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The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has endorsed Volodymyr Hroisman of the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko as the chairman of the parliament of the 8th convocation.

A total of 359 MPs voted for this decision on Thursday, Nov. 27.

Hroisman was nominated by the majority coalition and was the only candidate for this post.