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The Cabinet of Ukraine (also called the Cabinet of Ministers) is the highest body of state executive power

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in Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

also referred to as the Government of Ukraine (Uryad Ukrayiny). The first modern national government of Ukraine was established in 1917 as the regional government of the Russian Empire

Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...

- General Secretariat.

The Cabinet consists of several ministries

Ukrainian ministries

Ukrainian ministries are the central bodies that are in charge of a certain field of state government . Each ministry is governed by a respective minister. The collective of ministries is called the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine...

that are headed by their respective minister. The Prime Minister of Ukraine presides over the Cabinet and is assisted by his First Vice Premier and other Vice Premier ministers.

Scope

The number of ministries in the cabinet has changed over time, some ministries were abolished, others combined with others or degraded to state committees or agencies. The Cabinet is responsible to the President of Ukraine

President of Ukraine

Prior to the formation of the modern Ukrainian presidency, the previous Ukrainian head of state office was officially established in exile by Andriy Livytskyi. At first the de facto leader of nation was the president of the Central Rada at early years of the Ukrainian People's Republic, while the...

and is under the control and being held accountable to the Verkhovna Rada

Verkhovna Rada

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is Ukraine's parliament. The Verkhovna Rada is a unicameral parliament composed of 450 deputies, which is presided over by a chairman...

(Ukrainian parliament

Parliament

A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French , the action of parler : a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at which...

). It consists of the Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Ukraine

The Prime Minister of Ukraine is Ukraine's head of government presiding over the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which is the highest body of the executive branch of the Ukrainian government....

, the First Vice-Prime Minister, three Vice-Prime Ministers, and other Ministers

Minister (government)

A minister is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. Senior ministers are members of the cabinet....

, who head their assigned Ministries (departments). At one point of time there also was an institute of "state ministries" that was majorly abolished on February 25, 1992 by the Presidential Decree (#98). There also is the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine that used to head by the Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, but eventually lost the ministerial portfolio. Structural part of the secretariat is also the office of the Prime Minister of Ukraine.

Members of the government (cabinet) are citizens of Ukraine, who have the right of vote, higher education, and possess the state language (Ukrainian language

Ukrainian language

Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....

). The members of the government cannot have judgement against them that has not been extinguished and taken away in the established legal order.

The Cabinet is steered by the Prime Minister, chosen from the parliament with the President's formal proposal. The 13th and latest Cabinet

Azarov Government

The first Azarov Government was appointed on March 11, 2010 as part of the "Stability and Reform" coalition between the Party of Regions, Lytvyn Bloc and the Communist Party of Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament...

was chosen on On March 11, 2010 and is headed by Ukraine's Prime Minister Mykola Azarov

Mykola Azarov

Mykola Yanovych Azarov ; born Nikolai Yanovich Pakhlo on 17 December 1947, is a Ukrainian politician who has been the Prime Minister of Ukraine since 11 March 2010. He was the First Vice Prime Minister and Finance Minister from 2002 to 2005 and again from 2006 to 2007, and he also served as acting...

.

Parts of Cabinet meetings are broadcasted live on Ukrainian TV.

Important addresses

12/2 vulytsia Mykhaila Hrushevskoho (Main building, Ministry of Economic Development, Ministry of Finance)
7 vulytsia Mykhaila Hrushevskoho (Ministry of Health Security)
24 vulytsia Khreshchatyk (Ministry of Agrarian Policy)
30 vulytsia Khreshchatyk (Ministry of Fuel and Energy)
14 prospekt Peremohy (Ministry of Infrastructure)
10 prospekt Peremohy (Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports)
10 vulytsia Akademika Bohomoltsia (Ministry of Interior)
35 vulytsia Urytskoho (Ministry of Ecology)
1 Mykhailivska ploshcha (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
19 vulytsia Ivana Franka (Ministry of Culture)
55a vulytsia Olesia Honchara (Ministry of Extraordinary Situations)
6 prospekt Povitroflotskyi (Ministry of Defense)
24 vulytsia Dymytrova (Ministry of Regional Development)
8/10 vulytsia Espanaldna (Ministry of Social Policy)
13 vulytsia Horodetskoho (Ministry of Justice)

Duties and authority

The duties of the cabinet of ministers are described in the Article 116 of the Constitution of Ukraine

Constitution of Ukraine

The Constitution of Ukraine is the nation's fundamental law. The constitution was adopted and ratified at the 5th session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on 28 June 1996. The constitution was passed with 315 ayes out of 450 votes possible .Other laws and other normative legal acts of Ukraine...

