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Population (July 2007): 46,299,862
Literacy: 99.7% (total population)
Government Type: Republic
Suffrage: Universal (18 years of age)

Ukraine in Context

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Executive Branch: President Viktor A. Yushchenko (Since January 23, 2005); Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych (Since August 4, 2006)
Legislative Branch: Unicameral Supreme Council (Verkhovna Rada): 450 seats allocated on a proportional basis to parties that gain 3% or more of the national electoral vote; Members serve five-year terms
Electoral System: President elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); Under constitutional reforms that went into effect January 1, 2006, the majority in parliament takes the lead in naming the prime minister
Political Parties: Communist Party of Ukraine or CPU [Petro Symonenko]; Fatherland Party (Batkivshchyna) [Yuliya Tymoshenko]; People's Party Our Ukraine [Viktor Yushchenko]; Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs [Anatoliy Kinakh]; People's Movement of Ukraine (Rukh) [Borys Tarasyuk]; People's Party [Volodymyr Lytvyn]; PORA! (It's Time!) party [Vladyslav Kaskiv]; Progressive Socialist Party [Natalya Vitrenko]; Reforms and Order Party [Viktor Pynzenyk]; Party of Regions [Viktor Yanukovych]; Republican Party [Yuriy Boyko]; Social Democratic Party (United) or SDPU(o) [Viktor Medvedchuk]; Socialist Party of Ukraine or SPU [Oleksandr Moroz, chairman]; Ukrainian People's Party [Yuriy Kostenko]; Viche [Inna Bohuslovska]

Information Provided By : CIA World Fact Book, Ukraine

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