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Shmyhal Government

The Shmyhal government (Ukrainian: Уряд Дениса Шмигаля, romanized: Uriad Denysa Shmyhalia) is the current government of Ukraine, formed on 4 March 2020 and led by Denys Shmyhal, who was previously serving as Deputy Prime Minister in the Honcharuk government, and the Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.[1][2]

Shmyhal Government

21st Cabinet of Ukraine
2020–present
Date formed4 March 2020
People and organisations
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime MinisterDenys Shmyhal
First Deputy Prime MinisterOleksiy Lyubchenko (2021)
Yulia Svyrydenko (2021–)
Deputy Prime MinistersMykhailo Fedorov (2020–)
Vadym Prystaiko (2020)
Oleksiy Reznikov (2020–2021)
Olha Stefanishyna (2020–)
Oleh Uruskyi (2020–2021)
Iryna Vereshchuk (2021–)
Oleksandr Kubrakov (2022–)
No. of ministers22[a]
Member partyServant of the People
Status in legislatureMajority government
235 / 403 (58%)
Opposition partiesEuropean Solidarity
Batkivshchyna
Platform for Life and Peace
Holos
Restoration of Ukraine
Opposition leadersPetro Poroshenko
Yulia Tymoshenko
Yuriy Boyko
Kira Rudyk
Maxim Efimov
History
Election2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election
Legislature termIX Rada
PredecessorHoncharuk Government

History

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's first government was the Honcharuk Government, formed after the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election. However, Zelenskyy was dissatisfied with the government due to high ministerial salaries and poor performance.[3] On 3 March 2020, Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk tendered his resignation, and by law this triggered the automatic resignation of the Honcharuk Government.[4] In his 4 March 2020 address to the parliament, Zelenskyy expressed his hope for a stronger government,[5] and that day Honcharuk was dismissed by the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) and Denys Shmyhal was appointed prime minister.[6][7]

The transition from the Honcharuk government was treated in some local press as worrisome, with the Kyiv Post calling it "hasty" and "awkward".[3][8]

Appointment of Shmyhal as Prime Minister

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The appointment of Shmyhal as the Prime Minister of Ukraine was approved by the Verkhovna Rada in a special session on 4 March 2020. Shmyhal was an acting vice prime minister at the time of his appointment; he had previously served as Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.[1][3] 291 people's deputies voted for his candidacy, while the members of most of the other factions (Opposition Platform — For Life, European Solidarity, Batkivshchyna, and Holos) did not support it.[1]

Appointment vote
Denys Shmyhal (Independent)[b]
Faction For Against Abstained Did not vote Absent
Servant of the People 248 242 0 1 0 5
Opposition Platform — For Life 44 0 35 2 3 4
European Solidarity 27 0 24 0 1 2
Batkivshchyna 24 0 0 20 1 3
For the Future 22 18 0 0 2 2
Independents 21 14 0 4 1 2
Holos 20 0 0 19 1 0
Dovira 17 17 0 0 0 0
Total 423 291 59 46 9 18
Source[9]

Composition

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At the time of appointment of the government five minister seats remained vacant at the following ministries: the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Culture, and the Ministry of Education.[6] Four ministers kept the same post as they had in the previous Honcharuk government: the Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, Justice Minister Denys Maliuska, Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Krykliy, and Interior Minister Arsen Avakov.[6] Two ministers switched posts: Vadym Prystaiko left the Foreign Ministry and became the Deputy Prime Minister for Eurointegration while Dmytro Kuleba did the complete opposite, taking on the post of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.[6] On 18 May 2021 parliament dismissed Krykliy as Minister.[10]

All the ministerial posts — apart from those of the Ministers of Defense and Minister of Foreign Affairs that were put forward for voting by President Zelensky as these post are presidential nominations[11] — were voted in by a package vote, with the support of 277 people's deputies.[6]

Health Minister Illia Yemets and Finance Minister Ihor Umanskyi were dismissed by the parliament on 30 March 2020.[12]

