List of prime ministers of Ukraine
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The prime minister of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Прем'єр-міністр України, Prem'ier-ministr Ukrayiny) 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. Unlike the president of Ukraine, who is directly elected by popular vote every five years, the prime minister is appointed by the president upon ratification of the candidate by the parliament, Verkhovna Rada.
The post of prime minister was originally introduced in the Ukrainian People's Republic, which was initially a parliamentary republic without a head of state, and was later headed by a collective organ, the Directorate. During the Soviet period, the post of head of state was de-facto held by the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine, making the position of prime minister largely ceremonial. Since Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, there have been 18 prime ministers.[1] The longest-serving prime minister of Ukraine was Denys Shmyhal, who kept that post from 2020 to 2025.[2][1]
The office is currently held by Serhii Koretskyi after his nomination was approved by the Verkhovna Rada on 14 July 2026.
List of officeholders
Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1918)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Government(s) | Cabinet Composition | Head of state | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||||
| Head of the General Secretariat | |||||||||||
| 1 |  |
Volodymyr Vynnychenko Володимир Винниченко (1880–1951) |
28 June 1917 | 26 August 1917 | 59 days | USDP | Vynnychenko I | USDRP • UPSR • Fareynikte • Bund • AKP • UPSF | Mykhailo Hrushevsky Михайло Грушевський (1917–1918) |
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| – |  |
Dmytro Doroshenko Дмитро Дорошенко (1882–1951) acting |
27 August 1917 | 31 August 1917 | 4 days | UPSF | Doroshenko | USDRP • UPSR • Fareynikte • Bund • AKP • UPSF | |||
| (1) | |
Volodymyr Vynnychenko Володимир Винниченко (1880–1951) |
1 September 1917 | 22 January 1918 | 143 days | USDRP | Vynnychenko II | USDRP • UPSF • UPSR • Fareynikte • UPSI • Bund • AKP • NSP | |||
| Chairman of the Council of People's Ministers | |||||||||||
| 1 | |
Volodymyr Vynnychenko Володимир Винниченко (1880–1951) |
22 January 1918 | 31 January 1918 | 9 days | USDRP | Vynnychenko II | USDRP • UPSF • UPSR • Fareynikte • UPSI • Bund • AKP • NSP | Mykhailo Hrushevsky Михайло Грушевський (1917–1918) |
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| 2 |  |
Vsevolod Holubovych Всеволод Голубович (1885–1939) |
31 January 1918 | 29 April 1918 | 88 days | UPSR | Holubovych | UPSR • UPSI • USDRP | |||
Ukrainian State (1918)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Government(s) | Cabinet Composition | Hetman | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||||
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers | |||||||||||
| – |  |
Mykola Vasylenko Микола Василенко (1866–1935) acting |
30 April 1918 | 4 May 1918 | 4 days | K-D | Vasylenko | Constitutional Democratic Party | Pavlo Skoropadskyi Павло Скоропадський (1918) |
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| 1 |  |
Fedir Lyzohub Федір Лизогуб (1851–1928) |
4 May 1918 | 14 November 1918 | 194 days | Octobrist | Lyzohub I | Octobrist • K-D • UPSF | |||
| Lyzohub II | Octobrist • K-D • UPSF • UNU | ||||||||||
| 2 |  |
Sergey Gerbel Сергій Гербель (1856–1936) |
14 November 1918 | 14 December 1918 | 30 days | Independent | Gerbel | Octobrist • K-D • UPSF | |||
Ukrainian People's Republic (restored; 1918–1921)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Elected | Government(s) | Cabinet Composition | Head of state | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||||||
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  |
Volodymyr Chekhivskyi Володимир Чехівський (1876–1937) |
26 December 1918 | 13 February 1919 | 49 days | USDRP | 1918 | Chekhivsky | USDRP • UPSR • UNDO • UPSI • Poale Zion | The Directorate (collective) (1918–1921) |
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| 2 |  |
Serhiy Ostapenko Сергій Остапенко (1881–1937) |
13 February 1919 | 9 April 1919 | 55 days | Independent | — | Ostapenko | UPSF • UPSI • UNDO | |||
