:• MPs elected on party electoral list;• MPs nominated by a political party in the
single-member districts;• MPs that registered as the candidates at
elections through self-promotion ;• MPs nominated by other political party
that hasn`t participated in the mandates distribution due to the election results.
A political party has the right to form only one deputy faction.
A deputy group is an association of unaffiliated MPs (ones that haven`t joined any factions) that share certain common or similar views on public and socio-economic development.
Number of MPs in the deputy group shall not be less than the number of MPs in the smallest faction, formed during the first session.
Registered deputy group has the same rights, that deputy faction do.
Deputy Faction Deputy Group
Deputy Factions and Groups In accordance with Regulations of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine registered deputy group (faction) obtains the right to:
• proportional (based on the number of members) representation in all bodies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and official parliamentary delegations;
• a speech for its representative on all issues of the agenda at a plenary sitting;• parliamentary group (faction) that initiated the issue under the consideration has the right
to its representative`s speech after the termination of discussions during the sitting ofthe Parliament and its bodies.
As a member of the deputy faction (group) MP has the right:• to elect and be elected to the governing bodies of the deputy faction (group);• to participate in approving the Regulation on the deputy faction (group);• to propose issues to faction`s (group`s) consideration;• to submit proposals to the matters being discussed at a deputy faction`s (group`s) meeting, participate in discussion
Faction of the PARTY “PETRO POROSHENKO BLOC”
Faction of the Political party “PEOPLE’S FRONT”
Faction of the Political party “Opposition Bloc”
Faction of the Political party “SAMOPOMICH” Union”
Faction of Oleh Liashko Radical Party
Deputy Factions and Groups:
14381432621
21192445
MPs Faction|Group name
Faction of the Political party the All-Ukrainian Union “Batkivshchyna”
Non-affiliated MPs
Group “The Party “Revival”
Group “People’s Will”
MPs Faction|Group name
33,8% 19,1% 10,2% 6,1% 5% 5% 4,5% 5,7% 10,6%(as of 30.11.2016)
GenderFaction of the PARTY
“PETRO POROSHENKO BLOC”
Faction of the Political party “PEOPLE’S FRONT”
Faction of the Political party “Opposition Bloc”
Faction of the Political party “SAMOPOMICH” Union”
Faction of Oleh Liashko Radical Party
Faction of the Political party the All-Ukrainian Union “Batkivshchyna”
Group “People’s Will”
Group “The Party"Revival”
Non-affiliated People's Deputies
12.5%13.6%7%37.9%14.3%23.8%0%0%2.4%
37152
Female MPs
Male MPs
423MPs
MPs` AidesDue to the Law of Ukraine “About the status of the People's Deputy of Ukraine” an MP can have up to thirty-one aides. Only a citizen of Ukraine, which has vocational or higher education and fluent in the state language can become an MP’s aide. MPs` aides work on fixed-term contracts on a regular basis or part-time or as volunteers. An MP has a special fund allocated for aides remuneration. Due to the Law on the Civil Service (that has come into force on May 1, 2016) MPs` aides have lost the status of civil servants.
Iryna Herashchenko First Deputy Chairperson of
the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
(Non-afiliated MP, became the MP as the member of Party “Petro
Poroshenko Bloc” list)
Oksana Syroid Deputy Chairperson of the
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
(Non-afiliated MP, became MP as the member of Political
party “Samopomich” Union” list)
The Leaders of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Andrii Parubii Chairperson of
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
(Non-affiliated MP, became MP as the member of Political party
“People’s Front” list)
The Coalition
226
Due to the election results and on the basis of agreed political positions deputy factions form the coalition, which includes the majority of MPs of Ukraine – no less than 226 MPs.
“European Ukraine”On November 27, 2014 factions of the Party “Petro Poroshenko Bloc”, the Political party “People’s Front”, the Political party “Samopomich” Union”, Oleh Liashko Radical Party and the All-Ukrainian Union “Batkivshchyna” signed a coalition agreement. A coalition of 302 MPs named “European Ukraine” has been established.