.
Authority
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 subject to registration. Failure to register invalidates the act. (see Article 117)

Appointment and dismissal

Under the terms of Article 83 of Ukraine's Constitution (with amendments of 2004) a governing coalition needs to be formed by factions

Political faction

A political faction is a grouping of individuals, such as a political party, a trade union, or other group with a political purpose. A faction or political party may include fragmented sub-factions, “parties within a party," which may be referred to as power blocs, or voting blocs. The individuals...

(rather than by individuals) that represent a majority of the parliament (Verkhovna Rada

Verkhovna Rada

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is Ukraine's parliament. The Verkhovna Rada is a unicameral parliament composed of 450 deputies, which is presided over by a chairman...

), a "coalition of parliamentary factions" (Ukrainian: Коаліція парламентських партій). A February 2010 law on the parliament's regulations does demand both a decision by the factions and 226 signatures by Members of Parliament. On October 1, 2010, however, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine

Constitutional Court of Ukraine

The Constitutional Court of Ukraine is the sole body of constitutional jurisdiction in Ukraine. The Constitutional Court of Ukraine interprets the Constitution of Ukraine and decides whether laws and other legal acts are constitutional....

recognized the constitutional amendments of 2004 illegal, thus abolishing the principal of coalition creation in the parliament (Constitution of Ukraine).

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. The President can dismiss any government minister or deputy minister 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.