| 3 |  |
Borys Martos Борис Мартос (1879–1977) |
9 April 1919 | 27 August 1919 | 140 days | USDRP | — | Martos | USDRP • UPSR • URP • Poale Zion | |||
| 4 |  |
Isaak Mazepa Ісаак Мазепа (1884–1952) |
29 August 1919 | 6 May 1920 | 271 days | USDRP | — | Mazepa | USDRP | |||
| 5 |  |
Viacheslav Prokopovych В'ячеслав Прокопович (1881–1942) |
26 May 1920 | 18 March 1921 | 296 days | UPSF | — | Prokopovych | USDRP • UPSF | |||
Ukrainian People's Republic in exile (1920–1992)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Note(s) | Head of state | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||||||
| Prime minister | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  |
Andriy Livytskyi Андрій Лівицький (1879–1954) |
18 November 1920 | 24 May 1921 | 187 days | USDRP | Resided in Paris | Symon Petliura (as chairman of the Directorate of Ukraine) |
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| 2 | |
Viacheslav Prokopovych В'ячеслав Прокопович (1881–1942) |
24 May 1921 | 5 August 1921 | 73 days | Independent | Resided in Paris | |||||
| 3 |  |
Pylyp Pylypchuk Пилип Пилипчук (1879–1940) |
5 August 1921 | 14 January 1922 | 162 days | USDRP | Resided in Paris | |||||
| 4 | |
Andriy Livytskyi Андрій Лівицький (1879–1954) |
14 January 1922 | 25 May 1926 | 4 years, 131 days | USDRP | Resided in Paris | |||||
| (2) | |
Viacheslav Prokopovych В'ячеслав Прокопович(1881–1942) |
25 May 1926 | October 1939 | 13 years, 4 months | Independent | Resided in Paris | Andriy Livytskyi (as chairman of the Directorate of Ukraine) |
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| 5 |  |
Oleksander Shulhyn Олександр Шульгин (1889–1960) |
October 1939 | May 1940 | 7 months | Independent | Resided in Paris | |||||
| 6 |  |
Andrii Yakovliv Андрій Яковлів (1872–1955) |
1944 | 1945 | 0–1 years | Independent | Resided in Prague | |||||
| 7 | |
Kost Pankivskiy Кость Паньківський (1897–1973) |
1945 | 1948 | 2–3 years | Ukrainian National State Union | Resided in Munich | |||||
| 8 | |
Isaak Mazepa Ісаак Мазепа (1884–1952) |
19 June 1948 | 18 March 1952 # | 3 years, 273 days | Ukrainian Socialist Party | Resided in Munich | Andriy Livytskyi (as president of Ukrainian People's Republic in exile |
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| 9 |  |
Stepan Baran Степан Баран (1879–1953) |
18 March 1952 | 4 June 1953 # | 1 year, 78 days | UNDO | Resided in Munich | |||||
| Vacant (4 June 1953 – 1954) | ||||||||||||
| 10 | |
Spyrydon Dovhal Спиридон Довгаль (1896–1975) |
1954 | 1954 | 0 years | Ukrainian Socialist Party | Resided in Munich | Stepan Vytvytskyi |
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| 11 | |
Symon Sozontiv Симон Созонтів (1898–1980) |
1954 | 1957 | 2–3 years | Independent | Resided in Munich | |||||
| 12 |  |
Mykola Livytskyi Микола Лівицький (1907–1989) |
1957 | 22 March 1967 | 9–10 years | Ukrainian National State Union | Resided in Munich | |||||
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Atanas Figol Атанас Фіґоль (1908–1993) |
22 March 1967 | 1969 | 1–2 years | Independent | Resided in Munich | Mykola Livytskyi |
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| 14 | |
Spyrydon Dovhal Спиридон Довгаль (1896–1975) |
1969 | 1972 | 2–3 years | Ukrainian Socialist Party | Resided in Munich | |||||
| 15 | |
Vasyl Fedoronchuk Василь Федорончук (1915–1984?) |
1972 | 1974 | 1–2 years | UNDO | Resided in Munich | [3] | ||||
| 16 | |
Teofil Leontiy Теофіль Леонтій (?–?) |
1974 | 1980 | 5–6 years | Independent | Resided in Munich | |||||
| 17 | |
Jaroslav Rudnyckyj Ярослав Рудницький (1910–1995) |
1980 | 1989 | 8–9 years | Independent | Resided in Munich | |||||
| 18 | |
Ivan Samiylenko Іван Самійленко (1912–2006) |
1989 | 22 August 1992 | 2–3 years | Ukrainian National State Union | Resided in Munich; transferred his duties to Vitold Fokin as prime minister of independent Ukraine. | Mykola Plaviuk | [4] | |||
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1922–1991)
- Key
- Acting/unrecognised government
During the Soviet period a head of state in Ukraine (as in any other union republic) was a chair-person of the Central Executive Committee and after 1938 a chair-person of Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (Verkhovna Rada).