Initially the government did not have a separate Environmental Minister (the Ministry of Energy and Environmental Protection was at first responsible for environmental policies), but on 19 June 2020 Roman Abramovsky was appointed Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources.[13]

On 4 July 2020 President Zelensky announced that a (new post of) Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Policy could appear in the government in a week.[14] On 16 July 2020 Oleh Urusky was appointed Vice Prime Minister responsible for the new Ministry of Strategic Industries of Ukraine.[15][16]

In the (previous government installed in August 2019) Honcharuk government the ministry responsible for agricultural policies was the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture.[17] But in January 2020 President Zelensky stated the need to split the agriculture part of this Ministry.[18] When the Shmyhal government was formed the Minister (in the Honcharuk government) of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture, Tymofiy Mylovanov refused to head a newly reestablish Ministry of Agriculture.[19] On 9 July 2020 Zelensky predicted that "at maximum in September" Ukraine would have a separate Minister of Agriculture again.[18] On 17 December 2020 Roman Leshchenko was appointed as Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food.[20] Mykola Solskyi replaced him on 24 March 2022.[21]

Veteran Minister Serhiy Bessarab resigned on 16 December 2020 for health reasons.[22] He was replaced two days later with Yulia Laputina.[23]

On 18 May 2021 the Ukrainian parliament dismissed Ihor Petrashko as Minister of Economic Development and Trade.[24] Two days later his successor became Oleksiy Liubchenko, who was also appointed First Deputy Prime Minister.[25] Liubchenko was dismissed by Parliament on 3 November 2021.[26]

On 12 July 2021 Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov announced that he had submitted his resignation as Interior Minister, and his resignation was accepted by parliament two days later.[27][28] On 16 July 2021 Denys Monastyrsky was appointed Avakov's successor.[29] Following his January 2023 death in a helicopter crash, Monastyrsky was succeeded by Ihor Klymenko on 7 February 2023.[30][31]

Environmental minister Roman Abramovsky and minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine Oleh Urusky and Minister of Defence Andriy Taran were dismissed by Parliament on 3 November 2021.[32][33][34]

On 2 December 2022 the Ministry of Communities and Territories Development and the Ministry of Infrastructure were merged, creating the Ministry of Development of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure. Infrastructure minister Oleksandr Kubrakov took over as head of the combined ministry.[35]

Three Ministers were dismissed by parliament on 20 March 2023; Minister of Education and Science Serhiy Shkarlet, Minister of Strategic Industries Pavlo Riabikin and the Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov.[36] The same day parliament received Prime Minister Shmyhal's submissions on the appointment of three ministers; Mykhailo Fedorov as Deputy Prime Minister for Innovation, Development of Education, Science and Technology, Minister of Digital Transformation, Oksen Lisovyi as Minister of Education and Science and Oleksandr Kamyshin as Minister of Strategic Industries.[37] On 21 March 2023 all three were appointed to these posts.[38]

On 27 July 2023 Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko was dismissed by parliament after criticism, also by President Zelensky, of government spending on Ukrainian culture during wartime.[39]

On 6 September 2023 Rustem Umierov replaced Oleksii Reznikov as defense minister of Ukraine.[40]

On 19 November 2024 President Zelensky announced the creation of a new (to be formed) ministry, the Ministry of Unification of Ukrainians.[41] Zelensky claimed this new ministry was necessary for the "institutional strengthening of the policy towards Ukrainians abroad, towards our people from all waves of migration."[41]

On 3 December 2024 Oleksiy Chernyshov was appointed as the Minister of National Unity of Ukraine.[42] He was also apointed Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine.[42] The Ministry of National Unity of Ukraine was the new name of the Ministry of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories.[42]