CONSTITUTION OF UKRAINEArticle 90.The President of Ukraine shall have the right to an early termination of powers of the Verkhovna Rada in the following cases:
the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine fails to form a coalition of deputy factions in compliance with Article 83 of this Constitution within one month
The Coalition CrisisOver the next almost two years factions of the parties “Batkivshchyna”, “Samopomich” Union” and Oleh Liashko Radical Party have left the coalition.
Currently, the exact number of MPs in coalition is not known. On April 18, 2016 Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andriy Paruby announced, that he possesses the information on the number of MPs in the coalition “European Ukraine” (230 MPs). But until now this information is not available to public.
Due to the statement of the civil network “OPORA” at the moment the coalition “European Ukraine”includes:• Faction of the Party “Petro Poroshenko Bloc” • Faction of the Political party “People’s Front”• Individual deputies who had been previously excluded from the coalition factions,
but did not withdrew their signatures from the coalition agreement
The Coalition “European Ukraine” in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the VIII convocation
Petro Poroshenko Bloc
People’s Front
Samopomich
Oleh Liashko Radical Party
Batkivshchyna
Petro Poroshenko Bloc
People’s Front
Samopomich
Oleh Liashko Radical Party
Petro Poroshenko Bloc
People’s Front
Oleh Liashko Radical Party
Petro Poroshenko Bloc
People’s Front
Petro Poroshenko Bloc
People’s Front
*
* Due to the statement of the Verkhovna Rada Chairperson – Andrii Parubii
• Definition and status of opposition in Ukrainian Parliament are still not legally regulated (opposition`s existence is not normalized by Constitution). That is why factions and groups can be defined as oppositional ones either on the basis of their public statements and rhetoric or due to the facts, whether they`ve joined coalition or not. Because of this, a situation can take place when factions compete for the right to be considered the opposition.
The Opposition
The opposition in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the VIII convocation
• The faction of the Political party “Opposition Bloc” haven’t joined the coalition agreement and on November 27, 2014 declared itself in opposition to the coalition.
• The group “People’s Will” haven`t joined coalition, but it also doesn`t identify itself with opposition and other opposition parties. On July 9, 2015 its head (at the time) Ihor Yeremeyev declared the group to be a “constructive opposition”.
• The group “The Party"Revival” (established in June 2015) haven`t joined the coalition and on March 16, 2015 declared its opposition activity.
• The faction of Oleh Liashko Radical Party declared its shift into opposition on September 1, 2015 and officially left the coalition on March 29, 2016.
• The faction of the Political party “SAMOPOMICH” Union” officially recalled its members` signatures from the coalition agreement on February 19, 2016.
• The faction of the Political party the All-Ukrainian Union “Batkivshchyna” announced its withdrawal from the coalition and shift into opposition on April 5, 2016
• Committees of the Verkhovna Rada are the bodies of the Parliament formed from among MPs to implement legislative work, prepare and preliminary consider issues pertaining to work of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and realize the control functions.
• The parliament of Ukraine adopts certain number of committees at each new convocation as well as their names and competence.
• Membership in committees is organized at the beginning of the term of the Verkhovna Rada to be proportional to the representation of the membership of the house as elected. Factions nominate their members for membership in the Committees and this decision is confirmed by a vote of the house.
• The 8th VR established 27 committees and one special commission.
