Second Yatsenyuk Government

Second Yatsenyuk Government
17th Cabinet of Ukraine (since 1990)
Date formed 2 December 2014[1][2]
People and organizations
Head of government Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Deputy head of government Yuriy Zubko
Vyacheslav Kyrylenko
Valeriy Vorschevsky
Head of state Petro Poroshenko
Member party Petro Poroshenko Bloc
People's Front
Self Reliance
Fatherland
Radical Party
Status in legislature Coalition
Opposition party Opposition Bloc
Opposition leader Yuriy Boyko
History
Previous First Yatsenyuk Government

The Second Yatsenyuk Government was created in Ukraine after the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election. On 2 December 2014 288 members (of the 423[3]) of the Ukrainian parliament approved the composition of the cabinet.[1][2]

Creation

The morning after the 26 October 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election the Petro Poroshenko Bloc and the People's Front started negotiations on forming a parliamentary coalition.[4] 226 votes are needed to form a simple majority in the Verkhovna Rada.[5]

Late 27 October preliminary results indicated that both parties had won (together) 207 seats.[6] By 30 October 2014 Self Reliance, Fatherland and the Radical Party were also involved in negotiations.[7][8] On 31 October the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, the People's Front and Self Reliance formed "a joint trilateral group and that we will begin professional talks on our joint work, including on the drafting of a coalition agreement". According to Deputy Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc his party was open to the possibility of Fatherland and the Radical Party joining this coalition.[9] The same day the Petro Poroshenko Bloc stated it supported the candidacy of the People's Front's Arseniy Yatsenyuk (who was Prime Minister at the time) as Prime Minister of Ukraine.[10]

On 21 November 2014 Petro Poroshenko Bloc, People's Front, Self Reliance, Fatherland and the Radical Party signed a coalition agreement.[11]

On 27 November 2014 at the opening session of the new parliament) these 5 parliamentary factions formed a parliamentary coalition of 302 deputies.[12] Following this Arseniy Yatsenyuk was confirmed as prime minister by 341 votes.[13]

On 2 December 2014 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko granted citizenship to Natalie Jaresko, Alexander Kvitashvili and Aivaras Abromavičius, who were all potential ministers in the government.[14] Later that day Jaresko, Kvitashvili and Abromavičius were confirmed as the Minister of Finance, Health and Economy.[2][15]

Parliamentary voting

The approval of the composition of the government was marred by some last-minute delay and controversy when a group of deputies demanded that ministers be approved on an individual basis.[16] This caused hours of debate, however, the government was approved in the proposed form by 288 deputies (of the 423[3]).[1][2][16]

For the candidacy of the Prime Minister of Ukraine, 341 members of parliament voted for Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

Faction Number of members Yes No Abstained Did not vote Absent
Petro Poroshenko Bloc 143 139 2 2 1 1
People's Front 83 83 0 0 0 0
Opposition Bloc 40 1 0 0 28 11
Non-affiliated 38 12 0 4 9 13
Self Reliance 32 32 0 0 0 0
Radical Party 22 21 0 1 0 0
People's Will 20 19 0 0 0 1
Fatherland 19 19 0 0 0 1
Economic Development 19 16 0 0 2 1
All factions 416 341 2 7 40 28


Additional decisions

Proposals Yes No Abstained Did not vote Total
The composition of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine[17] 288 1 30 20 339
Appointment of Poltorak as Defense Minister[18] 347 0 33 82 308
Appointment of Klimkin as Foreign Affairs Minister[19] 351 0 0 32 383


Composition

Under the Constitution of Ukraine the Ukrainian President submits nominations to parliament for the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defense; on 2 December 2014 President Petro Poroshenko proposed that the Verkhovna Rada reappoint Pavlo Klimkin and Stepan Poltorak for these posts.[20] The same day Poltorak was reappointed as Minister of Defense by 347 People's Deputies of Ukraine and Klimkin as Minister of Foreign Affairs by 351 votes.[21] A few hours later 288 Deputies (of the 423[3]) approved the composition of other ministers in one vote.[1][2]

The Ministry of Information is a new ministry which oversees the information policy related to the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine; according to its Minister Yuriy Stets one of its goals is "active counteraction to the Russian information aggression".[2][22] Reporters Without Borders firmly opposed the creation of such a ministry, stating "the media should not be regulated by the government".[23]

