Volodymyr Lytvyn elected as Ukrainian parliament speaker

Volodymyr Lytvyn elected as Ukrainian parliament speaker
# 09 December 2008 19:05 (UTC +04:00)
With 226 votes required to elect the speaker, 244 MPs supported Volodymyr Lytvyn for the post.

After his election, Lytvyn took his seat in the presidium of the parliament and began chairing a plenary session of the parliament.

Volodymyr Lytvyn was the speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of the fourth convocation from 2002 through 2006.
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