Capital: Kyiv
Population (million): 45.453
Total Area: 603,700km²
Currency: 1 CAN$ = 7.98 Hryvnia (UAH)(2012)
National Holiday: August 24, Independence Day (1991)
Language(s): Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian

Type of State:
Republic

Type of Government:
Parliamentary democracy. Unicameral with a 450-seat Supreme Council. Prime Minister and Cabinet of Minister appointed by the President subject to approval by the Supreme Council. Administrative divisions: 24 regions (oblast), 1 autonomous republic (Crimea), and 2 municipalities with special status (Kyiv and Sevastopol).

Head of State:
President Viktor Yanukovych

Head of Government:
Prime Minister Mykola Azarov

Ministers:
Foreign Affairs: Leonid Kozhara
Finance: Yuriy Kolobov
Economy: Ihor Prasolov

Main Political Parties:
Party of Regions (185 seats),United Opposition�Batkivshchyna (101 seats), UDAR (40 seats), Communist Party of Ukraine (32 seats), Svoboda (37 seats), Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko (1 seats), United Centre (3 seats), People’s Party (2 seats), Union (1 seats), Non-faction (43 seats).

Elections:
President (5 year term): last on Feb. 2010. Supreme Council members (4 year terms): last on Sept. 30th, 2007. Parliamentary: Oct. 28 2012

Please note that the economic statistics reflect Canadian dollars and the yearly averages for the year. If listed as ’0’ or absent, the statistic is currently unavailable.

Canadian exports to country: $148,913,682
Canadian imports from country: $164,626,348
FDI in Canada: $ million
CDI in Ukraine: $ million

Foreign Representation in Canada:
Ambassador Vadym Prystaiko

Canadian Representation Abroad:
Ambassador Troy Lulashnyk