Donetsk Oblast Council

Donetsk Oblast Council
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Houses1
History
Established1991
Disbandedtemporarily suspended since 2014
Leadership
vacant
Meeting place
Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast
Website
sovet.donbass.com

The Donetsk Oblast Council (Ukrainian: Донецька обласна рада) is the regional oblast council (parliament) of the Donetsk Oblast (province) located in eastern Ukraine.

In Ukraine Oblast 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.[1]

Following the 2014 start of the War in Donbass elections for the Donetsk Oblast Council have not been held and their functions are currently being performed by a civil–military administration.[2]

The Oblast Council was unilaterally proclaimed to have been disbanded by the Donetsk People's Republic authorities and replaced by the People's Council in 2014, although the Oblast Council still operates de jure as the oblast's parliament in Ukraine.

  1. ^ "Elections in Kharkiv Region: Kernes' Son in the Regional Council and Local Success "Servants of the People"". The Ukrainian Week (in Ukrainian). 10 November 2020.
    "How to win elections under the new Electoral Code". Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 19 July 2020.
  2. ^ "There will be no elections in Donbass until Russia withdraws troops - the vice-speaker". Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 19 July 2020.