First Yanukovych government
| First Yanukovych Government | |
|---|---|
| 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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