Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

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The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (

Central Executive Committee of Ukraine. Its membership was elected for the first time on December 27, 1938, at the first session of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR. The presidium later became the permanent body of the post-Soviet legislature of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada, but was dissolved upon the adoption of the Constitution of Ukraine
on June 28, 1996.

Background

According to the

standing orders
of the Supreme Soviet.

After 1991, the powers of the presidium were narrowed. Some of the powers were delegated to the newly created post of the

post-Soviet constitution in 1996, the presidium was dissolved, though the term is still collectively applied to the chairman
, deputy chairmen and occasionally also to the parliamentary faction leaders of the Verkhovna Rada.

Composition

The presidium was initially composed of a chairman, two vice chairmen, a secretary, and fifteen ordinary members. Following the adoption of the

1978 Constitution of the Ukrainian SSR
, the number of vice chairmen was increased to three and the number of ordinary members became twenty.

Powers

At the adoption of the 1978 Constitution of the Ukrainian SSR, the presidium had the powers to:

List of chairmen

Chairmen of the Presidium (distinct office)

Chairmen of the Presidium (ex officio as Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada)

See also

Further reading

  • Bezpalyi, I. Presidium of supreme councils of union republics. Moscow 1959
  • Krivenko, L. Constitution of the USSR and development of legislation of supreme councils of union republics. Comparative legal research. Kiev 1982
  • Bandurka, O., Dreval, Yu. Parliamentarism in Ukraine: establishment and development. Kharkiv 1999
  • Ukrainian parliamentarism: past and present. Kiev 1999
  • Kyslyi, P., Vaiz, Ch. Establishment of parliamentarism in Ukraine on the background of world experience. Kiev 2000

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