5th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada

{{Short description|2006-2007 meeting of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada}}

{{Infobox legislative session

| name = {{flagicon|Ukraine}} Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
{{small|of the 5th convocation}}

| image = File:Ukraine_Verkhovna_Rada_2006.svg

| image_size = 250px

| caption =

| meeting_place = Verkhovna Rada building

| election = 2006 parliamentary election

| term_start = {{Start date|2006|05|25|df=y}}

| term_end = {{Start date|2007|11|23|df=y}}

| before = 4th Verkhovna Rada

| after = 6th Verkhovna Rada

| government =

| website = {{URL|http://iportal.rada.gov.ua/}}

| membership1 = {{Composition bar|450|450|width=150}}

| control1 = Coalition: PRKPSP

| chamber1_leader1_type = Chairman

| chamber1_leader1 = Oleksandr Moroz
{{small|(from July 6, 2006; Socialist Party)}}

| chamber1_leader2_type = First Deputy

| chamber1_leader2 = Adam Martyniuk
{{small|(until Sep. 20, 2007; Communist Party)}}

| chamber1_leader3_type = Deputy

| chamber1_leader3 = Mykola Tomenko
{{small|(until June 14, 2007; Y. Tymoshenko Bloc)}}

}}

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 5th convocation ({{langx|uk|Верховна Рада України V скликання}}, {{lang|uk-Latn|Verkhovna Rada Ukrayiny V sklykannia}}) was the convocation of the legislative branch of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's unicameral parliament from May 25, 2006 until November 23, 2007.

The 5th Verkhovna Rada's composition was based upon the results of the inconclusive March 26, 2006 parliamentary election,{{cite web|title=Information about the vote count in Ukraine|url=http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vnd2006/w6p001|publisher=Central Election Commission of Ukraine|access-date=19 December 2014|language=uk}} a little over a year after the conclusion of the Orange Revolution. During the 2007 political crisis, President Viktor Yushchenko dissolved the parliament on April 2, 2007,{{Cite Ukrainian law

|type=President of Ukraine decree|number=264/2007|law=264/2007|name=Про дострокове припинення повноважень Верховної Ради України (On the early termination of authority of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine)|date=April 2, 2007}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3dwglMctT0|title=Yushchenko announces his dismissal of the Verkhovna Rada|publisher=YouTube|work=5 Kanal|date=2 April 2007|language=uk| access-date= 26 May 2007 }} forcing the subsequent snap election, which would decide the composition of the 6th and next convocation of parliament.

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