Central Election Commission of Ukraine - Definition and Overview

The Central Election Commission of Ukraine (in Ukrainian, Центральна виборча комісія; commonly abbreviated in Ukrainian as ЦВК (Tse-Ve-Ka); sometimes referred to as the Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine) is a permanent collegiate body of the Ukrainian goverment.

Mission and Authority

The Commission is vested with authority to supervise and conduct presidential, parliamentary, and local self-government elections in Ukraine, as well as Ukrainian and local referenda.
The Commission issues mandatory decrees, which may be appealed to the Supreme Court of Ukraine or the High Administrative Court of Ukraine (in project).
The Commission is directly financed from the state budget of Ukraine.

Composition

The Commission consists of 15 members. Each member is appointed for a 7-year term by the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) of Ukraine. Nominees are submitted by the President of Ukraine upon consultations with parliamentary factions and groups. Appointed members take oath of office at the plenary session meeting of the parliament.
The Commission elects out of its ranks the head of the Commission, deputy heads, and the secretary of the Commission.

Members

Current members of the Commission were appointed by the parliament on December 8, 2004. This appointment was an integral part of the legislative package to resolve the presidential election crisis in Ukraine. These members supervised the repeat of the second round of the presidential elections on December 26, 2004.
Members of the Commission as of January 1, 2005, are:
- head: Yaroslav Davydovych (Давидович Ярослав Васильович)
- deputy head: Maryna Stavniychuk (Ставнійчук Марина Іванівна)
- deputy head: Mykola Melnyk (Мельник Микола Іванович)
- secretary: Serhiy Dubovyk (Дубовик Сергій Олегович)
- member: Yuriy Donchenko (Донченко Юрій Григорович)
- member: Valentyna Zavalevska (Завалевська Валентина Олександрівна)
- member: Ihor Kachur (Качур Ігор Анатолійович)
- member: Ruslan Knyazevych (Князевич Руслан Петрович)
- member: Andriy Mahera (Магера Андрій Йосипович)
- member: Mykhaylo Okhendrovskyy (Охендовський Михайло Володимирович)
- member: Anatoliy Pysarenko (Писаренко Анатолій Аркадійович)
- member: Bronislav Raykovskyy (Райковський Броніслав Станіславович)
- member: Zhanna Usenko-Chorna (Усенко-Чорна Жанна Іванівна)
- member: Oleksandr Chupakhin (Чупахін Олександр Михайлович)
- member: Valeriy Sheludko (Шелудько Валерій Євгенович)

Previous Members

- Valeriy Bondyk (Бондик Валерій Анатолійович) (February 17, 2004 - December 8, 2004)
- Yuriy Danylevskyy (Данилевський Юрій Миколайович) (April 7, 1999 - December 8, 2004)
- Serhiy Kivalov (Ківалов Сергій Васильович) (February 17 - December 8, 2004)
- Mykola Rybachuk (Рибачук Микола Филимонович) (April 7, 1999 - December 8, 2004)

External Links

• Official web-site of the Commission (in Ukrainian) (http://www.cvk.gov.ua/)
• Presidential elections of 2004 (in Ukrainian) (http://www.cvk.gov.ua/wp0011)
• Presidential elections of 2004 (in English) (http://www.cvk.gov.ua/wp0011e)

References

• The Law of Ukraine "On the Central Election Commission", No. 1932-IV (1932-15), dated June 30, 2004, promulgated July 9, 2004 (text in Ukrainian) (http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=1932%2D15).
• The Decree of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine "On Appointing the Members of the Central Election Commission", No. 2225-IV (2225-15), dated December 8, 2004, promulgated December 8, 2004 (text in Ukrainian) (http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=2225%2D15)

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