The People's Council (), formerly the Supreme Council (), is the regional parliament of the

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, a disputed entity annexed as a

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from Ukraine in 2022 during the

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History

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to the People's Council were held on 2 November 2014. According to the official results, the political party Donetsk Republic, which includes the

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, gained a majority of the seats in the Council with the 68,53% and 68 seats.

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, which includes the Russian-nationalist

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, gained the 31.65% and 32 seats. The body is presided over by the Chairman of the People's Council. The position was first held by Andrey Purgin but he was stripped of his position and detained under charges of disrupting and attempting to destabilize a meeting.

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succeeded Purgin on 4 September 2015 and stayed in office until 14 December 2018 when he was replaced by

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. Soon after she was succeeded by Vladimir Bidyovka on 20 November 2018. In 2016,

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described the parliament as an absurd and mock structure.

References

External links

* {{Official website Politics of the Donetsk People's Republic

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; ; ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin, and Stalino, is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast, which is currently occupied by Russia as the capita ...