Government ministries of Ukraine
Government ministries in Ukraine are the central bodies that are entrusted to implement a state policies in a certain field of government (finance, justice, interior etc.).[1] Each ministry is governed by a respective minister. The collective of ministries is called the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. The modern Ukrainian ministries were first established after the February Revolution of 1917 when the Russian Emperor was forced to abdicate. The first ministries (secretariats) were Secretariat of Inferior, Nationalities, Finance, Justice, Labor, Education, Communication, Trade and Industry, Transportation, Food Supply, Military, Agriculture, and Office of General Secretariat (General Secretariat of Ukraine).
Current Ministries
| Ministry |
Creation |
Notes | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economic Development and Trade | 2011 | Replaced the Ministry of Economy | |
| Infrastructure | 2011 | Replaced the Ministry of Transportation and Communication | |
| Social Policy | 2011 | Replaced the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy | |
| Regional Development, Construction, and Communal Living | 2011 | Replaced the Ministry of Regional Development and Construction and the Ministry of Communal Living | |
| Education and Science, Youth and Sport | 2011 | Replaced the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Family Affairs, Youth and Sport | |
| Culture | 2011 | Replaced the Ministry of Culture and Tourism | |
| Defense | |||
| Health Security | |||
| Interior | |||
| Agrarian Policy and Food | 2011 | Replaced the Ministry of Agrarian Policy | |
| Justice | |||
| Foreign Affairs | |||
| Finance | |||
| Energy and Coal Mining Industry | 2011 | Replaced the Ministry of Fuel and Energy and the Ministry of Coal Mining Industry | |
| Ecology and Natural Resources | 2011 | Replaced the Ministry of Surrounding Natural Environment | |
| Emergencies | 2011 | Replaced the Ministry of Emergencies and Protection of Population from the Consequences of the Chernobyl Catastrophe | |
| Information | 2014 |
Former ministries
- Ministry of Industrial Policy (Industry)[2]
- Ministry of Trade
- Ministry of Industrial Construction Materials
- Ministry of Social Security
- Ministry of Forest Management
- Ministry of Bread Products
- Ministry of Water Resources and Water Management
- Ministry of Light Industry
- Ministry of Special Construction
- Ministry of Construction (Construction and Architecture)
- Ministry of Higher and Special General Education
- Ministry of Statistics
- Ministry of Youth and Sport (Family and Youth; Family, Children and Youth)
- Ministry of Exterior Economy
- Ministry of Denationalization and De-monopolization
- Ministry of Machine-building, Military-Industrial Complex, and Conversion
- Ministry of Nationalities and Migration
- Ministry of Fishing [Resources] Management
- Ministry of Cabinet of Ministries
- Ministry in relationship with Verkhovna Rada
- Ministry of Coal [Mining] Industry
- Ministry of Press (Information)
- Ministry of Communal Living
- Ministry of Science and Technology
See also
- Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
References
- ↑ Economic encyclopedia. "Academiya". Kyiv 2002 ISBN 966-580-074-4
- ↑ Cabinet decides to unite Industrial Policy Ministry and Economy Ministry, Kyiv Post (March 28, 2014)