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Verkhovna Rada Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk met with former leaders of the Ukrainian parliament. The group photo shows politicians who led the Verkhovna Rada at various times during Ukraine’s independence. This was reported by Glavcom, citing a post by photojournalist Andriy Nesterenko.
In the picture with Stefanchuk are Dmytro Razumkov, Oleksandr Turchynov, Volodymyr Rybak, Oleksandr Moroz, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, and Volodymyr Hroisman. All of them served as parliament chairmen in different years.
Photojournalist Andriy Nesterenko noted that Volodymyr Lytvyn is missing from the photo; over the past years he has virtually disappeared from Ukrainian politics and rarely appears in the nationwide information space. Also missing is Andriy Parubiy, who was killed 30 August 2025 in Lviv near the house where he lived.
Where did Volodymyr Lytvyn disappear to?
Volodymyr Lytvyn chaired the Verkhovna Rada twice — in 2002-2006 and 2008-2012. He also served as head of President Leonid Kuchma’s Administration, was a people’s deputy, and was a candidate for president of Ukraine. Lytvyn is one of three politicians who have served twice as chairmen of the Verkhovna Rada.
After ending his parliamentary career, Lytvyn effectively stepped back from active politics and focused on scholarly and teaching work. Earlier the politician himself called Ukrainian politics a “stage that has been passed” for him.
Lytvyn has been connected with the university environment for decades. Current resources of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv list him among the scholars of the Department of Modern Ukrainian History at the Faculty of History.
Who is pictured in the photo
photo: press service of the Verkhovna Rada
Ruslan Stefanchuk — the current chairman of the Verkhovna Rada. He headed the parliament on 8 October 2021 after the resignation of Dmytro Razumkov. Before that he was the first deputy chairman of the Verkhovna Rada.
photo: facebook.com/dmitro.razumkov
Dmytro Razumkov — chaired the Verkhovna Rada from 29 August 2019 to 7 October 2021. He became the first speaker of the IX convocation of parliament, and after his resignation Ruslan Stefanchuk took the post.
photo from open sources
Volodymyr Hroisman — was chairman of the Verkhovna Rada from November 2014 to April 2016. After working in parliament he headed the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. He was succeeded as speaker by Andriy Parubiy.
photo from open sources
Arseniy Yatsenyuk — chaired the Verkhovna Rada from December 2007 to November 2008. He later led the Ukrainian government twice — in 2014-2016. Yatsenyuk became the youngest chairman of the Verkhovna Rada in the history of independent Ukraine — he was 33 years old at the time of his election.
photo: facebook.com/oleksandr.turchynov
Oleksandr Turchynov — chaired the Verkhovna Rada from 22 February to 27 November 2014. After Viktor Yanukovych stepped aside from his duties, Turchynov also served as acting president of Ukraine and supreme commander-in-chief. Later, in 2014-2019, he served as secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
photo from open sources
Volodymyr Rybak — chairman of the Verkhovna Rada from 13 December 2012 to 22 February 2014. A representative of the Party of Regions, he led the parliament during Viktor Yanukovych’s presidency and left the post during the Revolution of Dignity.
photo from open sources
Oleksandr Moroz — chaired the Ukrainian parliament twice: in 1994-1998 and again in 2006-2007. A long-time leader of the Socialist Party of Ukraine and one of the veterans of Ukrainian politics from the country’s early years of independence.
As a reminder, Verkhovna Rada Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk recounted how, in the first weeks of the full-scale Russian invasion, they rescued Ukraine’s main state symbols. Together with the head of the parliament’s administration, they temporarily removed from the Verkhovna Rada building the flag of independence, a copy of the Act of Proclamation of Independence, and the Constitution of Ukraine.
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