8th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada

Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 8th convocation
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Seat composition of the 8th Verkhovna Rada
Overview
Meeting place	Verkhovna Rada building
Term	27 November 2014 (2014-11-27) – 29 August 2019 (2019-08-29)
Election	2014 parliamentary election
Website	iportal.rada.gov.ua
Members	423 / 450 (since December 9, 2014)
Chairman	Volodymyr Groysman Andriy Parubiy
First Deputy	Andriy Parubiy Iryna Herashchenko
Deputy	Oksana Syroyid
Party control	Coalition

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 8th convocation (Ukrainian: Верховна Рада України VIII скликання, Verkhovna Rada Ukrayiny VIII sklykannia) was a convocation of the legislative branch of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's unicameral parliament. The 8th convocation met at the Verkhovna Rada building in Kyiv, having begun its term on 27 November 2014 following the last session of the 7th Verkhovna Rada. Its five-year term came to an end on July 24, 2019, marking the end of its tenth session.^[1]

The 8th Verkhovna Rada's composition was based upon the results of the October 26, 2014 parliamentary election,^[2] which was contested eight months after the 2014 Ukrainian revolution which saw the overthrow of the Yanukovych regime. Ukraine's head of state during the parliament's term is President Petro Poroshenko. Eleven parties were represented in the Verkhovna Rada, although only six of them surpassed the mandatory five percent election threshold to gain representation based upon the proportional representation system.

On the first day of the parliament's session, five of the parliament's pro-European parties, the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, People's Front, Self Reliance, Fatherland, and Radical Party, signed a coalition agreement. Per the coalition agreement, the convocation of parliament was tasked with passing major reforms to ensure Ukrainian membership in European institutions such as the European Union and NATO, while dealing with the threat of further Russian aggression in the Donbass.

President Volodomyr Zelensky dissolved the 8th Verkovna Rada on 21 May 2019.^[3]