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ukraine*

H.E. Oleh Didenko,
Chairman of the Central Election Commission

part i 11. Language (s)
Ukrainian (official) 67.5%, Russian (regional lan-
CoUNtrY ProfiLE guage) 29.6%, other (includes Crimean Tatar-,
Romanian-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities)
1. Country Name 2.9% (2001 est.)
Ukraine
12. Literacy Levels
2. Official Name 99.97%
Ukraine Male literacy rate is 99.99%, for females is 99.96%

3. Government part ii
Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic LEgisLAtivE sYstEM
4. Head of the Government
Prime Minister – Denys Shmyhal LEGISLATURE

5. Head of the State 1. Structure of National Legislature
President – Volodymyr Zelensky Legislature Unicameral

6. Capital 2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
Kyiv (Kiev) Verkhovna Rada / Supreme Council

7. Currency 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
Ukrainian hryvnia nominated
450 MPs
8. Ethnic Groups (with %age population)
Ukrainian 77.8%, Russian 17.3%, Belarusian 0.6%, 4. Popular House
Moldovan 0.5%, Crimean Tatar 0.5%, Bulgari- Verkhovna Rada
an 0.4%, Hungarian 0.3%, Romanian 0.3%, Polish 5. Type of Electoral System
0.3%, Jewish 0.2%, other 1.8% (2001 est.) Proportional Representation

9. Date of Independence and from which Country part iii
24 August 1991 (from the Soviet Union); notable
earlier dates: ca. 982 (VOLODYMYR I consolidates ELECtorAL sYstEM
KyivanRus); 1199 (Principality (later Kingdom) of
Ruthenia formed; 1648 (establishment of the Cos- (A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
sack Hetmanate)
1. Name of the EMB(S)
10. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution Центральнавиборчакомісія (Central Election
28 June 1996 Commission)

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