Coordinates: 50°26′52.0″N 30°32′1.4″E / 50.44778°N 30.533722°E The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Кабінет Міністрів України) is the highest body of state executive power in Ukraine[1] and serves as the cabinet of government. There are 20 Ministries and 25 seats in the Cabinet. The Cabinet is responsible to the President of Ukraine and is under the control of and accountable to the Verkhovna Rada (parliament). It consists of the Prime Minister, the First Vice-Prime Minister, several Vice-Prime Ministers, the Minister of the Cabinet and many other Ministers, who head their assigned Ministries (departments).
The Cabinet is steered by the Prime Minister, chosen from the parliament with the President's formal proposal. The twelveth and latest Cabinet was chosen on December 18, 2007 and is headed by Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.[2]
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The Cabinet issues resolutions and orders that are mandatory for execution. Normative legal acts of the Cabinet, ministries, and other central bodies of executive power are subjects to registration. Failure to register invalidates the act.
Appointment and dismissal
Before the constitutional reform adopted in late 2004 that took effect on January 1, 2006, the Prime Minister was nominated by the President and approved by the parliament. Subsequently, the rest of Cabinet was appointed by the President, formally upon the Prime Minister's nomination, although in practice the entire cabinet was often picked by the President himself.
After the reform, the parliament has the authority to both nominate and approve the Prime Minister. The candidate is proposed by the parliamentary coalition to the President and the latter submits an official nomination back to Verkhovna Rada for a formal approval vote. While the official nomination of the candidate for the parliamentary approval is still made by the President; as the Head of the State, formally, he takes no part in the nominee's selection and there is an ambiguity whether the President may turn down the candidate suggested by the parliamentary coalition.
The Prime Minister, following his appointment, nominates other members of the Cabinet (19 ministers) for approval by the Verkhovna Rada, except for the Minister of the Foreign Affairs and one of Defense, who are both nominated by the President.
Now the Prime Minister and his/her Cabinet could be dismissed only by the parliament, oppose to previously, when the President could dismiss the entire cabinet unilaterally at any time.
Members of the Cabinet and chief officers of central and local bodies of executive power may not combine their official activity with other work, except teaching, scholarly and creative activity outside of working hours, and/or to be members of an administrative body or board of supervisors of an enterprise that is aimed at making profit.
Current Composition
The current Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has been appointed on December 18, 2007. On 17 December 2008 Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko announced a reshuffle of the cabinet after the forming of the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT), Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc (OU-PSD) and Bloc of Lytvyn coalition (the previous government was a coalition between BYuT and OU-PSD)[3].
March 18, 2009 the Cabinet of Ministers halved the salaries of the Prime Minister and all other ministers from April 1, 2009, to January 1, 2010 to fight the current economic crises of Ukraine.[4]
On June 18, 2009 Parliament Speaker and leader of Bloc of Lytvyn Volodymyr Lytvyn stated that his party is not seeking posts in the Cabinet of Ministers even though at the time there where three post vacant and the Transport and Communications Minister Yosyp Vinskyi turned in his resignation one day earlier. According to Lytvyn he had no intention of changing this position because he valued voters.[5]
On June 26, 2009 Prime Minister Tymoshenko nominated Oleksandr Klymenko for coal minister, Mykhailo Zgurovsky and Yuriy Liubonenko for vice premiers, Fedir Yaroshenko for finance minister, Tariel Vasafze for transport and communications minister, and Viktor Shemchuk for justice minister[6].
