Government and politics in Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine: official figures
Myroslav Biletskyi is head of the Zakarpattia Oblast State Administration, appointed by Presidential Decree No. 756/2024 of 8 November 2024.
How many seats are in the Zakarpattia Oblast Council?
The Zakarpattia 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 Zakarpattia Oblast had been in post for 2.0 years, 12th shortest of 24 among the heads of Ukraine's oblasts. Source: Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (Government portal) · saved copy
- Across all its councils Zakarpattia Oblast elected 1,872 local deputies on 25 October 2020 out of 1,892 mandates, 6th most of 25 regions. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- Of the deputies elected in Zakarpattia Oblast in 2020, 334 to city councils, 438 to settlement councils, 789 to village councils, 247 to district councils. Source: Central Election Commission of Ukraine · saved copy
- With 64 seats, the Zakarpattia 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 Zakarpattia Oblast had combined revenue of 21.8 billion hryvnias in 2025, of which 36% came from the state budget. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
How Zakarpattia Oblast compares with other oblasts
Years in office of the current head of the oblast administration (2026)
Zakarpattia Oblast ranks 13 of 24, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Years in office of the current head of the oblast administration |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Donetsk Oblast | 2.8 |
| 11 | Rivne Oblast | 2.8 |
| 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 |
Seats on the oblast council (Kyiv: city council), 2020 election (2020)
Zakarpattia Oblast ranks 13 of 23, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Seats on the oblast council (Kyiv: city council), 2020 election |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Poltava Oblast | 84 |
| 11 | Volyn Oblast | 64 |
| 12 | Zhytomyr Oblast | 64 |
| 13 | Zakarpattia Oblast | 64 |
| 14 | Kirovohrad Oblast | 64 |
| 15 | Mykolaiv Oblast | 64 |
| 16 | Rivne Oblast | 64 |
Local deputies elected in all councils, 25 October 2020 (2020)
Zakarpattia Oblast ranks 6 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Local deputies elected in all councils, 25 October 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 8 | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | 1,870 |
| 9 | Poltava Oblast | 1,845 |
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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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