First Yanukovych 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]
Date formed21 November 2002
Date dissolved5 January 2005
Head of stateLeonid Kuchma
Head of governmentViktor Yanukovych
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 state | Leonid Kuchma |
| Head of government | Viktor Yanukovych |
| Deputy head of government | Mykola Azarov |
| No. 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 | 5 years |
| Predecessor | Kinakh government |
| Successor | First Tymoshenko government |
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
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- 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