The article examines the peculiarities of the formation of the regional political elite of Lviv region in the period from 1990 to 2019. The main attention is focused on three tasks: who should be referred to the category of "political elite" of Lviv region; what are the main ways of its formation, starting from the period of formation of Ukraine as a state to the present stage; what is the quantitative assessment of the political elite of Lviv region. In particular, it was determined who should be considered the political elite of the region. Using the method of positional analysis used in the study, the regional political elite was classified into formal and informal. It is determined that the formal political elite holds certain positions in the power vertical, which formalizes its involvement in political decision-making. Instead, the informal elite is represented by individuals who, without holding leadership positions, form a certain type of relationship with the masses, play an important role in important decision-making and influence the exercise of political power in the region through their resources (financial capital, authority, access to the formation of public opinion and its manipulation, etc.). The process of renewal of Lviv's formal political elite since 1990 was analyzed and it was found that it was during this period that the embryos of democratic processes and the transition to multiparty system were observed in the region. It was noticed that quite often the regional political elite of Lviv region used the representative bodies of the region as a starting point for further career growth, which led to a constant movement and influx of new faces. It has been studied that among the informal political elite, the most powerful group can be considered the business elite, which in addition to financial levers of influence often uses the manipulation of public opinion through access to media resources. It is noted that the renewal in this group of elites is much slower than among the formal political elite. Separately, it is a quantitative assessment of the regional political elite of Lviv region. As it is difficult to talk about specific quantitative calculations, it is noted that this category includes both a relatively small cohort of people (from several hundred) who control most of the resources and established strong ties at the regional and national levels, and significantly expand it the number of people (up to one thousand two hundred), including the most influential politicians (MPs of Ukraine), heads and deputies of local councils, the leadership of the regional state administration and its departments, heads of regional organizations of political parties and major informal leaders in the region

regional political elite, people's deputies, Lviv Regional State Administration, Lviv Regional Council, Lviv City Council, political parties, business elite, media resources