- Government type:republic
- Capital:Kiev (Kyyiv)
- Administrative divisions:24 regions (oblasti singular - oblast'), 1 autonomous republic
- Independence:24 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
- National holiday:Independence Day, 24 August (1991)
- Constitution:adopted 28 June 1996
- Legal system:based on civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts
- Suffrage:18 years of age; universal
- Executive branch:
chief of state:
President Victor A. YUSHCHENKO (since December 2004)
- Legislative branch:unicameral Supreme Council or Verkhovna Rada (450 seats; under Ukraine's new election law, 225 of the Supreme Council's seats are allocated on a proportional basis to those parties that gain 4% or more of the national electoral vote; the other 225 members are elected by popular vote in single-mandate constituencies; all serve four-year terms)
- Judicial branch:Supreme Court; Constitutional Court
- Disputes - international:Ukraine and Romania have yet to resolve claims over Ukrainian-administered Zmiyinyy (Snake) Island and delimitation of Black Sea maritime boundary. Russia and Ukraine disagree on delimitation of maritime boundary in the Sea of Azov and Black Sea;
- Military manpower - military age:
18 years of age (2002 est.)
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