GOLD Report I - UCLG

117State Formation of local Local executive bodies General features of electoral Number of deputies Term of powersrepresentative bodies systems (minimum and maximum)UkraineThere are two models oforganization of local selfgovernment.The first modelat the level of villages,settlements and townsdoes not provide for localstate administrations. Thesecond model in Regionsand districts provides forthe mixed model, includingestablishment of districtand Regional councils asorgans of local selfgovernmentand Regionalstate administrations aslocal state organs.The law provides for the election of heads ofsettlements, villages and towns (heads ofterritorial gromadas). Local councils form localexecutive bodies upon proposal of heads ofsettlements, villages and towns. Districts andprovinces, Kiev and Sevastopol have local stateadministrations functioning as agents of thestate and excluded from the system of local selfgovernment.Heads of local state administrationsare appointed and removed from their posts bythe President upon proposal of the Cabinet ofMinisters of Ukraine.Majority electoral system is used for the elections of rural andsettlement councils and heads of settlements, villages andtowns. In other elections (city, district, Regional councils,Parliament of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea)proportional electoral system is applied4 yearsUzbekistan The term of powers ofCouncils (Kengeshi) ofpeople’s deputies arerepresentative bodies oflocal state governmentelected at the level ofprovinces, districts andcities. Local selfgovernmentbodies areformed at the level ofsettlements, villages, aulsand in makhalya of cities.Bodies of representative and executive power inprovinces, districts and cities are headed by hokimsof appropriate territorial unitsMajority electoral system on multi-party basis is used in theelections of provincial, district and city councils of people’sdeputiescouncils of people’sdeputies and hokims is 5years.Chairmen (aksakaks) ofcouncils and members ofcouncils of local selfgovernmentare electedfor term of 2 or 5 years.Sources: UCLG Country Profiles (2007).