List of current ministries

Department	Office	Incumbent	in office since
Chairman	Prime Minister of Ukraine Prime Minister of Ukraine The Prime Minister of Ukraine is Ukraine's head of government presiding over the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which is the highest body of the executive branch of the Ukrainian government....	Mykola Azarov Mykola Azarov Mykola Yanovych Azarov ; born Nikolai Yanovich Pakhlo on 17 December 1947, is a Ukrainian politician who has been the Prime Minister of Ukraine since 11 March 2010. He was the First Vice Prime Minister and Finance Minister from 2002 to 2005 and again from 2006 to 2007, and he also served as acting...	March 11, 2010
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (Ukraine) The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine is the main body in the system of central bodies of the executive power in formation and providing realization of state regulatory policy of economic and social development , regulation of price, industrial, investment, external economic...	First Vice Prime Minister-Minister of Economic Development and Trade	Andriy Klyuev	December 9, 2010
Ministry of Infrastructure Ministry of Infrastructure (Ukraine) The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine is the main body in the system of central bodies of the executive power that provides control over transportation-road complex and communications. It is fully based on the former Ministry of Transportation and Communication...	Vice Prime Minister-Minister of Infrastructure	Borys Kolesnikov Borys Kolesnikov Borys Viktorovych Kolesnikov is the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine - Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Ukrainian politician, statesman, responsible for preparation and hosting European Football Championship in 2012 , philanthropist....	December 9, 2010
Ministry of Social Policy	Vice Prime Minister-Minisetr of Social Policy	Serhiy Tihipko Serhiy Tihipko Serhiy Leonidovych Tihipko , or Sergey Leonidovich Tigipko in the Russian transliteration is a Ukrainian politician and finance specialist who has been Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine since 2010. Tihipko was Minister of Economics in 2000 and subsequently served as Chairman of the National Bank of...	December 9, 2010
Ministry of Regional Development Ministry of Regional Development (Ukraine) The Ministry of Regional Development, Construction, and Communal Living of Ukraine is the main body in the system of central bodies of the executive power.-Structures:... , Construction, and Communal Living	Minister of Regional Development, Construction, and Communal Living	Anatoliy Blyznyuk	July 12, 2011
Ministry of Education Ministry of Education (Ukraine) The Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sport of Ukraine is the main body in the system of central bodies of the executive power. It is fully based on the former Ministries of Education and Science and Youth and Sport.-Structures:... and Science, Youth and Sport	Minister of Education Ministry of Education (Ukraine) The Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sport of Ukraine is the main body in the system of central bodies of the executive power. It is fully based on the former Ministries of Education and Science and Youth and Sport.-Structures:... and Science, Youth and Sport	Dmytro Tabachnyk Dmytro Tabachnyk Dmytro Tabachnyk is an Ukrainian politician, science and education minister of Ukraine since March 11, 2010. Tabachnyk has the equivalent of a doctorate in historical science, has the title of professor, and is a current member of the Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine.-Career:In 1986 Tabachnyk...	December 9, 2010
Ministry of Culture (Ukraine) Ministry of Culture (Ukraine) The Ministry of Culture of Ukraine is the main body in the system of central bodies of the executive power. It is fully based on the former Ministries of Culture and Tourism.-Structures:...	Minister of Culture Minister of culture A culture minister is a Cabinet position in some governments responsible for protecting the national heritage of a country and promoting cultural expression....	Mykhailo Kulyniak	December 9, 2010
Ministry of Defence Ministry of Defence (Ukraine) The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine was established on September 24, 1991, one month after Ukraine's declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. The ministry was in charge of reorganizing all Soviet forces on the Ukrainian terrain under its command...	Minister of Defence Ministry of Defence (Ukraine) The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine was established on September 24, 1991, one month after Ukraine's declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. The ministry was in charge of reorganizing all Soviet forces on the Ukrainian terrain under its command...	Mykhailo Yezhel	March 11, 2010
Ministry of Health Security	Minister of Health Security	Oleksandr Anishchenko	May 24, 2011
Ministry of Internal Affairs	Minister of Internal Affairs	Vitaliy Zakharchenko Vitaliy Zakharchenko Vitaliy Yuriyovych Zakharchenko is since 7 November 2011 the Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs-Biography:Police Major General Vitaliy Zakharchenko graduated on the Riga branch of the Minsk Higher School of Interior of the USSR in 1991. He had began his career in the police of the Donetsk...	November 7, 2011
Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food	Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food	Mykola Prysyazhnyuk Mykola Prysyazhnyuk Mykola Prysyazhnyuk , in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union) is the Minister of Agriculture of Ukraine.Prysyazhnyuk graduated from Voronezh University and the Donbas Mining-Metallurgical Institute. He has worked as a diamond cutter before becoming a chief process engineer at...	December 9, 2010
Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice (Ukraine) The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine is the main body in the system of central bodies of the executive power that provides realization of a state legal policy. It is often abbreviated as Мiniust [України]...	Minister of Justice	Oleksandr Lavrynovych Oleksandr Lavrynovych Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Lavrynovych is a Ukrainian politician and deputy in the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada....	March 11, 2010
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ukraine) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine is the Ukrainian government ministry which oversees the foreign relations of Ukraine.-Historical overlook:...	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Kostyantyn Hryshchenko	March 11, 2010
Ministry of Finance Ministry of Finance (Ukraine) The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine is the main body in the system of central bodies of executive power in insuring the realization of a single state financial, budgetary, taxation, and customs policies as well as the policy in the sphere of state internal financial control, issuing and conducting...	Minister of Finance	Fedir Yaroshenko	March 11, 2010
Ministry of Energy and Coal Mining Industry Ministry of Fuel and Energy (Ukraine) The Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine , in short Minpalyvenerho , is the main body in the system of central bodies of the executive power that provides realization of a state policy in electric power-generating, nuclear-industrial, and oil-gas complexes, often referred simply as the...	Minister of Energy and Coal Mining Industry	Yuriy Boiko	December 9, 2010
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources	Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources	Mykola Zlochevskiy	December 9, 2010
Ministry of Emergencies Ministry of Emergencies (Ukraine) The Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine is the main body in the system of central bodies of the executive power that provides realization of a state policy in a sphere of a civil defense, rescue, creation and functioning of the system of insurance fund documentation, utilization of radioactive...	Minister of Emergencies	Viktor Baloha	December 9, 2010