Office Name Took office Left office Party
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal 4 March 2020 Incumbent Independent (SN)
Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of Digital Transformation 		Mykhailo Federov 4 March 2020 20 March 2023 SN
Deputy Prime Minister
Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories 		Oleksii Reznikov 4 March 2020 3 November 2021 Independent (SN)
Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Vadym Prystaiko 4 March 2020 4 June 2020 Independent (SN)
Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba 4 March 2020 Incumbent Independent[c]
Minister of Defence Andrii Taran 4 March 2020 3 November 2021 Independent[c]
Minister of Justice Denys Maliuska 4 March 2020 Incumbent SN
Minister of Finance Ihor Umanskyi 4 March 2020 30 March 2020 Independent (SN)
Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov 4 March 2020 15 July 2021 NF
Minister of Infrastructure Vladyslav Kryklii 4 March 2020 18 May 2021 SN
Minister of Social Policy Maryna Lazebna 4 March 2020 18 July 2022 Independent (SN)
Minister of Communities and Territories Development Oleksii Chernyshov 4 March 2020 3 November 2022 Independent (SN)
Minister of Youth and Sports[d] Vadym Huttsait 4 March 2020 9 November 2023 Independent (SN)
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Anatolii Maksymchuk (acting) 4 March 2020 10 March 2020 Independent (SN)
Minister of Health Illia Yemets 4 March 2020 30 March 2020 Independent (SN)
Minister of Veterans Affairs Serhii Bessarab 4 March 2020 16 December 2020 Independent (SN)
Minister of Cabinet of Ministers Oleh Nemchinov 4 March 2020 Incumbent Independent (SN)

Changes March 2020

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Office Name Took office Left office Party
Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture Pavlo Kukhta (acting) 10 March 2020 17 March 2020 Holos
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Svitlana Fomenko (acting) 10 March 2020 23 March 2020 Independent (SN)
Minister of Education and Science Yurii Poliukhovych (acting) 10 March 2020 25 March 2020 Independent (SN)
Minister of Energy and Environment Vitalii Shubin (acting) 10 March 2020 16 April 2020 Independent (SN)
Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture Ihor Petrashko 17 March 2020 18 May 2021 Independent (SN)
Minister of Culture and Information Policy[d] Svitlana Fomenko (acting) 23 March 2020 4 June 2020 Independent (SN)
Minister of Education and Science Lubomyra Mandzii (acting) 25 March 2020 25 June 2020 Independent (SN)
Minister of Finance Serhii Marchenko 30 March 2020 Incumbent Independent (SN)
Minister of Health Maksym Stepanov 30 March 2020 18 May 2021 SN

Changes April 2020

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Office Name Took office Left office Party
Minister of Energy and Environment Olha Buslavets (acting) 16 April 2020 3 June 2020 Independent (SN)

Changes June 2020

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Office Name Took office Left office Party
Minister of Energy[e] Olha Buslavets (acting) 3 June 2020 20 November 2020 Independent (SN)
Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Olha Stefanishyna 4 June 2020 Incumbent SN[f]
Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko 4 June 2020 Incumbent SN
Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources[e] Roman Abramovskyi 19 June 2020 3 November 2021 Independent (SN)
Minister of Education and Science Serhii Shkarlet 25 June 2020[g] 20 March 2023 Independent (SN)

Changes July 2020

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Office Name Took office Left office Party
Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of Strategic Industries 		Oleh Uruskyi 16 July 2020 3 November 2021 Independent (SN)

Changes November 2020

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Office Name Took office Left office Party
Minister of Energy Yurii Boiko (acting) 20 November 2020 21 December 2020 Independent (SN)

Changes December 2020

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Office Name Took office Left office Party
Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food[h] Roman Leshchenko 17 December 2020 24 March 2022 Independent (SN)
Minister of Veterans Affairs Yulia Laputina 18 December 2020 Incumbent Independent (SN)
Minister of Energy Yurii Vitrenko (acting) 21 December 2020 28 April 2021 Independent (SN)

Changes April 2021

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Office Name Took office Left office Party
Minister of Energy Herman Halushchenko 29 April 2021 Incumbent Independent (SN)

