Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
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 (original); 25 July 1938 (current form)
Deputy	First Deputy Chairman
Salary	₴21,144 monthly
Website	chairman.rada.gov.ua

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.

[1] 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

[2] Yanukovych signs law on open voting to elect parliamentary chairman, Kyiv Post (19 November 2012)

[3] "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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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]
Website	chairman.rada.gov.ua