Yekhanurov government

The first Yekhanurov Government was appointed after the first Tymoshenko Government was sacked amid resignations and corruption claims.[1] Twelve days later the Ukrainian Parliament rejecting Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko choice of Yuri Yekhanurov for Prime Minister. Yekhanurov was three votes short of the 226 needed for approval with three out of 52 deputies from the Regions faction voting for Yekhanurov.[2] On September 22, 2005 the Ukrainian parliament did approved Yekhanurov appointment with 289 votes. This time all the Parliamentarians of the Party of Regions faction of losing presidential candidate (in 2004) Viktor Yanukovych backed the appointment.[3] This shortly after a "Memorandum Of Understanding Between The Authorities And The Opposition" was signed by Yekhanurov, Yushchenko and Yanukovych.[4][5][6]

Yekhanurov Government
11th Cabinet of Ukraine (since 1990)
Lesser Coat of Arms of Ukraine.svg
Date formedSeptember 22, 2005
Date dissolvedJanuary 10, 2006
People and organisations
Head of stateViktor Yushchenko
Head of governmentYuriy Yekhanurov
Deputy head of governmentStanislav Stashevsky
No. of ministers23
Member partyNUNS
Socialist Party of Ukraine
Opposition partyCommunist Party of Ukraine
Opposition leaderPetro Symonenko
History
Legislature term(s)5 years
PredecessorFirst Tymoshenko government
SuccessorSecond Yanukovych government

Yekhanurov government lost a vote of no confidence on January 10, 2006[7] but stayed in power until the parliamentary election two months later.

Creation

Appointment of Yekhanurov (21-22 September 2005)
Faction[8] Number of deputies For Against Abstained Didn't vote Absent
Communists 56 0 0 0 0 56
Party of Regions of Ukraine 50 50 0 0 0 0
People's Party 47 45 0 0 2 0
Our Ukraine 45 44 0 0 0 1
Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc 41 7 0 0 27 7
Unaffiliated 28 22 0 0 1 5
Socialist Party of Ukraine 25 25 0 0 0 0
Ukrainian People's Party 23 23 0 0 0 0
Forward, Ukraine! 20 20 0 0 0 0
Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) 20 0 0 0 15 5
One Ukraine 16 3 0 0 0 13
Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine 15 15 0 0 0 0
Reforms and Order Party 15 7 0 1 4 3
People's Movement of Ukraine 15 15 0 0 0 0
Faction of PDP and Labour Ukraine 13 13 0 0 0 0
All factions 429 289 0 1 49 90

Composition[9]
Party key Our Ukraine
Socialist Party of Ukraine
Office Name minister Party Appointment
Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov 8 September / 22 September (approved)
First Vice Prime Minister Stanislav Stashevsky 28 September
First Vice Prime Minister — Industry Anatoliy Kinakh (acting) 8 September – 27 September
Vice Prime Minister (on Humanitarian and Social issues) Viacheslav Kyrylenko 28 September
Vice Prime Minister (on Agro-Industrial Complex) Yuriy Melnyk 5 October
Vice Prime Minister (on Administrative-Territorial reform) Roman Bezsmertnyi 8 September / 28 September – 27 November
Minister of Internal Affairs Yuriy Lutsenko 8 September / 28 September
Minister of Foreign Affairs Borys Tarasyuk 8 September / 28 September
Minister of Coal Industry Viktor Topolov 8 September / 27 September
Minister of Culture and Tourism Ihor Likhovy 5 October
Oksana Bilozir (acting) 8 September – 28 September
Minister of Defense Anatoliy Hrytsenko 8 September / 30 September
Minister of Economics Arseniy Yatseniuk 28 September
Serhiy Teryokhin (acting) 8 September – 27 September
Minister of Education and Science Stanislav Nikolaenko 8 September / 27 September
Minister of Fuel and Energy Ivan Plachkov 8 September / 27 September
Minister of Labor and Social Policy Ivan Sakhan 27 September
Vyacheslav Kyrylenko (acting) 8 September – 27 September
Minister of Construction, Architecture and Residential-Communal Farming Pavlo Kachur 28 September
Minister of Health Care Yuriy Polyachenko 14 October
Mykola Polishchuk (acting) 8 September – 28 September
Minister of Agro-Industrial Complex issues Oleksandr Baranivsky 8 September / 28 September
Minister of Industrial Policy Volodymyr Shandra 8 September / 28 September
Minister of Environmental Protection issues Pavlo Ihnatenko 8 September / 28 September
Minister of Transport and Communications Viktor Bondar 28 September
Yevhen Chervonenko (acting) 8 September – 27 September
Minister of Emergency Situation issues Viktor Baloha 27 September
David Zhvaniya (acting) 8 September – 27 September
Minister of Family, Youth and Sport Yuriy Pavlenko 8 September / 28 September
Minister of Finance Viktor Pynzenyk 8 September / 28 September
Minister of Justice Serhiy Holovatyi 6 October
Roman Zvarych (acting) 8 September – 28 September
Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Bohdan Butsa 27 September
Petro Krupko (acting) 8 September – 27 September
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References
  1. Ukraine leader sacks government
  2. "Ukraine PM rebuff deepens crisis". BBC News. 2005-09-20.
  3. "Ukrainian assembly backs new PM". BBC News. 2005-09-22.
  4. Ukraine on its meandering path between East and West by Andrej Lushnycky and Mykola Riabchuk, Peter Lang, 2009, ISBN 303911607X (page 52)
  5. Ukraine:Has Yushchenko Betrayed The Orange Revolution? , Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (30 September 2005)
  6. Independent standpoint on Ukraine:Dismissal of Prosecutor-General, Closure of Poroshenko Case Create New, ForUm (28 October 2005)
  7. Taras Kuzio (2006-01-11). "YUSHCHENKO'S GOVERNMENT LOSES VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE".
  8. http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/radan_gs09/ns_arh_golos?g_id=1783504&n_skl=4
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