Government and politics in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine: official figures
Vadym Filashkin is head of the Donetsk Oblast State Administration, appointed by Presidential Decree No. 857/2023 of 27 December 2023.
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- By 23 October 2026 the current head of Donetsk Oblast had been in post for 2.8 years, 10th longest of 24 among the heads of Ukraine's oblasts. Source: Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (Government portal) · saved copy
- No election to the Donetsk Oblast Council was held on 25 October 2020: the Central Election Commission lists no oblast council mandates for Donetsk Oblast, only local councils. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- Across all its councils Donetsk Oblast elected 1,171 local deputies on 25 October 2020 out of 1,254 mandates, 3rd fewest of 25 regions. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- Of the deputies elected in Donetsk Oblast in 2020, 581 to city councils, 158 to settlement councils, 198 to village councils, 234 to district councils. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- The local budgets of Donetsk Oblast had combined revenue of 15.8 billion hryvnias in 2025, of which 65% came from the state budget. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
How Donetsk Oblast compares with other oblasts
Years in office of the current head of the oblast administration (2026)
Donetsk Oblast ranks 10 of 24, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Years in office of the current head of the oblast administration |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Kirovohrad Oblast | 4.6 |
| 8 | Kherson Oblast | 3.7 |
| 9 | Odesa Oblast | 3.4 |
| 10 | Donetsk Oblast | 2.8 |
| 11 | Rivne Oblast | 2.8 |
| 12 | Khmelnytskyi Oblast | 2.5 |
| 13 | Zakarpattia Oblast | 2.0 |
Local deputies elected in all councils, 25 October 2020 (2020)
Donetsk Oblast ranks 23 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Local deputies elected in all councils, 25 October 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Kherson Oblast | 1,487 |
| 20 | Mykolaiv Oblast | 1,484 |
| 21 | Sumy Oblast | 1,482 |
| 22 | Chernivtsi Oblast | 1,409 |
| 23 | Donetsk Oblast | 1,171 |
| 24 | Luhansk Oblast | 596 |
| 25 | Kyiv | 119 |
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Sources
- Central Election Commission of Ukraine: Local elections of 25 October 2020: elected deputies of local councils by region and type of council (summary), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 9880a12a9e2c…)
- Ministry of Finance of Ukraine: Open Budget public API (localBudgetData): revenue of the consolidated budgets of each oblast, Kyiv and the largest city communities in 2024 and 2025, and their 2025 spending plans by function (saved API responses, one CSV per budget and query), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 8a856cffe239…)
- Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (Government portal): Heads of the oblast and Kyiv city state administrations, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 9595360920e7…)
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