Donetsk Oblast Council

Donetsk Oblast Council
Type
Type
Houses1
History
Established1991
Disbandedtemporarily suspended since 2014
Leadership
vacant
Structure
Seats180
Political groups
Following the 2010 elections:

Government (166)

  •   Party of Regions (166)

Others (14)

Meeting place
Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast
Website
sovet.donbass.com

The Donetsk Oblast Council (Ukrainian: Донецька обласна рада; Russian: Донецкий областной совет) 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.

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.

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.