| Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident Leonid D. KUCHMA (seit dem 19 July 1994) Regierungschef: Prime Minister Viktor YANUKOVYCH (seit dem 21 November 2002), First Deputy Prime Minister Mykola AZAROV (seit dem 26 November 2002) cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers appointed by the president and approved by the Supreme Council note: there is also a National Security and Defense Council or NSDC originally created in 1992 as the National Security Council, but significantly revamped and strengthened under Staatspräsident KUCHMA; the NSDC staff is tasked with developing national security policy on domestic and international matters and advising the president; a Staatspräsidential Administration that helps draft presidential edicts and provides policy support to the president; and a Council of Regions that serves as an advisory body created by Staatspräsident KUCHMA in September 1994 that includes chairmen of the Kiev (Kyyiv) and Sevastopol' municipalities and chairmen of the oblasti elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; election last held 31 October and 14 November 1999 (next to be held NA October 2004); prime minister and deputy prime ministers appointed by the president and approved by the Supreme Council election results: Leonid D. KUCHMA elected president; percent of vote - Leonid KUCHMA 57.7%, Petro SYMONENKO 38.8% |
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Quelle: CIA World Factbook |
