Yekhanurov government


The first Yekhanurov Government was appointed after the first Tymoshenko Government was sacked amid resignations and corruption claims. 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. 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. This shortly after a "Memorandum Of Understanding Between The Authorities And The Opposition" was signed by Yekhanurov, Yushchenko and Yanukovych.
Yekhanurov government lost a vote of no confidence on January 10, 2006 but stayed in power until the parliamentary election two months later.

Composition

OfficeName ministerPartyAppointment
Prime MinisterYuriy Yekhanurov8 September / 22 September
First Vice Prime MinisterStanislav Stashevsky28 September
First Vice Prime Minister — IndustryAnatoliy Kinakh 8 September – 27 September
Vice Prime Minister Viacheslav Kyrylenko28 September
Vice Prime Minister Yuriy Melnyk5 October
Vice Prime Minister Roman Bezsmertnyi8 September / 28 September – 27 November
Minister of Internal AffairsYuriy Lutsenko8 September / 28 September
Minister of Foreign AffairsBorys Tarasyuk8 September / 28 September
Minister of Coal IndustryViktor Topolov8 September / 27 September
Minister of Culture and TourismIhor Likhovy5 October
Minister of Culture and TourismOksana Bilozir 8 September – 28 September
Minister of DefenseAnatoliy Hrytsenko8 September / 30 September
Minister of EconomicsArseniy Yatseniuk28 September
Minister of EconomicsSerhiy Teryokhin 8 September – 27 September
Minister of Education and ScienceStanislav Nikolaenko8 September / 27 September
Minister of Fuel and EnergyIvan Plachkov8 September / 27 September
Minister of Labor and Social PolicyIvan Sakhan27 September
Minister of Labor and Social PolicyVyacheslav Kyrylenko 8 September – 27 September
Minister of Construction, Architecture and Residential-Communal FarmingPavlo Kachur28 September
Minister of Health CareYuriy Polyachenko14 October
Minister of Health CareMykola Polishchuk 8 September – 28 September
Minister of Agro-Industrial Complex issuesOleksandr Baranivsky8 September / 28 September
Minister of Industrial PolicyVolodymyr Shandra8 September / 28 September
Minister of Environmental Protection issuesPavlo Ihnatenko8 September / 28 September
Minister of Transport and CommunicationsViktor Bondar28 September
Minister of Transport and CommunicationsYevhen Chervonenko 8 September – 27 September
Minister of Emergency Situation issuesViktor Baloha27 September
Minister of Emergency Situation issuesDavid Zhvaniya 8 September – 27 September
Minister of Family, Youth and SportYuriy Pavlenko8 September / 28 September
Minister of FinanceViktor Pynzenyk8 September / 28 September
Minister of JusticeSerhiy Holovatyi6 October
Minister of JusticeRoman Zvarych 8 September – 28 September
Minister of the Cabinet of MinistersBohdan Butsa27 September
Minister of the Cabinet of MinistersPetro Krupko 8 September – 27 September