Ukraine Regierung Profil 2008

Hauptstadt

Name: Kyiv (Kiev)
geographische Koordinaten: 50 26 N, 30 31 E
Zeitunterschied: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Unabhängigkeit

24 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)

Nationalfeiertag

Unabhängigkeit, 24 August (1991); note - 22 Januar 1918, the day Ukraine first declared its independence (from Soviet Russia) and the day the short-lived Western and Central Ukrainian republics united (1919), is now celebrated as Unity Day

Konstitution

adopted 28 Juni 1996

Wahlrecht

18 Jahre; universal

Exekutive

Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident Viktor A. YUSHCHENKO (seit dem 23 January 2005)
Regierungschef: Prime Minister Yuliya TYMOSHENKO (seit dem 18 December 2007); First Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr TURCHYNOV (seit dem 18 December 2007); Deputy Prime Ministers Hryhoriy NEMYRYA and Ivan VASYUNYK (seit dem 18 December 2007)
cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers selected by the prime minister; the only exceptions are the foreign and defense ministers, who are chosen by the president
note: there is also a National Security and Defense Council or NSDC originally created in 1992 as the National Security Council; the NSDC staff is tasked with developing national security policy on domestic and international matters and advising the president; a Staatspräsidential Secretariat helps draft presidential edicts and provides policy support to the president
elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); note - a special repeat runoff presidential election between Viktor YUSHCHENKO and Viktor YANUKOVYCH took place on 26 December 2004 after the earlier 21 November 2004 contest - won by YANUKOVYCH - was invalidated by the Ukrainian Supreme Court because of widespread and significant violations; under constitutional reforms that went into effect 1 January 2006, the majority in parliament takes the lead in naming the prime minister
election results: Viktor YUSHCHENKO elected president; percent of vote - Viktor YUSHCHENKO 52%, Viktor YANUKOVYCH 44.2%