Bloc of Petro Poroshenko MP Volodymyr Hroisman has been elected Verkhovna Rada speaker.
A total of 359 MPs voted for such a decision.
Hroisman’s candidacy was supported by the coalition.
In his speech, Hroisman promised to make every effort to restore confidence in the parliament.
“We have to turn the Rada not into a brake, but into an engine of reforms… We must do everything to restore confidence in the Ukrainian parliament. And I see this as a task of the Verkhovna Rada chairman,” he said.
He also said that he would do everything to make Ukraine “a prosperous European country.”
After Hroisman’s election as parliament speaker Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko greeted him with flowers.
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