Some Important Agencies with Special Status

Security Service of Ukraine
State Border Service of Ukraine
National Space Agency of Ukraine
National Space Agency of Ukraine
The State Space Agency of Ukraine is the Ukrainian government agency responsible for space policy and programs....
General Prosecutor of Ukraine
National Bank of Ukraine
National Bank of Ukraine
National Bank of Ukraine is the central bank of Ukraine. Its headquarters building, constructed between 1902 and 1934, is located at no. 9 Institutska St., in Kiev-History:...
Fund of State Property of Ukraine
Anti-Monopoly Committee of Ukraine
Office of Cabinet of Ministers
Representative of the President of Ukraine
Representatives of the President of Ukraine
Representatives of the President of Ukraine in Ukraine are five chief offices that are directed by a presidential representative. Given that the President of Ukraine is head of state, the President faces the need to represent his/her interests in different political and judicial bodies of power in...

- First Deputy of the Head of Presidential Administration

Current Cabinet

The Verkhovna Rada

Verkhovna Rada

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is Ukraine's parliament. The Verkhovna Rada is a unicameral parliament composed of 450 deputies, which is presided over by a chairman...

(Ukrainian parliament) dismissed the second Tymoshenko Government

Second Tymoshenko Government

The second Tymoshenko Government was appointed on December 18, 2007 as a coalition between Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko and Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc , OU-PSD is the party of then-President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, following the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election...

on March 3, 2010. The Ukrainian Constitution stipulates that before a new government is endorsed, the outgoing Cabinet stays on as a caretaker government. Thus the minister from the second Tymoshenko Government stayed on as acting

Acting (law)

In law, when someone is said to be acting in a position it can mean one of three things.*The position has not yet been formally created.*The person is only occupying the position temporarily, to ensure continuity.*The person does not have a mandate....

ministers. A new coalition had to be formed 30 days and a government within 60 (days from March 3, 2010), or a snap parliamentary election

Next Ukrainian parliamentary election

On February 1, 2011 the Verkhovna Rada set the election date for the next Ukrainian parliamentary election for October 28, 2012. The elections will use a mixed voting system with a 5% election threshold and the participation of blocs of political parties will not be allowed anymore...

was to be held. Amid controversy Ukrainian lawmakers formed a new coalition on March 11, 2010 which included Bloc Lytvyn, Communist Party of Ukraine

Communist Party of Ukraine

The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine, currently led by Petro Symonenko.The party fights the Ukrainian national self-determination by identifying any Ukrainian national parties as the National-Fascist ones The Communist Party of Ukraine is a political party in Ukraine,...

and Party of regions

Party of Regions

The Party of Regions is an Ukrainian political party created on October 26, 1997 just prior to the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections under the name of Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine. It was reformed later in 2001 when the party united with several others...

. 235 deputies from the 450-member Verkhovna Rada signed the coalition agreement. On March 11, 2010, the Verkhovna Rada approved the structure of the current Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. On October 1, 2010 the Constitutional Court of Ukraine

Constitutional Court of Ukraine

overturned the 2004 Constitutional Amendments, considering them unconstitutional. The motion was filed on July 14 of that year by the representatives of the Azarov Government

Azarov Government

. On December 9, 2010 the President of Ukraine

President of Ukraine

reloaded a new government. According to the decree, the number of ministries was reduced from 20 to 16 and the number of cabinet employees (1,174 people at the time) is to be more than halved.

External links

Governmental Portal of Ukraine - official site of the Cabinet of Ministers 2010 changes to the cabinet of ministers ( President launches administrative reform) The Presidential order of Ukraine 1085/2010 about the optimization of an executive power central bodies ( Decree of the President of Ukraine № 1085 of 12.09.2010)
Presidential decree #179/96 "General declaration about ministry and other government body of executive power" (Official document)

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Scope

Duties and authority

Appointment and dismissal

List of current ministries

Some Important Agencies with Special Status

Current Cabinet

See also

External links