Serhiy Holovatyi

Serhiy Holovatyi (Ukrainian: Сергій Петрович Головатий; born 29 May 1954^[1]) is a Ukrainian lawyer, politician, former member of parliament, and former Minister of Justice of Ukraine. He is a judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and has been the Acting Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine since 29 December 2020.^[2] He served as a Member of the Ukrainian Parliament during the I^[3] to VI^[4] convocations and as the Minister of Justice of Ukraine in 1995-1997 and 2005-2006.^[5][2] He is a former member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). In the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, he was a member of various parliamentary factions and groups, including Our Ukraine, BYuT (Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc), and the Party of Regions.^[6]

Serhiy Holovatyi
Сергій Головатий
Holovatyi in 2007
Minister of Justice
In office 2005–2006
Prime Minister	Yuriy Yekhanurov
Preceded by	Roman Zvarych
Succeeded by	Roman Zvarych
Minister of Justice
In office 1995–1997
Preceded by	Vasyl Onopenko
Succeeded by	Syuzanna Stanik
Personal details
Born	(1954-05-29) 29 May 1954 (age 71) Odesa
Occupation	Politician, lawyer

On 27 February 2018 he was appointed a judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine.^[7] On 2 March he took the oath of office and began to perform judicial duties.^[8] Chairman of the Standing Committee on Legal Terminology of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine.^[9] Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine since 17 September 2019.^[10]

Since 29 December 2020 he has been acting President of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine in accordance with Article 33 of the Law of Ukraine “On the Constitutional Court of Ukraine”.^[11] On 30 May 2024 his powers were terminated upon reaching the age of 70.^[12]