Sumy Oblast Council

The Sumy Oblast Council (Ukrainian: Сумська обласна рада) is the regional oblast council (parliament) of the Sumy Oblast (province) located in central Ukraine.

Sumy Oblast Council
Type
Type	Unicameral
Houses	1
Leadership
Speaker	Viktor Fedorchenko
Structure
Seats	64
Political groups	16 Servant of the People 14 Opposition Platform — For Life 10 Fatherland 9 European Solidarity 8 Our Land 7 For the Future
Elections
Last election	25 October 2020[1]
Meeting place
Sumy, Sumy Oblast
Website
https://sorada.gov.ua/

Council members are elected for five year terms. In order to gain representation in the council, a party must gain more than 5 percent of the total vote.^[2]

Recent elections

2020

Distribution of seats after the 2020 Ukrainian local elections

• 16 Servant of the People
• 14 Opposition Platform — For Life
• 10 Fatherland
• 9 European Solidarity
• 8 Our Land
• 7 For the Future

Election date was 25 October 2020^[3]

2015

Distribution of seats after the 2015 Ukrainian local elections

• 14 Solidarity
• 14 Fatherland
• 8 Revival
• 7 Radical Party
• 6 People's Will
• 5 UKROP
• 5 Opposition Bloc
• 5 Svoboda

Election date was 25 October 2015^[4]

Chairmen

Regional executive committee

• Iosif Gorlov (1939–1941, 1943–1944)
• Alexander Abramov (1944–1948)
• Vasily Shadrin (1948–1950)
• Ivan Martynenko (1950–1953)
• Andrei Kondratenko (1953–1959)
• Trofim Poplevkin (1959–1962)
• Boris Voltovsky (1962–1963)
• Ivan Eremenko (1963–1964; agrarian)
• Mikhail Lushpa (1963–1964; industrial)
• Andrey Naumenko (1964–1973)
• Dmitry Kozenyashev (1973–1982)
• Vladimir Shevchenko (1982–1988)
• Anatoly Bondarenko (1988–1991)
• Volodymyr Shevchenko (1991)

Regional council

• Volodymyr Shevchenko (1990–1991)
• Anatoliy Bondarenko (1991–1994)
• Anatoliy Epifanov (1994–1999)
• Mark Berfman (1999–2006)
• Vyacheslav Shaposhnyk (2006–2009)
• Volodymyr Tokar (2009–2010)
• Hennadiy Mykhailenko (2010–2014)
• Mykola Klochko (2014)
• Vera Lavryk (acting, 2014–2015)
• Semen Salatenko (2015–2016)
• Volodymyr Tokar (2016–2020)
• Viktor Fedorchenko (since 2020)