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Elected | Government(s) | Central Executive Committee | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||||
| Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars | ||||||||||
| – |  |
Christian Rakovsky Християн Раковський (1873–1941) |
16 January 1919 | 30 December 1922 | 3 years, 348 days | KPU | — | Rakovsky I | Grigory Petrovsky Григорій Петровський (1919–1938) | |
| 1 | 30 December 1922 | 15 July 1923 | 197 days | Rakovsky II | ||||||
| 2 |  |
Vlas Chubar Влас Чубар (1891/1881–1939) |
15 July 1923 | 28 April 1934 | 10 years, 287 days | KPU | — | Chubar | ||
| 3 |  |
Panas Liubchenko Панас Любченко (1897–1937) |
28 April 1934 | 30 August 1937 ‡‡ | 3 years, 124 days | KPU | — | Liubchenko | ||
| 4 |  |
Mykhailo Bondarenko Михайло Бондаренко (1903–1938) |
31 August 1937 | 13 October 1937[a] | 43 days | KPU | — | Bondarenko | ||
| – |  |
Mykola Marchak Микола Марчак (1904–1938) acting |
13 October 1937 | 21 February 1938 | 131 days | KPU | — | Bondarenko | ||
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Demyan Korotchenko Дем’ян Коротченко (1894–1969) |
21 February 1938 |
6 August 1939 |
1 year, 166 days | KPU | 1937 | Korotchenko I | Leonid Korniyets Леонід Корнієць (1938–1939) | |
| 6 | Leonid Korniyets Леонід Корнієць (1901–1969) |
6 August 1939 | 20 August 1941 | 4 years, 194 days | KPU | 1939 | Korniyets | Mykhailo Hrechukha Михайло Гречуха (1939–1954) | ||
| 20 August 1941 |
16 February 1944 | |||||||||
| 7 |  |
Nikita Khrushchev Микита Хрущов (1894–1971) |
16 February 1944 | 29 August 1944 | 3 years, 16 days | KPU | — | Khrushchev | ||
| 29 August 1944 | 4 March 1947 | |||||||||
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers | ||||||||||
| (5) | |
Demyan Korotchenko Дем’ян Коротченко (1894–1969) |
4 March 1947 | 15 January 1954 | 6 years, 317 days | KPU | 1947 | Korotchenko II | ||
| 1951 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Nikifor Kalchenko Никифор Кальченко (1906–1989) |
15 January 1954 | 28 February 1961 | 7 years, 44 days | KPU | — | Kalchenko | Demyan Korotchenko Дем’ян Коротченко (1954–1969) | ||
| 1955 | ||||||||||
| 1959 | ||||||||||
| 9 |  |
Volodymyr Shcherbytsky Володимир Щербицький (1918–1990) |
28 February 1961 | 28 June 1963 | 2 years, 120 days | KPU | — | Shcherbytsky I | ||
| 10 | Ivan Kazanets Іван Казанець (1918–2013) |
28 June 1963 | 22 October 1965 | 2 years, 116 days | KPU | 1963 | Kazanets | |||
| (9) | |
Volodymyr Shcherbytsky Володимир Щербицький (1918–1990) |
22 October 1965 | 8 June 1972 | 6 years, 230 days | KPU | — | Shcherbytsky II | ||
| 1967 | Oleksandr Liashko Олександр Ляшко (1969–1972) | |||||||||
| 1971 | ||||||||||
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Oleksandr Liashko Олександр Ляшко (1915–2002) |
8 June 1972 | 10 July 1987 | 15 years, 32 days | KPU | — | Liashko I | Ivan Hrushetsky Іван Грушецький (1972–1976) | |
| 1975 | ||||||||||
| 1980 | Liashko II | Oleksiy Vatchenko Олексій Ватченко (1976–1984) | ||||||||
| 1985 | Valentyna Shevchenko Валентина Шевченко (1984–1990) | |||||||||
| 12 |  |
Vitaliy Masol Віталій Масол (1928–2018) |
10 July 1987 | 23 October 1990 | 3 years, 105 days | KPU | — | Masol I | ||
