Politics of Ukraine

Politics of Ukraine Державний лад України (Ukrainian) Derzhavnyy lad Ukrayiny (Romanization)
Coat of arms of Ukraine
Polity type	Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic
Constitution	Constitution of Ukraine
Formation	24 August 1991 (independence) 28 June 1996 (constitution in force)
Legislative branch
Name	Verkhovna Rada
Type	Unicameral
Meeting place	Verkhovna Rada Building, Kyiv
Executive branch
Head of State
Title	President
Currently	Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Appointer	Direct popular vote
Head of Government
Title	Prime Minister
Currently	Denys Shmyhal
Appointer	Verkhovna Rada
Cabinet
Name	Government of Ukraine
Leader	Prime Minister
Appointer	Verkhovna Rada
Headquarters	Cabinet of Ministries
Ministries	19
Judicial branch
Name	Judiciary of Ukraine
Constitutional Court
Chief judge	Nataliya Shaptala
Seat	14 Zhylianska St., Kyiv
Supreme Court
Chief judge	Yaroslav Romanyuk

Politics of Ukraine
Constitution Human rights
Presidency President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Office of the President National Security and Defence Council Presidential representatives Presidential symbols
Executive Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal Cabinet Shmyhal Government
Legislature Verkhovna Rada (parliament) Chairman: Ruslan Stefanchuk Committees People's Deputy of Ukraine Imperative mandate
Judiciary Constitutional Court Supreme Court Prosecutor General
Local government Local state administration (chief) Local legislature Administrative divisions Autonomous republics Oblasts Raions Cities (with special status)
Elections Central Election Commission Political parties Recent elections Presidential 2014 2019 2024 Parliamentary 2014 2019 next Local 2014 (Kyiv) 2015 2020 Referendums 1991 (March) 1991 (Dec) 2000
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Dmytro Kuleba Diplomatic missions of / in Ukraine Nationality law Passport Visa requirements Visa policy International membership CIS GUAM Ukraine–European Union relations Ukraine–NATO relations Countries Austria Belarus Canada China Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Iceland India Italy Japan Latvia Lithuania Malta Moldova Montenegro Poland Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia South Africa Sweden Transnistria United Kingdom United States International organizations CIS European Union GUAM NATO Diplomatic missions of Ukraine in Ukraine
See also Ukrainian nationalism Declaration of Independence Proclamation of Independence Cassette Scandal Ukraine without Kuchma Orange Revolution Russia–Ukraine gas disputes Universal of National Unity Political crises of 2006 2007 2008 Kharkiv Pact Annexation of Crimea by Russia 2022 Russian invasion
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The politics of Ukraine take place in a framework of a semi-presidential republic and a multi-party system. A Cabinet of Ministers exercises executive power (jointly with the president until 1996). Legislative power is vested in Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian: Верховна Рада, lit. 'Supreme Council').

As part of the Soviet Union as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic until 1991, the political system featured a single-party socialist-republic framework characterized by the superior role of the Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU), the sole-governing party then permitted by the Ukrainian SSR's constitution. In 1996, the current constitution replaced the previous constitution that was introduced in 1978.

The widely condemned Russian annexations of Crimea in 2014, and of Donetsk and Luhansk in 2022 have complicated the de facto political situation associated with those areas.