Mykyta Poturayev Headed the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

He will serve as acting president until a new leader is elected in July 2027 year.

The head of the Verkhovna Rada committee on humanitarian and information policy, deputy Mykyta Poturaev, has chaired the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

This was reported by the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Andriy Sibiga.

Sibiga noted that this is the first time in the Assembly's history that a representative of Ukraine has chaired it.

Poturaev was appointed to the seat of Pere Joan Pons, who, after taking up a new position in the Spanish government, resigned his deputy mandate and left the presidency of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. According to the organization's regulations, Pons's successor became the most senior vice president by tenure — Mykyta Poturaev.

He will head the institution until a new president is elected in July 2027 year.

“Ukraine defends the very principles on which the OSCE was founded: sovereignty, territorial integrity, freedom, and human dignity. I am confident that under Mykyta Poturaev's leadership the Assembly will continue to firmly uphold these principles, strengthen interparliamentary cooperation, and promote the implementation of political commitments into concrete, actionable steps,” said Andriy Sibiga.

The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) is a cross-parliamentary organization and one of the OSCE’s institutions.

In July, Mykyta Poturaev, a member of the Servant of the People party and head of the humanitarian policy committee, submitted a letter of resignation amid the situation surrounding the Ministry of Defense. He believes that the reforms initiated by Mykhailo Fedorov “must be continued at any cost.”