| 13 |  |
Vitold Fokin Вітольд Фокін (1932–2025) |
23 October 1990 | 18 April 1991 | 177 days | KPU | 1990 | Fokin | Leonid Kravchuk Леонід Кравчук (1990–1991, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet) | |
Ukraine (1991–present)
- Key
- Acting/unrecognised government
The concept of "government coalition" was reverted in 2014 by reestablishment of the 2004 constitutional amendments. Before 2004 and between 2010 and 2014, the government was based on "parliamentary majority".
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Elected | Government(s) | Cabinet Composition | President | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||||||
| 1 | |
Vitold Fokin Вітольд Фокін (1932–2025) |
18 April 1991 | 2 October 1992 | 1 year, 167 days | Independent | — | Fokin | Independents | Leonid Kravchuk Леонід Кравчук (1991–1994) | |
| — |  |
Valentyn Symonenko Валентин Симоненко (born 1940) acting |
2 October 1992 | 13 October 1992 | 11 days | Independent | — | Symonenko Caretaker | Caretaker government | ||
| 2 |  |
Leonid Kuchma Леонід Кучма (born 1938) |
13 October 1992 | 22 September 1993 | 344 days | Independent | — | Kuchma | Independents | ||
| — |  |
Yukhym Zvyahilsky Юхим Звягільський (1933–2021) acting |
22 September 1993 | 16 June 1994 | 267 days | Independent | — | Zvyahilsky Caretaker | Caretaker government | ||
| 3 | |
Vitaliy Masol Віталій Масол (1928–2018) |
16 June 1994 | 1 March 1995 | 258 days | Independent | 1994 | Masol II | Independents | Leonid Kuchma Леонід Кучма (1994–2005) | |
| 4 |  |
Yevhen Marchuk Євген Марчук (1941–2021) |
1 March 1995 | 28 May 1996 | 1 year, 88 days | Independent | — | Marchuk | Independents | ||
| 5 |  |
Pavlo Lazarenko Павло Лазаренко (born 1953) |
28 May 1996 | 2 July 1997 | 1 year, 35 days | Independent | — | Lazarenko I | Independents | ||
| Lazarenko II | |||||||||||
| — |  |
Vasyl Durdynets Василь Дурдинець (born 1937) acting |
2 July 1997 | 30 July 1997 | 28 days | Independent | — | Durdynets Caretaker | Caretaker government | ||
| 6 |  |
Valeriy Pustovoitenko Валерій Пустовойтенко (born 1947) |
30 July 1997 | 22 December 1999 | 2 years, 145 days | People's Democratic Party | 1998 | Pustovoitenko | NDP • Hromada • PRP | ||
| 7 |  |
Viktor Yushchenko Віктор Ющенко (born 1954) |
22 December 1999 | 29 May 2001 | 1 year, 158 days | People's Democratic Party | — | Yushchenko | NDP • Batkivshchyna • PRP | ||
| 8 |  |
Anatoliy Kinakh Анатолій Кінах (born 1954) |
29 May 2001 | 21 November 2002 | 1 year, 176 days | Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs | — | Kinakh | NDP • Batkivshchyna • PR • PPPU • NP • TU | ||
| 9 |  |
Viktor Yanukovych Віктор Янукович (born 1950) |
21 November 2002 | 5 January 2005 | 2 years, 45 days | Party of Regions | 2002 | Yanukovych I | For United Ukraine! (PR • NDP • PPPU • NP • TU) | ||
| — |  |
Mykola Azarov Микола Азаров (born 1947) acting |
5 January 2005 | 24 January 2005 | 19 days | Party of Regions | — | Azarov caretaker | Caretaker government | ||
| 10 |  |
Yulia Tymoshenko Юлія Тимошенко (born 1960) |
24 January 2005 | 8 September 2005 | 227 days | All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" |
