Verkhovna Rada of Crimea
Introduction '''Verkhovna Rada of Crimea''' or the '''Supreme Council of Crimea''', officially the '''Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea''' was the acting 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. On 17 March 2014, one day before the Russian annexation of Crimea, a puppet State Council of Crimea was established in place of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea.
Last election   Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) Total Vacant        Party of Regions Qurultai-Rukh Soyuz Russian Unity Communists Strong Ukraine Non-affiliated End of previous convocation    44 8 10 DNP 9 DNP DNP 100 0 Begin 80 5 5 3 5 2 - 100 0 February 20, 2013 80 4 4 3 3 - 3 100 3 November 27, 2013 82 4 4 3 3 - 3 100 1 Latest voting share      N/A Note:
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)
See also * State Council of Crimea
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