The Kharkiv Oblast Council () is the regional oblast council (parliament) of the Kharkiv Oblast (province) located in eastern Ukraine. The council is composed of 120 members and is situated in the oblast's administrative center Kharkiv. Council members are elected for five year terms. In order to gain representation on the council, a party must gain more than 5 percent of the total vote.
On 1 March 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the building was bombed in a missile strike. According to the council, 29 people were killed.
Recent elections 2020 Distribution of seats after the 2020 Ukrainian local elections:
The election date was 25 October 2020.Results of the 2020 elections of the Kharkiv Oblast Council, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
2015 Distribution of seats after the 2015 Ukrainian local elections
Election date was 25 October 2015Results. Central Electorate Commission
Chairmen
Regional executive committee Vasily Kuzmenko (1932–1933) Ilya Shelekhes (1933–1934) Ivan Fedyaev (1934–1935) Grigory Pryadchenko (1935–1937) Nikolay Prokopenko (1937–1938) Grigory Butenko (1938–1940) Pyotr Svinarenko (1940–1942) Artem Vakhnyuk (acting, 1943) Dmitry Zhila (acting, 1943) Ivan Voloshin (1943–1954) Dmitry Pisnyachevsky (1954–1963) Dmitry Pisnyachevsky (agrarian, 1963–1964) Konstantin Trusov (industrial, 1963–1964) Dmitry Pisnyachevsky (1964–1968) Andrey Bezditko (1968–1983) Oleksandr Maselsky (1983–1990) Yuri Titov (1990–1991)
Regional council
Oleksandr Maselsky (1991–1992) Volodymyr Tyahlo (1992–1994) Oleksandr Maselsky (1994–1996) Volodymyr Tyahlo (1996–2002) Oleksiy Kolesnik (2002–2004) Yevhen Kushnaryov (2004–2005) Oleh Shapovalov (2005–2006) Vasiliy Salygin (2006–2008) Serhii Chernov (2008–2020) Artur Tovmasyan (2020–2021) Tetiana Yehorova-Lutsenko (since 2021)
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