Mariupol - Government & Politics

Government & Politics

The Mariupol population traditionally supports the left and pro-Russian political forces. On last parliamentary elections (2006) city has voted for Party of Regions – 39,72% of votes, Socialist Party of Ukraine – 20,38%, Natalia Vitrenko Block – 9,53%, Communist Party of Ukraine – 3,29%.

Mayor of city (chairman, "head", cities and chairman of executive committee of city council) – Yuri Yuriyovych Khotlubey.

Mariupol in Verkhovna Rada is represented with four People's Deputies:

• Volodymyr Semenovych Boyko – the chapter (head) of the board Ilyich Mariupol Iron and Steel Works, the Hero of Ukraine.
• Serhiy Anatoliovych Matviyenkov – the representative Ilyich Mariupol Iron and Steel Works
• Dmytro Arnoldovych Livshyts – the representative of “Azovstal Iron and Steel Works”
• Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Savchuk – the representative of Machine-building Concern “Azovmash”

The city traditionally supports the left and pro-Russian political forces in Ukraine. In the presidential elections of 2004 the city voted for Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych (91.1%) and for Viktor Andriyovych Yuschenko (5.93%).

At the turn of the 21st century in the City Council Party of Regions numerically prevails, followed by Socialist Party of Ukraine.