Government and politics in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine: official figures
Oleh Kiper is head of the Odesa Oblast State Administration, appointed by Presidential Decree No. 312/2023 of 30 May 2023.
How many seats are in the Odesa Oblast Council?
The Odesa Oblast Council (oblast rada) has 84 seats; 74 deputies were elected at the local elections of 25 October 2020, leaving 10 seats vacant.
Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copyMore figures
- By 23 October 2026 the current head of Odesa Oblast had been in post for 3.4 years, 9th longest of 24 among the heads of Ukraine's oblasts. Source: Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (Government portal) · saved copy
- Across all its councils Odesa Oblast elected 2,577 local deputies on 25 October 2020 out of 2,644 mandates, 2nd most of 25 regions. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- Of the deputies elected in Odesa Oblast in 2020, 552 to city councils, 579 to settlement councils, 1,077 to village councils, 295 to district councils. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- With 84 seats, the Odesa Oblast Council is smaller than 3 of the 23 regional councils elected in 2020, the same size as 6 others. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- The local budgets of Odesa Oblast had combined revenue of 44.4 billion hryvnias in 2025, of which 26% came from the state budget. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
How Odesa Oblast compares with other oblasts
Years in office of the current head of the oblast administration (2026)
Odesa Oblast ranks 9 of 24, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Years in office of the current head of the oblast administration |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Cherkasy Oblast | 4.6 |
| 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 |
Seats on the oblast council (Kyiv: city council), 2020 election (2020)
Odesa Oblast ranks 9 of 23, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Seats on the oblast council (Kyiv: city council), 2020 election |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | 84 |
| 7 | Kyiv Oblast | 84 |
| 8 | Lviv Oblast | 84 |
| 9 | Odesa Oblast | 84 |
| 10 | Poltava Oblast | 84 |
| 11 | Volyn Oblast | 64 |
| 12 | Zhytomyr Oblast | 64 |
Local deputies elected in all councils, 25 October 2020 (2020)
Odesa Oblast ranks 2 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Local deputies elected in all councils, 25 October 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | 2,799 |
| 2 | Odesa Oblast | 2,577 |
| 3 | Lviv Oblast | 2,325 |
| 4 | Kyiv Oblast | 2,177 |
| 5 | Vinnytsia Oblast | 1,950 |
| 6 | Zakarpattia Oblast | 1,872 |
| 7 | Kharkiv Oblast | 1,872 |
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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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