Ukraine

Parliament

Political system Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.
Parliamentary system
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Structure of parliament Structure of parliament: Unicameral, bicameral
Unicameral
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IPU membership Current membership status
Yes
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Basic information > About parliament

Speaker

Speaker
Ruslan Stefanchuk (Male)
Year of birth
1975
Additional information
Elected on 8 Oct. 2021.
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Secretary general

Secretary General
Viacheslav Shtuchnyi (Male)
Notes Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 4 Nov. 2021.

Members

Current number of members, by sex
Men The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
331
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Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
85
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Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
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Age

Average age of all members
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Youngest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
23
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Youngest member
Sviatoslav Yurash (Male)
Oldest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
78
Oldest member
Yulii Ioffe (Male)
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
268
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
155
Total per sex
Total of male
336
Total of female
87
Total per age interval
18-20
0
21-30
30
31-40
166
41-45
72
46-50
74
51-60
63
61-70
15
71-80
3
81-90
0
91 and over
0
Number of members, by age
Breakdown of members by age and gender
18 - 20 21 - 30 31 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 60 61 - 70 71 - 80 81 - 90 91 and over Totals per gender
Totals per age interval 0 30 166 72 74 63 15 3 0 0
Total <= 45: 268 Total >= 46: 155
Male 0 22 118 56 67 55 15 3 0 0 336
Female 0 8 48 16 7 8 0 0 0 0 87
Percentage of members, by age
Age as last election or renewalOverallMaleFemale
Percentage of MPs 30 years of age or younger7.09%5.2%1.89%
Percentage of MPs 40 years of age or younger46.34%33.1%13.24%
Percentage of MPs 45 years of age or younger63.36%46.34%17.02%

Reserved seats and quotas

Electoral quota for women Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
No
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Elections > Historical data on women

Women's suffrage

Date of independence For countries that become independent after 1940
1991
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament Year in which first woman entered parliament
1990

Specialized body - Women's caucus

Equal Rights Inter-Faction Association (IFA)
(January 2013)
Formal or informal
Formal
The caucus is cross-party
Yes
There are rules governing the functioning of the caucus
Yes
Link to rules
http://w3.ipu.org/uploads/documents/Ukraine_-_Rules_Equal_Rights.pdf

Activities

Issues dealt with by the caucus
-Gender and family issues
-Health, science and education

The caucus has a strategic plan or plan of action
Yes
The caucus has a communication plan
Yes