Committees
27+1
Name of the Committee Number ofMembers
Head of the Committee
Faction, that the Head of the Committee presents
Committee on Agrarian Policy and Land Relations 29 --- ---
Committee on Construction, Urban Development, Housing and Communal Services
12 Serhiy Skuratovskyy Faction of Oleh Liashko Radical Party
Committee on Budget 27 Andriy Pavelko Faction of the PARTY “PETRO POROSHENKO BLOC”
Committee on State Building, Regional Policy and Local Self-Government 17 Serhiy Vlasenko
Faction of the Political party the All-Ukrainian Union
“Batkivshchyna”
Committee on Environmental Policy, Nature Resources Utilization and Elimination of the Consequences of Chornobyl Catastrophe
13 --- ---
Committee on Economic Policy 15 Andriy Ivanchuk Faction of the Political party “PEOPLE’S FRONT”
Committee on European Integration 9 --- ---
Committee on Legislative Support of Law Enforcement 19 Andriy Kozhemyakin
Faction of the Political party the All-Ukrainian Union
“Batkivshchyna”
Committee on Corruption Prevention and Counteraction 21 Yehor Sobolyev Faction of the Political party
“SAMOPOMICH” Union”
Committee on Foreign Affairs 10 Hanna Hopko Non-affiliated with any faction
Committee for Informatization and Communications 8 Oleksandr Danchenko Faction of the Political party
“SAMOPOMICH” Union”
Committee on Culture and Spirituality 7 Mykola Knyazhytskyy Faction of the Political party “PEOPLE’S FRONT”
Committee on Science and Education 6 --- ---
Committee on National Security and Defence 18 Serhiy Pashynskyy Faction of the Political party
“PEOPLE’S FRONT”
Committee on Public Health 13 Olha Bohomolets Faction of the PARTY “PETRO POROSHENKO BLOC”
Committee on Fuel and Energy Complex, Nuclear Policy and Nuclear Safety 19 --- ---
Committee on Taxation and Customs Policy 32 Nina Yuzhanina Faction of the PARTY “PETRO POROSHENKO BLOC”
Committee on Human Rights, National Minorities and Interethnic Relations 10 Hryhoriy Nemyrya Faction of the Political party
the All-Ukrainian Union “Batkivshchyna”
Committee on Legal Policy and Justice 31 Ruslan Knyazevych Faction of the PARTY “PETRO POROSHENKO BLOC”
Committee on Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship 10 Viktor Halasyuk Faction of Oleh Liashko
Radical Party
Committee on Rules of Parliamentary Procedure and Support to Work of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
9 --- ---
Committee on Freedom of Speech and Information Policy 10 Viktoriya Syumar Faction of the Political party
“PEOPLE’S FRONT”
Committee on Family Matters, Youth Policy, Sports and Tourism 7 Artur Palatnyy Faction of the PARTY
“PETRO POROSHENKO BLOC”
Committee on Social Policy, Employment and Pension Provision 7 Ludmyla Denisova Faction of the Political party
“PEOPLE’S FRONT”
Committee on Affairs of Veterans, Combatants, ATO Participants and Disabled People
7 Oleksandr Tretyakov Faction of the PARTY “PETRO POROSHENKO BLOC”
Committee on Transport 19 Yaroslav Dubnevych Faction of the PARTY “PETRO POROSHENKO BLOC”
Committee on Financial Policy and Banking 12 Serhiy Rybalka Faction of Oleh Liashko Radical Party
Ad Hoc Supervisory Panel of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Privatization 14 --- ---
Main stages of legislative processBill Initiation • Three Subjects of Legislative Initiative – MPs, the Cabinet of Ministers, the President.
Registering; Determining the lead committee; Distribution of text to Committees and the Cabinet of Ministers; Review by the VR Main Scientific and Expertise Department.
