Verkhovna Rada of Crimea

Verkhovna Rada of Crimea or the Supreme Council of Crimea, officially the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea,^[a] was the Ukrainian legislative body for the Autonomous Republic of Crimea before the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014.

The last election of parliament took place on 31 October 2010 (see 2010 Crimean parliamentary election) and was won by the Party of Regions and the Communist Party of Ukraine.

On 27 February 2014, unidentified armed men took over the parliament and hoist the flag of Russia over it. On 15 March 2014 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine officially dissolved the parliament.^[1] On 17 March 2014, one day before the Russian annexation of Crimea,^[2] a puppet State Council of Crimea was established in place of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea.

Last election

^ Ukrainian: Верховна Рада Автономної Республіки Крим, romanized: Verkhovna Rada Avtonomnoï Respubliky Krym;
Russian: Верховный Совет Автономной Республики Крым, romanized: Verkhovny Sovet Avtonomnoy Respubliki Krym;
Crimean Tatar: Qırım Muhtar Cumhuriyetiniñ Yuqarı Radası/Къырым Мухтар Джумхуриетининъ Йукъары Радасы

Chairpersons

Regional executive committee

Mikhail Kuzmenko (1954–1956)
Ivan Filippov (1956–1959)
Vladimir Druzhynin (1959–1963)
Vladimir Druzhynin (1963–1964, industrial)
Nikolai Moiseev (1963–1964, agrarian)
Vladimir Druzhynin (1964–1965)
Trofim Chemodurov (1966–1979)
Yuri Bakhtin (1979–1985)
Alexander Roshchupkin (1985–1989)
Vitaly Kurashik (1989–1991)

Regional council

Mykola Bahrov (1991–1994)
Sergei Tsekov (1994–1995)
Yevhen Suprunyuk (1995–1996)
Vasily Kiselev (1996–1997)
Anatoliy Hrytsenko (1997–1998)
Leonid Hrach (1998–2002)
Boris Deich (2002–2006)
Anatoliy Hrytsenko (2006–2010)
Vladimir Konstantinov (2010–2014)

References

^ "ВР розпустила парламент Криму" [VR dissolved parliament of Crimea] (in Ukrainian). UNIAN. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
^ "Ukraine 'preparing withdrawal of troops from Crimea'". BBC News. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
^ Composition on February 20, 2013. Supreme Council of Crimea. March 11, 2014
^ Composition on November 27, 2013. Supreme Council of Crimea. March 11, 2014