<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> names in parentheses are administrative centers when name differs from oblast' name
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<item><hi format=bold>Independence:</hi> 1 December 1991 (from Soviet Union)
<item><hi format=bold>National holiday:</hi> Independence Day, 24 August (1991)
<item><hi format=bold>Constitution:</hi> using 1978 pre-independence constitution; new constitution currently being drafted
<item><hi format=bold>Legal system:</hi> based on civil law system; no judicial review of legislative acts
<item><hi format=bold>Suffrage:</hi> 18 years of age; universal
<item><hi format=bold>Executive branch:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>chief of state:</hi> President-elect Leonid D. KUCHMA; election last held 26 June and 10 July 1994 (next to be held NA 1999); results—Leonid KUCHMA 52.15%, Leonid KRAVCHUK 45.06%
<item>• <hi format=ital>head of government:</hi> Prime Minister (vacant); Acting First Deputy Prime Minister (and Acting Prime Minister since September 1993) Yukhym Leonidovych ZVYAHIL'SKYY (since 11 June 1993) and five deputy prime ministers
<item>• <hi format=ital>cabinet:</hi> Council of Ministers; appointed by the president and approved by the Supreme Council
<item><hi format=bold>Supreme Council:</hi> elections last held 27 March 1994 (next to be held NA); results—percent of vote by party NA; seats—(450 total) number of seats by party NA; note—338 deputies were elected; the remaining 112 seats to be filled on 24 July 1994
<item><hi format=bold>Judicial branch:</hi> being organized
<item><hi format=bold>Political parties and leaders:</hi> Green Party of Ukraine, Vitaliy KONONOV, leader; Liberal Party of Ukraine, Ihor MERKULOV, chairman; Liberal Democratic Party of Ukraine, Volodymyr KLYMCHUK, chairman; Democratic Party of Ukraine, Volodymyr Oleksandrovych YAVORIVSKIY, chairman; People's Party of Ukraine, Leopol'd TABURYANSKYY, chairman; Peasants' Party of Ukraine, Serhiy DOVGRAN', chairman; Party of Democratic Rebirth of Ukraine, Volodymyr FILENKO, chairman; Social Democratic Party of Ukraine, Yuriy ZBITNEV, chairman; Socialist Party of Ukraine, Oleksandr MOROZ, chairman; Ukrainian Christian Democratic Party, Vitaliy ZHURAVSKYY, chairman; Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party, Stepan KHMARA, chairman; Ukrainian Labor Party, Valentyn LANDYK, chairman; Ukrainian Party of Justice, Mykhaylo HRECHKO, chairman; Ukrainian Peasants' Democratic Party, Serhiy PLACHINDA, chairman; Ukrainian Republican Party, Mykhaylo HORYN', chairman; Ukrainian National Conservative Party, Viktor RADIONOV, chairman; Ukrainian People's Movement for Restructuring (Rukh), Vyacheslav CHORNOUL, chairman; Ukrainian Communist Party, Petr SYMONENKO
<item><hi format=bold>Other political or pressure groups:</hi> New Ukraine (Nova Ukrayina); Congress of National Democratic Forces
<item><hi format=bold>Member of:</hi> BSEC, CBSS (observer), CCC, CE (guest), CEI (participating), CIS, CSCE, EBRD, ECE, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ILO, IMF, INMARSAT, INTELSAT (nonsignatory user), INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, NACC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNPROFOR, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO
<item><hi format=bold>Diplomatic representation in US:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>chief of mission:</hi> Ambassador Oleh Hryhorovych BILORUS
<item>• <hi format=ital>chancery:</hi> 3350 M Street NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20007