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 voteting 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 lost a vote of no confidence on January 10, 2006[7] but stayed in power until the parliamentary election two months later.
Composition[8]
Office |
Name minister |
Party |
Prime Minister |
Yuriy Yekhanurov |
|
First Vice Prime Minister |
Stanislav Stashevsky |
|
Vice Prime Minister |
Viacheslav Kyrylenko |
|
Vice Prime Minister |
Yuriy Melnyk |
|
Minister of Education and Science |
Stanislav Nikolaenko |
|
Minister of Transport and Communications |
Viktor Bondar |
|
Minister of Culture and Tourism |
Ihor Likhovy |
|
Minister of Economics |
Arseniy Yatseniuk |
|
Minister of Labor and Social Policy |
Ivan Sakhan |
|
Minister of Defense |
Anatoliy Hrytsenko |
|
Minister of Health Care |
Yuriy Polyachenko |
|
Minister of Industrial Policy |
Volodymyr Shandra |
|
Minister of Internal Affairs |
Yuriy Lutsenko |
|
Minister of Agrarian Policy |
Oleksandr Baranivsky |
|
Minister of Justice |
Serhiy Holovaty |
|
Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Borys Tarasyuk |
|
Minister of Family, Youth and Sport |
Yuriy Pavlenko |
|
Minister of Finance |
Viktor Pynzenyk |
|
Minister of Fuel and Energy |
Ivan Plachkov |
|
Minister of Environmental Protection |
Pavlo Ihnatenko |
|
Minister of Emergencies |
Viktor Baloha |
|
Minister of Construction, Architecture and Residential-Communal Farming |
Pavlo Kachur |
|
Minister of Coal Industry |
Viktor Topolov |
|
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