On November 16, 2009 First Vice Prime Minister Oleksander Turchinov stated that the government's vacant ministerial posts could be filled only after the upcoming presidential elections.[7]
| Office | Incumbent | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | Yulia Tymoshenko | BYT |
| First Vice Prime Minister | Oleksander Turchinov | BYT |
| Vice Prime Minister | Ivan Vasyunik[8] | |
| Vice Prime Minister | Hrihoriy Nemyrya | BYT |
| Minister of Education and Science | Ivan Vakarchuk | |
| Minister of Transport and Communications | To be announced, former minister Yosyp Vynskyi (formally BYuT[9]) was dismissed by the Ukrainian parliament on June 23, 2009.[10] Vynskyi has submitted his resignation statement on June 17, 2009 due to serious disagreements with Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Vynskyi stated: "The Prime Minister has been blocking reforms that are extremely important for the branch, as well as the allocation of funds required to build infrastructure facilities linked to Ukraine’s hosting the Euro 2012 Football Championship". Tymoshenko said on ICTV television channel on June 15, 2009 that she did not rule out bringing a case against Vinsky (see accused him of attempts to misuse 15 million hryvnias belonging to Ukrposhta for a presidential campaign of the minister).[11][12] | |
| Minister of Culture and Tourism | Vasyl Vovkun | |
| Minister of Economics | Bohdan Danylyshyn | |
| Minister of Labor and Social Policy | Lyudmila Denysova | BYT |
| Minister of Defense | To be announced ,former minister Yuriy Yehanurov was fired by the Ukrainian Parliament on June 5, 2009[13]. | OU-PSD |
| Minister of Health Safety | Vasyl Knyazevych | |
| Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers | Petro Krupko | BYT |
| Minister of Regional Development and Construction | Vasyl Kuybida | OU-PSD |
| Minister on Communal Living | Oleksiy Kucherenko | OU-PSD |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | Yuriy Lutsenko | OU-PSD |
| Minister of Agrarian Policy | Yuriy Melnyk | |
| Minister of Industrial Policy | Volodymyr Novytskyi | |
| Minister of Justice | Mykola Onischuk | OU-PSD |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Petro Poroshenko (since October 9, 2009;[14] on March 3, 2009 former minister Volodymyr Ohryzko was fired by the Ukrainian Parliament, Volodymyr Khandohiy was acting minister from March 3, 2009 till the appointment of Poroshenko). | |
| Minister of Family, Youth and Sport | Yuriy Pavlenko | OU-PSD |
| Minister of Finance | Ihor Umanskyi (acting since April 8, 2009).[15] Former minister Viktor Pynzenyk was (officially) dismissed on February 17, 2009. | |
| Minister of Coal Industry | Viktor Poltavets (asked to be dismissed due to the state of his health late June 2009[16], but recalled his letter of resignation on July 16, 2009; Poltavets stated he decided to resign "considering it would allow the parliamentary coalition to enhance the government thanks to the system of agreement with different political forces, however, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has failed to consider the staff issues, but long absence of the head of the ministry may lead to complicated consequences").[17] | |
| Minister of Fuel and Energy | Yuriy Prodan | |
| Minister of Environmental Protection | Hryhoriy Filipchuk | BYT |
| Minister of Emergencies and Minister of the Protection of the Population from the Chornobyl disaster | Volodymyr Shandra |
References
- ^ "Article 116". Wikisource. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Ukraine#Article_116. Retrieved 2007-12-23.
- ^ Laws of Ukraine. Order of the Verkhovna Rada No. 10-VI: On the formation of the composition of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. Passed on 2007-12-18. (Ukrainian)
- ^ Ukraine's Cabinet will be reshuffled given coalition formation, says Tymoshenko, Interfax-Ukraine (17 December 2008)
- ^ Cabinet Of Ministers Halves Salaries Of Ministers Until 2010, Ukrainian News Agency (March 18, 2009)
- ^ Lytvyn Bloc Not Seeking Posts In Cabinet Of Ministers, Ukrainian News Agency (June 18, 2009)
- ^ Government asking parliament to speed up consideration of staff issues, Ukrinform (August 31, 2009)
- ^ First vice premier: Vacant posts of ministers could be filled only after presidential elections, Kyiv Post (November 16, 2009)
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- ^ Vinsky planning to leave Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukrinform (June 17, 2009)
- ^ Parliament dismisses Transport Minister Vinsky, Interfax-Ukraine (June 23, 2009)
- ^ Vinsky resigns as Transport Minister of Ukraine, UNIAN (June 17, 2009)
- ^ Ukraine's transport minister Vinsky resigns, Interfax-Ukraine (June 17, 2009)
- ^ Ukrainian parliament dismisses Yekhanurov as defense minister, Interfax-Ukraine (June 5, 2009)
- ^ Rada appoints Poroshenko Ukraine's foreign minister, Interfax-Ukraine (October 9, 2009)
- ^ Tymoshenko appoints acting Finance Minister of Ukraine, UNIAN (April 13, 2009)
- ^ Coalition has enough votes to appoint number of ministers, says Tymoshenko, Interfax-Ukraine (July 1, 2009)
- ^ Poltavets Recalls Letter Of Resignation, Ukrainian News Agency (July 16, 2009)
External links
- Governmental Portal of Ukraine - official site of the Cabinet of Ministers
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