Serhii Holovatyi

Serhiy Petrovych Holovatyi (; born 29 May 1954 ) is a Ukrainian lawyer, politician, former member of parliament, and former Minister of Justice of Ukraine. He is a judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and has been the Acting Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine since 29 December 2020. He served as a Member of the Ukrainian Parliament during the I to VI convocations and as the Minister of Justice of Ukraine in 1995-1997 and 2005-2006.

Early life and research Holovatyi was born on 29 May 1954 in Odesa, which was then part of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union. His father was part of the military, serving in the Soviet Armed Forces. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he was part of the commission that drafted the new Constitution of Ukraine. On 2 March he took the oath of office and began to perform judicial duties. Chairman of the Standing Committee on Legal Terminology of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine since 17 September 2019.

Since 29 December 2020 he has been acting President of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine in accordance with Article 33 of the Law of Ukraine “On the Constitutional Court of Ukraine”. On 30 May 2024 his powers were terminated upon reaching the age of 70.