Yekhanurov government
Yekhanurov Government | |
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11th cabinet of Ukraine (since 1990) | |
Lesser Coat of Arms of Ukraine.svg | |
Date formed | September 22, 2005 |
Date dissolved | January 10, 2006 |
People and organisations | |
Head of government | Yuriy Yekhanurov |
Deputy head of government | Stanislav Stashevsky |
Head of state | Viktor Yushchenko |
Number of ministers | 23 |
Member party |
NUNS Socialist Party of Ukraine |
Opposition party | Communist Party of Ukraine |
Opposition leader | Petro Symonenko |
History | |
Legislature term(s) | 5 years |
Predecessor | First Tymoshenko government |
Successor | Second Yanukovych government |
The first Yekhanurov Government was appointed after the first Tymoshenko Government was sacked amid resignations and corruption claims.[1] Twelve days later the Ukrainian Parliament rejecting Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko choice of Yuri Yekhanurov for Prime Minister. Yekhanurov was three votes short of the 226 needed for approval with three out of 52 deputies from the Regions faction voting for Yekhanurov.[2] On September 22, 2005 the Ukrainian parliament did approved Yekhanurov appointment with 289 votes. This time all the Parliamentarians of the Party of Regions faction of losing presidential candidate (in 2004) Viktor Yanukovych backed the appointment.[3] This shortly after a "Memorandum Of Understanding Between The Authorities And The Opposition" was signed by Yekhanurov, Yushchenko and Yanukovych.[4][5][6]
Yekhanurov government lost a vote of no confidence on January 10, 2006[7] but stayed in power until the parliamentary election two months later.
Composition[8]
Party key | Our Ukraine | |
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Socialist Party of Ukraine |
Office | Name minister | Party |
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Prime Minister | Yuriy Yekhanurov | |
First Vice Prime Minister | Stanislav Stashevsky | |
Vice Prime Minister | Viacheslav Kyrylenko | |
Vice Prime Minister | Yuriy Melnyk | |
Minister of Education and Science | Stanislav Nikolaenko | |
Minister of Transport and Communications | Viktor Bondar | |
Minister of Culture and Tourism | Ihor Likhovy | |
Minister of Economics | Arseniy Yatseniuk | |
Minister of Labor and Social Policy | Ivan Sakhan | |
Minister of Defense | Anatoliy Hrytsenko | |
Minister of Health Care | Yuriy Polyachenko | |
Minister of Industrial Policy | Volodymyr Shandra | |
Minister of Internal Affairs | Yuriy Lutsenko | |
Minister of Agrarian Policy | Oleksandr Baranivsky | |
Minister of Justice | Serhiy Holovaty | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Borys Tarasyuk | |
Minister of Family, Youth and Sport | Yuriy Pavlenko | |
Minister of Finance | Viktor Pynzenyk | |
Minister of Fuel and Energy | Ivan Plachkov | |
Minister of Environmental Protection | Pavlo Ihnatenko | |
Minister of Emergencies | Viktor Baloha | |
Minister of Construction, Architecture and Residential-Communal Farming | Pavlo Kachur | |
Minister of Coal Industry | Viktor Topolov |
References
- ↑ Ukraine leader sacks government
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4263974.stm
- ↑
- ↑ Ukraine on its meandering path between East and West by Andrej Lushnycky and Mykola Riabchuk, Peter Lang, 2009, ISBN 303911607X (page 52)
- ↑ Ukraine:Has Yushchenko Betrayed The Orange Revolution? , Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (30 September 2005)
- ↑ Independent standpoint on Ukraine:Dismissal of Prosecutor-General, Closure of Poroshenko Case Create New, ForUm (28 October 2005)
- ↑ http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=31268
- ↑