Changes May 2021

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Office Name Took office Left office Party
Minister of Health Viktor Liashko 20 May 2021 Incumbent Independent (SN)
Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov 20 May 2021 1 December 2022 SN
First Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of Economy 		Oleksii Liubchenko 20 May 2021 3 November 2021 Independent (SN)

Changes July 2021

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Office Name Took office Left office Party
Minister of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrsky 16 July 2021 18 January 2023 SN

Changes November 2021

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Office Name Took office Left office Party
First Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of Economy 		Yulia Svyrydenko 4 November 2021 Incumbent Independent (SN)
Deputy Prime Minister
Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories 		Iryna Vereshchuk 4 November 2021 Incumbent SN
Minister of Defence Oleksii Reznikov 4 November 2021 5 September 2023 Independent[c]
Minister of Strategic Industries Pavlo Riabikin 4 November 2021 20 March 2023 Independent (SN)
Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources[e] Ruslan Strilets 4 November 2021[i] Incumbent Independent (SN)

Changes March 2022

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Office Name Took office Left office Party
Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food[h] Mykola Solskyi 24 March 2022 Incumbent SN

Changes July 2022

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Office Name Took office Left office Party
Minister of Social Policy Oksana Zholnovych 19 July 2022 Incumbent Independent (SN)

Changes December 2022

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Office Name Took office Left office Party
Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine
Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development[j] 		Oleksandr Kubrakov 1 December 2022 Incumbent SN

Changes January 2023

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Office Name Took office Left office Party
Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko[k] 18 January 2023 Incumbent Independent (SN)

Changes March 2023

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Office Name Took office Left office Party
Minister of Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin 21 March 2023 Incumbent Independent (SN)
Deputy Prime Minister for Innovation, Education, Science and Technology Development
Minister of Digital Transformation 		Mykhailo Federov[l] 21 March 2023 Incumbent SN
Minister of Education and Science Oksen Lisovyi 21 March 2023 Incumbent Independent (SN)

Changes July 2023

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Office Name Took office Left office Party
Minister of Culture and Information Policy Rostyslav Karandieiev (acting) 28 July 2023 Incumbent Independent (SN)

Changes September 2023

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Office Name Took office Left office Party
Minister of Defence Rustem Umierov 5 September 2023 Incumbent Holos[c]

Changes November 2023

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Office Name Took office Left office Party
Minister of Youth and Sports Matvii Bidnyi (acting) 9 November 2023 Incumbent Independent (SN)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Including the Prime Minister
  2. ^ Nominated by the Servant of the People
  3. ^ a b c d Nominated by the President
  4. ^ a b After the appointment of Denys Shmyhal as a Prime Minister, it was proposed to divide the previously merged ministry in 2019 in two: Ministry of Youth and Sports and Ministry of Culture and Information Policу.
  5. ^ a b c Previously merged ministry since 2019 was divided in two: Ministry of Energy and Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources.
  6. ^ Appointed as non-partisan, later joined Servant of the People
  7. ^ Acting since 25 June 2020 until 17 December 2020.
  8. ^ a b Previously merged ministry since 2019 was divided in two: Ministry of Economy and Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.
  9. ^ Acting since 4 November 2021 until 15 April 2022.
  10. ^ On 2 December 2022 the Ministry of Communities and Territories Development and the Ministry of Infrastructure were merged, creating the Ministry of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development.
  11. ^ Acting since 18 January until 7 February 2023.
  12. ^ Re-appointed as Deputy Prime Minister with additional powers on 21 March 2023

References

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  4. ^ Ukrainian parliament approves new government composition, Ukrinform (4 March 2020)
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  19. ^ Milovanov explained why he refused to work in the new government, Ukrayinska Pravda (5 March 2020)
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  27. ^ Rada supports Avakov's resignation, Interfax-Ukraine (15 July 2021)
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  33. ^ Parliament dismisses Deputy Prime Minister Urusky, Ukrinform (3 November 2021)
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  42. ^ a b c "The government has decided to rename the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories to the Ministry of National Unity of Ukraine". Ukrinform. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
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