People's Soviet of the Donetsk People's Republic

People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic
Народный Совет Донецкой Народной Республики
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Term limits
4 years
Leadership
Denis Pushilin, Donetsk Republic
Since 4 September 2015
Structure
Seats 100
Structure of the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic
Political groups

Government

Opposition

Elections
Party-list proportional representation
Last election
2 November 2014
Meeting place
Donetsk
Website
http://dnr-sovet.su

The People's Council (Russian: Народный Совет), formerly the Supreme Council, is the legislature of the unrecognised Donetsk People's Republic.[3][4][5]

History

The first legislative body of the Donetsk People's Republic was the Supreme Council (Russian: Верховный Совет), which was established by pro-Russian protesters in early April 2014.[5] It is not clear as to what the composition of this body was. That body adopted a constitution on 14 May 2014, after having held a referendum on independence from Ukraine. This constitution provided for the establishment of a new body, to replace the Supreme Council, called the People's Council (Russian: Народный Совет).[5] Elections to the People's Council were held on 2 November 2014. The political party Donetsk Republic, which includes the Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic, gained a majority of the seats in the Council with the 68,53% and 68 seats. Free Donbass, which includes the Russian-nationalist extremist New Russia Party, gained the 31.65% and 32 seats.

The body is presided over by the Chairman of the People's Council. The present chairman is Denis Pushilin who replaced Andrei Purgin on 4 September 2015.[6]

References


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