First Reading • Consideration in plenary session: passage requires 226 votes; decides which draft becomes basis
for further work if there is more than 1
Second Reading • Review by VR Main Legal Department, Proposals reviewed by the lead committee often after
public consultations; Consideration of proposals in plenary session; Second vote requires 226 (most often also final vote)
Third Reading • Finalization of text; Third Vote; VR Speaker signs and sends to President for signature
Promulgation or Veto • Signed text is published in official gazettes or President may return with suggested
amendments, veto override requires 300 votes
Drafted laws and regulations Adopted laws and regulations
Drafted & Adopted Laws and Regulations
laws and regulations have been drafted by the MPs, the Cabinet of Ministers and the President of Ukraine during 8th convocation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (as for 18 September 2016)
100 by the President
609 by the CMU
6866 by MPs
of them have been adopted
7575
1467
19,37%
Number of laws and regulations adopted during 5 sessions of 8th convocation (as for 18th September)
Drafted laws and regulations Adopted laws and regulations
Initiated by the President of Ukraine
Initiated by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
Initiated by the MPs of Ukraine
100|84 609|177 6866|1206
84%29,06% 17,56%
Percentage of adopted laws from initiated draft bills by factions and groups
9,95% 7,51% 18,88% 16,47%
16,25% 18,40% 4,84% 20,56%
Faction of the Party “Petro Poroshenko Bloc”
3438|649
18,88%
Faction of the Political party “People’s Front”
2419|393
16,25%
Faction of the Political party “Opposition Bloc”
579|28
4,84%
Faction of the Political party “Samopomich” Union”
777|143
18,40%
Faction of Oleh Liashko Radical Party
1007|207
20,56%
Faction of the All-Ukrainian Union “Batkivshchyna”
1384|228
16,47%
Group “People’s Will”
432|43
Group “The Party “Revival”
426|32
9,95% 7,51%
Drafted laws and regulations Adopted laws and regulations
Laws and regulations initiated by the MPs
Drafted Adopted
The main topics of normative acts, submitted by the MPs are: industry development, economic policy, legal policy, social policy, constitutive powers, state building
Laws and regulations initiated by the Cabinet of Ministers
Drafted Adopted
The main topics of normative acts, submitted by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine are: economic policy, industry development and legal policy
Laws and regulations initiated by the President of Ukraine
Drafted Adopted
The main topics of normative acts, submitted by the President of Ukraine are: constitutive powers, bilateral international agreements, security and defence, legal policy
According to Constitution of Ukraine (article 116), the Cabinet of Ministers is the highest body in the executive branch. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine: • ensures the state sovereignty and economic
independence of Ukraine, implementation of domestic and foreign policy of the State, and the execution of the Constitution, laws of Ukraine, and acts of the President of Ukraine; • elaborates a draft law on the State Budget of
Ukraine, ensures the implementation of the State Budget and submits a report on its implementation; • directs and co-ordinates the work of ministries
and other executive authorities;
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
• The Prime Minister of Ukraine is appointed by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine upon the submission of proposal by the President of Ukraine. The candidature for the appointment as the Prime Minister is introduced by the President on the basis of a proposal of the coalition of deputy factions.
• The Minister of Defence and the Minister of Foreign Affairs are appointed by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine upon the submission of proposal by the President of Ukraine, whereas other members of the Cabinet of Ministers are appointed by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine upon the submission of proposal by the Prime Minister of Ukraine. (art. 114)
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
Vice Prime Minister
Volodymyr Kistion
Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for European integration and
Euro-Atlantic Integration
Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze
Vice Prime Minister
Pavlo Rozenko
Prime Minister
Volodymyr Groysman
Members of the Cabinet of Ministers
First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine
Minister of Economic Development and Trade
Stepan Kubiv
Vice Prime Minister Minister of Regional
Development, Construction and Housing
Hennadiy Zubko
Vice Prime Minister
Viacheslav Kyrylenko
(as of 30.11.2016)
The President of UkraineAccording to Constitution of Ukraine (article 102), the The President of Ukraine is the Head of State and acts in its name.The President of Ukraine is the guarantor of state sovereignty and territorial indivisibility of Ukraine, the observance of the Constitution of Ukraine and human and citizens' rights and freedoms.
