First Yanukovych government
| First Yanukovych Government | |
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| 9th cabinet of Ukraine (since 1990) | |
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| Date formed | 21 November 2002 |
| Date dissolved | 5 January 2005 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of government | Viktor Yanukovych |
| Deputy head of government | Mykola Azarov |
| Head of state | Leonid Kuchma |
| Number of ministers | 20 |
| Member party |
Party of Regions Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) Labour Ukraine |
| Status in legislature | Majority |
| Opposition party |
Our-Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc |
| Opposition leader |
Viktor Yushchenko Yulia Tymoshenko |
| History | |
| Legislature term(s) | 5 years |
| Predecessor | Kinakh government |
| Successor | First Tymoshenko government |
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The first Yanukovych Government was the Ukrainian cabinet of ministers between 21 November 2002 and 5 January 2005, led by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych. Yanukovych had been elected Prime Minister of Ukraine with 234 votes, only 8 more than needed.[1]
On December 1, 2004 (during the Orange Revolution) the Ukrainian Parliament passed a vote of no-confidence.[2] The government supported NATO membership of Ukraine (2002) and sent Ukrainian troops to Iraq in 2003.[3]
Composition[4]
- Viktor Yanukovych - Prime Minister
- Mykola Azarov - First Deputy Prime Minister
- Vitaly Hayduk - Deputy Prime Minister for fuel and energy complex
- Ivan Kyrylenko - Deputy Prime Minister
- Dmytro Tabachnyk - Deputy Prime Minister for humanitarian issues
- Serhy Ryzhuk - Agricultural Policy
- Yury Smirnov - Interior Affairs
- Vasyl Shevchuk - Environment and Natural Resources
- Valery Khoroshkovsky - Economy and European Integration
- Anatoliy Zlenko - Foreign Affairs
- Hryhory Reva - Emergency Situations and Chernobyl Cleanup
- Yury Bohutsky - Culture and the Regions
- General Volodymyr Shkidchenko - Defence
- Vasyl Kremen - Education and Science
- Andry Pidayev - Health
- Oleksandr Lavrynovych - Justice
- Serhy Yermilov - Fuel and Energy
- Mikhail Papiyev - Labour and Social Policy
- Anatoliy Myalytsya - Industrial Policy
- Heorhiy Kirpa - Transport
References
- ↑ How Ukraine Became a Market Economy and Democracy by Anders Åslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2009, ISBN 978-0-88132-427-3 (page 153)
- ↑ http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2004-12/Ukraine-Parliament-Passes-Vote-of-No-Confidence-in-Yanukovich-Government.cfm?moddate=2004-12-01
- ↑ http://www.taraskuzio.net/media20_files/Oxford_Analytica_tmp141.pdf
- ↑ http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/pdfid/3f4f25143.pdf
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