— | Tymoshenko I | Our Ukraine Bloc • Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc • PPPU • SPU | Viktor Yushchenko Віктор Ющенко (2005–2010) | |
| 11 |  |
Yuriy Yekhanurov Юрій Єхануров (born 1948) |
8 September 2005 | 4 August 2006 | 330 days | Our Ukraine | — | Yekhanurov | Our Ukraine Bloc • SPU | ||
| 12 |  |
Viktor Yanukovych Віктор Янукович (born 1950) |
4 August 2006 | 18 December 2007 | 1 year, 136 days | Party of Regions | 2006 | Yanukovych II | Government of National Unity (PR • SPU • KPU • Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc • Our Ukraine Bloc)[b] | ||
| 13 |  |
Yulia Tymoshenko Юлія Тимошенко (born 1960) |
18 December 2007 | 4 March 2010 | 2 years, 76 days | All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" |
2007 | Tymoshenko II | Fatherland • Our Ukraine • PRP • Rukh • PPNS | ||
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Oleksandr Turchynov Олександр Турчинов (born 1964) acting |
4 March 2010 | 11 March 2010 | 7 days | All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" |
— | Turchynov caretaker I | Caretaker government | Viktor Yanukovych Віктор Янукович (2010–2014) | |
| 14 | |
Mykola Azarov Микола Азаров (born 1947) |
11 March 2010 | 28 January 2014 | 3 years, 323 days | Party of Regions | 2012 | Azarov I | PR • Lytvyn Bloc • SU • YT • SPU | ||
| Azarov II | PR • U-V | ||||||||||
| — |  |
Serhiy Arbuzov Сергій Арбузов (born 1976) acting |
28 January 2014 | 22 February 2014 | 25 days | Party of Regions | — | Arbuzov caretaker | Caretaker government | ||
| — | |
Oleksandr Turchynov Олександр Турчинов (born 1964) acting |
22 February 2014 | 27 February 2014 | 5 days | All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" |
— | Turchynov caretaker II | Caretaker government | ||
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Arseniy Yatsenyuk Арсеній Яценюк (born 1974) |
27 February 2014 | 14 April 2016 | 2 years, 47 days | All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" (Feb–Sep 2014) |
2014 | Yatsenyuk I | Fatherland • Svoboda | Petro Poroshenko Петро Порошенко (2014–2019) | |
| People's Front (2014–2016) |
Yatsenyuk II | Solidarity • PF • Self Reliance • RP • Fatherland | |||||||||
| 16 |  |
Volodymyr Groysman Володимир Гройсман (born 1978) |
14 April 2016 | 29 August 2019 | 3 years, 137 days | Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity" |
— | Groysman | Solidarity • PF | ||
| Volodymyr Zelenskyy Володимир Зеленський (2019–present) | |||||||||||
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Oleksiy Honcharuk Олексій Гончарук (born 1984) |
29 August 2019 | 4 March 2020 | 213 days | Servant of the People | 2019 | Honcharuk | SP | ||
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Denys Shmyhal Денис Шмигаль (born 1975) |
4 March 2020 | 17 July 2025 | 5 years, 135 days | Independent | — | Shmyhal | SP • Independents | ||
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Yulia Svyrydenko Юлія Свириденко (born 1985) |
17 July 2025 | 16 July 2026 | 364 days | Independent | — | Svyrydenko | SP • Independents | ||
| 20 |  |
Serhii Koretskyi Сергій Корецький (born 1978) |
16 July 2026 | Incumbent | 32 days | Independent | — | Koretskyi | SP • Independents | ||
Timeline
