The Regional Council is a local self-government body representing the common interests of territorial communities of villages, towns and cities within the powers defined by the Constitution of Ukraine and Ukrainian Law On Local Self-Government in Ukraine.^[2]

The Lviv Regional Council consists of 84 members who are elected by Lviv Region residents on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage. Council members are elected for a five year term. In order to gain representation in the Council, a party must gain more than 5 percent of the total vote.^[3]

The Council meets in regular and extraordinary sessions. The session is plenipotentiary if more than a half of its members (at least 43) participate in the meeting.

2020 edit

Distribution of seats after the 2020 Ukrainian local elections

Election date was 25 October 2020^[4]

2015 edit

Distribution of seats after the 2015 Ukrainian local elections

Election date was 25 October 2015^[5]

Regional executive committee edit

• Nikolai Kozyrev (1939–1940)
• Pyotr Timchenko (1940–1941)
• Nikolai Kozyrev (1944–1949)
• Kuzma Pelekhaty (1949–1952)
• Pyotr Mirgorodsky (1952, acting)
• Pyotr Kozlanyuk (1952–1954)
• Semyon Stefanik (1954–1963)
• Fyodor Koval (1963–1964; industrial)
• Semyon Stefanik (1963–1964; agrarian)
• Semyon Stefanik (1964–1969)
• Timofey Telishevsky (1969–1979)
• Pyotr Shavkov (1979–1980, acting)
• Mikhail Kirei (1980–1990)
• Stepan Davimuka (1990–1991)

Regional council edit

• Viacheslav Chornovil (1990–1992)
• Mykola Horyn (1992–1997)
• Orest Furdychko (1997–1998)
• Stepan Senchuk (1998–2001)
• Yaroslav Hadzalo (2001–2002)
• Mykhailo Sendak (2002–2006)
• Myroslav Senyk (2006–2010)
• Oleg Pankevych (2010–2012)
• Petro Kolodiy (2012–2015)
• Oleksandr Hanushchyn (2015–2020)
• Iryna Hrymak (2020–2023)
• Yevhenii Hirnyk (acting, since 2023)