• ensures the independence, national security, and legal
succession of the State; • addresses the people, delivers annual and extraordinary
speeches on the domestic and foreign situation of Ukraine to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine;
• represents the State in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the State, conducts negotiations and concludes international treaties;
• adopts decisions on the recognition of foreign states; • is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; • heads the Council of National Security and Defense of
Ukraine; (article 106)
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Chief of OfiiceIhor Rainin
President’s Office
Main Department
of International Relations and
European Integration
Main State andLegal
Department
Main Departmentof Law-
Enforcement Bodies and
Anti-CorruptionAdvisers to the
PresidentRuslan Demchenko
Yuriy Bohutskyi
Main Department
of Legal Policy
Commissionerof the President
of Ukraine for Control over the Activities of the
Security Service of UkraineAnatoliy Poliakh
Office of the Head
of the Presidential Administration
of Ukraine
Main Department
on Reformingthe President’s
Office
Main Departmentof Reform
Implementation
Main Departmentof Security
and Defense Policy
Press Secretary of the President
Svyatoslav Tseholko
Main Department
of the Regional and
Personnel Policy
First Assistant of the President of Ukraine
Yuriy OnishchenkoMain
Control Department
Main Department of the State
Protocol and Procedure
Main Department
of Access to Public
Information
Main Department of Humanitarian
Issues
Main Department of Internal Policy
Main Department
of Informational Policy
Main Department of Documentary
Support
Departmentof Local
Government and Decentralization
Department of State Awards
Department for Citizenship
Affairs
Reception of the President
of Ukraine
Department for Pardon Affairs
Information Security
Department
Office for Interaction of the President with
the Cabinet of Ministers
Office for Interaction of the President with the Verkhovna Rada
Office for Representing the Interests of the President
in the Courts
Deputy Chief of the Office
Deputy Chief of the Office
Rostyslav Pavlenko
Deputy Chief of the OfficeOleksiy Filatov
Deputy Chief of the Office
Valeriy Kondratiuk
Deputy Chief of the Office
Kostiantyn Yelisieiev
First Deputy Chief of the Office
Vitaliy Kovalchuk
Agency for Activity of the Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for Issues of Crimean Tatars
Agency for Activity of the Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for Children's Rights
Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for the
Affairs of Crimean TatarsMustafa Dzhemilev
Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for
the Rights of Peoplewith Disabilities
Valeriy Sushkevych
Deputy Chief of the Office
Dmytro Shymkiv
Chief of the Secretariat of
the OfficeOleksiy Dniprov
Agency for Activity of the Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for the Rights of People with Disabilities
Representativeof the President
in the Verkhovna Rada
Representativeof the President
in the Cabinet of Ministers
Main Department of Strategic Planning and Operational Provision
IT Department
HR Department
Commissioner of the President
for Children's RightsMykola Kuleba
National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine
Oleksandr Turchynov (Secretary of NSDCU)
Executive Powers
Offices Agencies Inspections
Other Central
Executive Powers
CEP with special status
MinistriesOther Central
Executive Powers
National Commissions
CM ARC*,Oblast State
Administrations (24) Kyiv & Sevastopol* City
Administrations
Rayon (488), Kyiv (10) & Sevastopol* (4) Rayon
Administrations
At the local levelCentral
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Units
Regional level
27 units
Rayon(Sub-
regional) level
490 + 14 units
s24 Oblasts
Kyiv City
AR Crimea
Sevasto-Pol* City
Executive branch Local Councils
Oblast offices of central executive power
Rayon offices of central executive power
Oblast State Administration (24) CM of ARC, Cities
Administrations (2)Oblast Councils (24), VR ARC*, Sevastopol City
Councils*
Rayon State Administration Rayon Council (488), Kyiv (10) & Sevastopol
Rayon Councils* (4)
Administrative division & local offices of Central Agencies
ss490
Rayonss
10 Rayons in Kyiv
s
4 Rayons in
Sevastopol*
Local level
458 Cities,784 Towns,
10279Settlements
s458
Citiess
s784 Towns
ss
s10279Settlements
Settlement Councils
Town Councils
City Councils
Connections between Ministries and other CEP (as of 30.11.2016)
• State Treasury Service• State Service of Financial
Monitoring• State Fiscal Service
Ministry of FinanceOlexandr Danylyuk
• State Service for Export Control• State Statistics Service• State Agency for Reserves• State Service for Intellectual
Property (at liquidation stage)
Ministry of Economic
Development and Trade
Stepan Kubiv
• State Archive Service Ministry of
JusticePavlo Petrenko
• State Cinema Agency• Ukrainian Institute of National
Memory
Ministry of Culture
Yevhen Nyshchuk
•State Aviation Service •State Agency for Roads•State Service for Transport