Nominating
party key		 Petro Poroshenko Bloc
People's Front
Self Reliance
Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko
Fatherland
Presidential nominations President Petro Poroshenko
Logo Office Incumbent[2]
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk[13]
Vice Prime Minister (communal housing and regional policy) Hennadiy Zubko
Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Communal Living
Vice Prime Minister (humanitarian policy) Vyacheslav Kyrylenko
Minister of Culture
Vice Prime Minister (infrastructure, ecology, and construction) Valeriy Vorschevsky
Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov
Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin[21]
Minister of Finance Natalie Jaresko
Minister of Defense Stepan Poltorak[21]
Minister of Social Policy Pavlo Rozenko
Minister of Justice Pavlo Petrenko
 Minister of Health Alexander Kvitashvili
Minister of Education and Science Serhiy Kvit
Minister of Economy and Trade Aivaras Abromavičius
Ministry of Fuel and Energy Volodymyr Demchyshyn
Minister of Infrastucture of Ukraine Andriy Pyvovarsky
Minister of Information Policy Yuriy Stets
Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Oleksiy Pavlenko
Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine Ihor Shevchenko
Ministry of Youth and Sports Ihor Zhdanov
Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Hanna Onyschenko

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 UKRAINIAN RADA SUPPORTS COALITION-PROPOSED GOVERNMENT LINEUP BY 288 VOTES, Interfax-Ukraine (2 December 2014)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Rada supports coalition-proposed government lineup, Interfax-Ukraine (2 December 2014)
    Rada approves new Cabinet with three foreigners, Kyiv Post (2 December 2014)
    (Ukrainian) Rada voted the new Cabinet, Ukrayinska Pravda (2 December 2014)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Parliamentary elections not to be held at nine constituencies in Donetsk region and six constituencies in Luhansk region - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (25 October 2014)
  4. ↑ Negotiations on forming parliament coalition begin in Ukraine, Interfax-Ukraine (27 October 2014)
  5. ↑ Poroshenko Bloc candidates leading in 64 single-seat constituencies - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (27.10.2014)
  6. ↑ Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament, Ukrainian Television and Radio (8 November 2014)
    People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
    Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
    Poroshenko Bloc candidates leading in 64 single-seat constituencies - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (27 October 2014)
  7. ↑ Poroshenko and Yatsenyuk’s parties maneuver for lead role in coalition , Kyiv Post (29 October 2014)
  8. ↑ President, PM and Samopomich Party leader discuss Rada coalition, Interfax-Ukraine (30 October 2014)
    Batkivschyna reports constructive talks between Poroshenko, Tymoshenko on coalition formation, Interfax-Ukraine (30 October 2014)
    Liashko says he had talk with president on coalition formation issues, Interfax-Ukraine (31 October 2014)
  9. ↑ Poroshenko Bloc, People's Front, Samopomich begin talks on forming new coalition - Hroisman, Interfax-Ukraine (31 October 2014)
  10. ↑ Poroshenko nominates Yatseniuk for premier's post – Twitter, Interfax-Ukraine (31 October 2014)
    Poroshenko Bloc backs Yatseniuk as candidate for prime minister - party statement, Interfax-Ukraine (31 October 2014)
    Friends For Now: Can Poroshenko, Yatsenyuk work together?, Kyiv Post (30 October 2014)
  11. ↑ Five political forces sign coalition agreement, Interfax-Ukraine (21 November 2014)
    Ukraine's parliamentary parties initial coalition agreement, Interfax-Ukraine (21 November 2014)
  12. ↑ Five factions form Verkhovna Rada coalition, Interfax-Ukraine (27 November 2014)
    Poroshenko guesses parliamentary coalition to be slightly larger, Interfax-Ukraine (27 November 2014)
    Governing coalition formed in parliament, UNIAN (27 November 2014)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Ukrainian parliament appoints Yatseniuk prime minister, Interfax-Ukraine (27 November 2014)
  14. ↑ Poroshenko orders to grant citizenship to Jaresko, Kvitashvili and Abromavicius, Interfax-Ukraine (2 December 2014)
    Foreign technocrats given Ukrainian citizenship before cabinet vote, Reuters (2 December 2014)
  15. ↑ "Ukraine names US national Jaresko as finance minister". en-maktoob news. Yahoo news. 2 December 2014.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Ukraine parliament approves new government, Associated Press (2 December 2014)
  17. ↑ Individual voting. Verkhovna Rada. December 2, 2014
  18. ↑ Individual voting. Verkhovna Rada. December 2, 2014
  19. ↑ Individual voting. Verkhovna Rada. December 2, 2014
  20. ↑ Poroshenko proposes reappointing Klimkin and Poltorak as foreign and defense ministers, Interfax-Ukraine (2 December 2014)
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 (Ukrainian) Rada appointed ministers of defense and foreign affairs, Ukrayinska Pravda (2 December 2014)
  22. ↑ Ukraine must establish Information Policy Ministry , National Radio Company of Ukraine (2 December 2014)
  23. ↑ "RWB Opposes Creation of Information Ministry". Reporters without Borders. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.

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