Presidential Administration of Ukraine

Administration of the
President of Ukraine
Адміністрація Президента України

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Formed February 25, 2010
Preceding agency
Headquarters No.11 Bankova St, Kiev, Ukraine
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The Presidential Administration (Ukrainian: Адміністрація Президента) or unofficially Bankova (Банкова) is an administrative body set up to assist the President of Ukraine, Ukraine's head of state. The main purpose of the Administration is to provide administrative, advisory, analytical, and legal assistance to the President. The Administration arranges communication and official statements between the President and the Ukrainian parliament the Verkhovna Rada, the Cabinet of Ministers, the Constitutional Court, local government bodies, and other institutions.

Overview

After Ukrainian independence from the Soviet Union, then President Leonid Kravchuk established the Administration of the President of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Адміністрація Президента України) on December 13, 1991 as an advisory body to the President (the Soviet Union formally ceased to exist on December 26, 1991[2]). The Administration is headquartered on No.11 Bankova St. in Kiev. Under President Yushchenko, the administration was reorganized into the Secretariat on January 24, 2005 in accordance with Clause 28 of Article 106 of the Constitution of Ukraine.[3][4] President Viktor Yanukovych restored the old name Administration of the President of Ukraine on his first day in office, February 25, 2010.[5]

The Administration is composed of the Head of the Administration, the first Deputy Head, Deputy Head, the President's spokesperson, advisers to the President, and the President's representatives in the Verkhovna Rada, the Cabinet of Ministers, the Constitutional Court, and representatives of the President in other departments.

Head of the Administration

List of the head secretaries

Secretary of the Presidential Administration
# Picture Chief Years President of Ukraine
1 Mykola Khomenko Dec.1991 - Jul.1994 Leonid Kravchuk
Head of the Presidential Administration
# Picture Chief Years President of Ukraine
1 Dmytro Tabachnyk Jul.1994 - Dec.1996 Leonid Kuchma
2 Yevhen Kushnariov Dec.1996 - Nov.1998
3 Mykola Biloblotsky Nov.1998 - Nov.1999
4 Volodymyr Lytvyn Nov.1999 - May 2002
5 Viktor Medvedchuk Jun.2002 - Jan.2005
State Secretary
# Picture Chief Years President of Ukraine
6 Oleksandr Zinchenko Jan.2005 - Sep.2005 Viktor Yushchenko
Ivan Vasiunyk (acting) Sep.2005 - Sep.2005
7 Oleh Rybachuk Sep.2005 - Sep.2006
Head of the Secretary of the President
# Picture Chief Years President of Ukraine
7 Oleh Rybachuk Sep.2005 - Sep.2006 Viktor Yushchenko
8 Viktor Baloha Sep.2006 - May 2009
9 Vira Ulyanchenko May 2009 - Feb.2010
Head of the Presidential Administration
# Picture Chief Years President of Ukraine
10 Serhiy Lyovochkin Feb.2010 - *Jan.2014 Viktor Yanukovych
11 Andriy Klyuyev Jan.2014[6] - Feb.2014[7][8]
- Oleh Rafalsky (acting)[9] Feb.2014[9] - June 2014 Oleksandr Turchynov (acting)
12 Boris Lozhkin Since June 2014[1] Petro Poroshenko

Structure

Departments

References

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