Security Ministry of Infrastructure
Volodymyr Omelian
•State Border Guard Service•State Migration Service•State Emergency Service•National Police
Ministry of Interior AffairsArsen Avakov
•State Archive Service •State Labor Inspectorate•Pension Fund Ministry of
Social Policy Andrii Reva
•The State Food Safety and Consumer Protection Service
•State Service for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre
•State Agency for Forest Resources •State Fishery Agency
Ministry of Agrarian Policy
and FoodTaras Kutovyi
Ministries Other Central Executive Agencies Ministries
• State Geological Service• State Agency of Water Resources• State Environmental Inspectorate• State Agency for Management of
Exclusion Zone
Ministry of Ecology and
Natural Resources of
Ukraine Ostap Semerak
• State Agency of Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving
• State Architectural and Construction Inspectorate
• State Service for Electronic Government
Ministry of Regional
Development, Construction and Housing
Hennadiy ZubkoMinistry for Temporarily
Occupied Territories and
Internally Displaced Persons
Vadym ChernyshMinistry of Information
PolicyYuriy Stets
Ministry of Youth and Sport
Ihor Zhdanov
• State Service of Medicines and Drug Control
• State Sanitary Service
Ministry of Health Care
(Acting) Uliana Suprun
• State Executive Service of Educational Institutions
Ministry of Education and
ScienceLilia Hrynevych
• State Inspection on Energy Supervision
Ministry of Energy and Coal
IndustryIhor Nasalyk
Ministry of Defense
Stepan Poltorak
Ministry of Foreign AffairsPavlo Klimkin
Ministries Other Central Executive Agencies Ministries
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Supreme Court (min 65, max 200 Justices)
Plenum of the Supreme Court Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court
(21 Justice: 5 Justices are elected by every cassation court of the Supreme Court)
Civil Cassation Court Criminal Cassation Court Commercial Cassation Court Administrative Cassation Court
Appellate Courts
SUPREME
COURT
*6In accordance with the Law adopted in 2016
Judicial power
High Anti-Corruption
Court*
Appellate Commercial Courts
High Intellectual Property Court *
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Circuit Courts
Circuit Commercial
Courts
Appellate Commercial
Courts
Circuit Administrative
Courts
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Judicial InstitutionsHIGH COUNCIL OF JUSTICE (HCJ) Constitutional body. Consists of 21 members (10 judges elected by the Congress of Judges, the President, the Parliament, the Congress of Advocates, conference of prosecutors and conference of the higher legal education institutions select two members each, Chief Justice is ex officio member). Key functions include: • Submits to the President recommendation on judicial
appointing; • Disciplines judges and prosecutors; • Decides on judicial transferring and dismissal;• Lifts the judicial functional immunity; • Suspends judges from the office in cases prescribed by
the Law.
HIGH QUALIFICATIONS COMMISSIONS OF JUDGES (HQC)Consists of 16 members (8 judges elected by Congress of Judges, 2 members from the higher legal education institutions, 2 members from Congress of Advocates, 2 members of the Ombudsman, and 2 members of the SJA) and is a full-time legal entity.Key functions include:• Deals with the qualifications evaluation of judges;• Selects the candidates for the judicial vacancies;• Submits to the HCJ recommendations on judicial appointment
and transfer
NATIONAL SCHOOL OF JUDGES (NSJ)Has a special status within the judiciary and is not a subject for legislation on higher education.Is responsible for:• Initial trainings of judicial candidates;• Ongoing trainings for judges and the court staff• Scientific support for the operations of the HCJ and HQC.
STATE JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION (SJA)An institution of the judicial branch of power under the authority of the High Council of Justice. The Head of the SJA is appointed by the HCJ. Provides budget management and organizational support to the courts and institutions of the judicial branch daily operations.
TERRITORIAL DEPARTMENTS OF THE SJARepresents SJA in the regions.Is responsible for the appointment and dismissal of the chiefs of staff and their deputies of the regional courts. These decisions are subject to approval by the chief judge of the respective court.
CONGRESS OF JUDGESHighest representative body of the judicial self-governance. The Congress is conducted once in two-years. Decisions are mandatory for all judges and bodies of judicial self-government.Key functions include:• Election of members of the Council of Judges;• Election of six judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine;• Election and dismissal of members of the High Council of
Justice;• Elects and dismissal of members of the High Qualifications• Commission of Judges.
COUNCIL OF JUDGESConsists of 33 membersjudges of all levels courts. Acts in lieu of the Congress of Judges during two-year period between Congress meetings.
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