The Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on issues of budget (Ukrainian: Комітет Верховної Ради України з питань бюджету, Komitet Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy z pytan’ biudzhety) or simply, the Budget Committee (Ukrainian: Бюджетний комітет, Biudzhetnyi komitet) is a standing committee of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's unicameral parliament. The committee is one of the largest in the parliament's 8th convocation, consisting of 27 people's deputies.[2][3] Its entire composition was approved on December 4, 2014.
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| Formed | June 28, 1990 |
| Jurisdiction | Ukraine |
| Employees | 27 deputies[1] |
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| Website | budget |
It was created on June 28, 1990 during the twelfth convocation of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (first convocation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine) as the "Permanent Commission of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR on issues of planning, budget, finances and prices" (Ukrainian: Комісія з питань планування, бюджету, фінансів і цін).[4] The committee's first chairman was Andriy Pecherov.
Presidium
editOn December 4, 2014, the Budget Committee's composition was approved by the Verkhovna Rada. Its presidium consists of six deputies:[1]
| Office | MP | Since | Party | |
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| Chairman | Andriy Pavelko | December 4, 2014 | Petro Poroshenko Bloc | |
| First Deputy Chairman | Vasyl Amelchenko | December 11, 2014[5] | Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko | |
| Deputy Chairman | Sergiy Melnyk | December 4, 2014 | Independent | |
| Deputy Chairman | Oleksiy Savchenko | Petro Poroshenko Bloc | ||
| Deputy Chairman | Viktor Kryvenko | Self Reliance | ||
| Secretary | Volodymyr Shkvarylyuk | Fatherland | ||
Scope
editThe Budget Committee's scope is to draft, prepare, and consider laws within the authority of the Verkhovna Rada, and to perform control functions in the following areas of its jurisdiction:[6]
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Subcommittees
editThe Budget Committee consists of the following subcommittees:[7]
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References
edit- ^ a b "Committee on issues of budget". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "Secrets of parliamentary committees: money, betrayal and proctasticization". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2019-06-13.
- ^ "Committees of the Verkhovna Rada of the VIII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
- ^ Laws of Ukraine. Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR decree No. 19-XII: Про обрання голів постійних комісій Верховної Ради Української РСР (On the election of chairmen of permanent commissions of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR). Adopted on June 28, 1990. (Ukrainian)
- ^ "Members of committees were switched up to suit Lyashko. Poroshenko's son was also moved" (in Ukrainian). Korrespondent.net. December 11, 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ "Committee's Competence". Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on issues of budget (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 11 April 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "Structure of the committee". Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on issues of budget (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 9 December 2014.[permanent dead link]
External links
edit- "Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on issues of budget". Official website (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2014.