Volyn Oblast Council

The Volyn Oblast Council (Ukrainian: Волинська обласна рада) is the regional oblast council (parliament) of the Volyn Oblast (province) located in western Ukraine.

Volyn Oblast Council Волинська обласна рада
8th convocation
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Chairman	Hryhorii Nedopad, For the Future since 25 November 2020
1st Deputy Chairman	Yurii Polishchuk, Svoboda since 26 July 2019
Deputy Chairman	Hryhorii Pustovit, Batkivshchyna since 25 November 2020
Structure
Seats	64
Political groups	For the Future (22)   European Solidarity (9)   Batkivshchyna (9)   Servant of the People (8)   Svoboda (7)   Agrarian Party (5)   Strength and Honor (4)
Elections
Last election	25 October 2020[1]
Meeting place
Lutsk, Volyn Oblast
Website
https://new.volynrada.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]

As of August 2025, the opposition consists of 5 deputies from the Agrarian Party of Ukraine and 9 deputies from "European Solidarity". The situational coalition consists of "For the Future", "Fatherland", "Servant of the People", "Freedom", "Strength and Honor".

Recent elections

2020

Distribution of seats after the 2020 Ukrainian local elections

• 22 For the Future
• 9 European Solidarity
• 9 Fatherland
• 8 Servant of the People
• 7 Svoboda
• 5 Agrarian Party
• 4 Strength and Honor

Election date was 25 October 2020^[3]

2015

Distribution of seats after the 2015 Ukrainian local elections

• 17 UKROP
• 13 Solidarity
• 12 Fatherland
• 7 Svoboda
• 6 Radical Party
• 5 Self Reliance
• 4 Our Land

Election date was 25 October 2015^[4]

Chairmen

Regional executive committee

• Grigory Grishko (1939–1941)
• Filipp Reshetnyak (1944–1949)
• Andrei Mizyuk (1949–1952)
• Mark Tkachuk (1952–1956)
• Efim Yaroshchuk (1956–1972)
• Ivan Tserkovny (1972–1975)
• Boris Sventsitsky (1975–1985)
• Vladimir Fedorov (1985–1988)
• Mikhail Parasunko (1988–1991)

Regional council

• Volodymyr Blazhenchuk (1990–1992)
• Borys Klimchuk (1992–1998)
• Vasyl Dmytruk (1998–2006)
• Anatoliy Hrytsiuk (2006–2010)
• Volodymyr Voitovych (2010–2014)
• Valentyn Viter (2014–2015)
• Ihor Palytsia (2015–2019)
• Iryna Vakhovych (2019–2020)
• Hryhoriy Nedopad (since 2020)