Government and politics in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine: official figures
Oleh Hryhorov is head of the Sumy Oblast State Administration, appointed by Presidential Decree No. 245/2025 of 17 April 2025.
How many seats are in the Sumy Oblast Council?
The Sumy Oblast Council (oblast rada) has 64 seats; 64 deputies were elected at the local elections of 25 October 2020, filling every seat.
Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copyMore figures
- By 23 October 2026 the current head of Sumy Oblast had been in post for 1.5 years, 10th shortest of 24 among the heads of Ukraine's oblasts. Source: Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (Government portal) · saved copy
- Across all its councils Sumy Oblast elected 1,482 local deputies on 25 October 2020 out of 1,532 mandates, 5th fewest of 25 regions. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- Of the deputies elected in Sumy Oblast in 2020, 426 to city councils, 337 to settlement councils, 452 to village councils, 203 to district councils. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- With 64 seats, the Sumy Oblast Council is smaller than 10 of the 23 regional councils elected in 2020, the same size as 12 others. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- The local budgets of Sumy Oblast had combined revenue of 18.0 billion hryvnias in 2025, of which 29% came from the state budget. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
How Sumy Oblast compares with other oblasts
Years in office of the current head of the oblast administration (2026)
Sumy Oblast ranks 15 of 24, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Years in office of the current head of the oblast administration |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Khmelnytskyi Oblast | 2.5 |
| 13 | Zakarpattia Oblast | 2.0 |
| 14 | Luhansk Oblast | 1.5 |
| 15 | Sumy Oblast | 1.5 |
| 16 | Vinnytsia Oblast | 0.8 |
| 17 | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | 0.8 |
| 18 | Poltava Oblast | 0.8 |
Seats on the oblast council (Kyiv: city council), 2020 election (2020)
Sumy Oblast ranks 17 of 23, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Seats on the oblast council (Kyiv: city council), 2020 election |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Kirovohrad Oblast | 64 |
| 15 | Mykolaiv Oblast | 64 |
| 16 | Rivne Oblast | 64 |
| 17 | Sumy Oblast | 64 |
| 18 | Ternopil Oblast | 64 |
| 19 | Kherson Oblast | 64 |
| 20 | Khmelnytskyi Oblast | 64 |
Local deputies elected in all councils, 25 October 2020 (2020)
Sumy Oblast ranks 21 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Local deputies elected in all councils, 25 October 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Kirovohrad Oblast | 1,493 |
| 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 |
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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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