The Office of the President of Ukraine (, ), formerly the Administration of the President of Ukraine, is a standing advisory body set up by the President of Ukraine pursuant to clause 28, Article 106 of the Constitution of Ukraine. The Office consists of its Head, Deputies of the Head, Chief of Staff, First Assistant to the President, Advisors, Authorized Advisors, Press Secretary, Representatives of the President, Cabinet of the President, Cabinet of the Head of the Office, Services, Directorates, and Departments.
Overview After Ukraine declared independence in 1991, President Leonid Kravchuk established the Administration of the President on 13 December as an advisory body to the President (the Ukrainian SSR formally ceased to exist on 26 December 1991Legal Aspects of the Regional Integration Processes in the Post-Soviet Area by Zhenis Kembayev, Springer, 2008, (page 30)). The Administration is headquartered on 11 Bankova in Kyiv.
President Leonid Kuchma kept the name Administration for the period of his two terms in office.
Under President Yushchenko, the administration was reorganized into the Secretariat on 24 January 2005 in accordance with Clause 28 of Article 106 of the Constitution of Ukraine.
President Viktor Yanukovych restored the name Administration of the President of Ukraine on 25 February 2010.УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ № 265/2010 On 20 June 2019 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree that transformed the Presidential Administration of Ukraine into the Office of the President of Ukraine. Zelensky issued several staff decrees in connection with the replacement of the AP on the presidential office, Radio Svoboda (25 June 2019)
The Office consists of the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Deputies of the Head, Chief of Staff, First Assistant to the President, Advisors, Authorized Advisors, Press Secretary, Representatives of the President, Cabinet of the President, Cabinet of the Head of the Office, Services, Directorates, and Departments.
On 2 January 2026, Kyrylo Budanov was appointed to replace Andriy Yermak as the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.
Heads of the Administration / Secretariat / Office
List of Chiefs-of-Staff Secretary of the Presidential Administration # Picture Chief Years President of Ukraine 1 Mykola Khomenko 13 December 1991 – 15 July 1994 Leonid Kravchuk Chief-of-Staff of the Presidential Administration # Picture Chief Years President of Ukraine 1Dmytro Tabachnyk 21 July 1994 – 10 December 1996 Leonid Kuchma 2 Yevhen Kushnariov 20 December 1996 – 23 November 1998 3 Mykola Biloblotsky 25 November 1998 – 22 November 1999 4 Volodymyr Lytvyn 22 November 1999 – May 2002 5 Viktor Medvedchuk 12 June 2002 – 21 January 2005 State Secretary # Picture Chief Years President of Ukraine 6Oleksandr Zinchenko 24 January 2005 – 6 September 2005 Viktor Yushchenko –Ivan Vasiunyk (acting) 6 September 2005 – 7 September 2005 7Oleh Rybachuk 7 September 2005 – 22 September 2005 Chief-of-Staff of the Secretariat of the President # Picture Chief Years President of Ukraine 7Oleh Rybachuk22 September 2005 – 15 September 2006 Viktor Yushchenko 8Viktor Baloha 15 September 2006 – 19 May 2009 9 Vira Ulyanchenko 19 May 2009 – 24 February 2010 Chief-of-Staff of the Presidential Administration # Picture Chief Years President of Ukraine 10Serhiy Lyovochkin 25 February 2010 – 17 January 2014 Viktor Yanukovych 11Andriy Klyuyev 24 January 2014Kliuyev appointed presidential chief of staff, Interfax-Ukraine (24 January 2014) – 23 February 2014Kliuyev resigns, wounded, no threat to his life - spokesman, Interfax-Ukraine (25 February 2014)Ukraine crisis: Turchynov warns of 'separatism' risk, BBC News (25 February 2014) – (acting)Rafalsky appointed acting head of presidential administration, Interfax-Ukraine (26 February 2014) 26 February 2014 – 5 March 2014 Oleksandr Turchynov (acting) –Serhiy Pashynskyi (acting) 5 March 2014 – 10 June 2014 12Boris Lozhkin10 June 2014Borys Lozhkin appointed head of Ukraine's presidential administration, Interfax-Ukraine (10 June 2014) – 29 August 2016 Petro Poroshenko 13Ihor Rainin 29 August 2016Poroshenko announces Lozhkin's resignation, appoints Rainin new head of presidential administration, UNIAN (29 August 2016) – 21 May 2019 Head of President's Office # Picture Chief Years President of Ukraine 14Andriy Bohdan21 May 2019 – 11 February 2020 Volodymyr Zelenskyy 15Andriy Yermak 11 February 2020 – 28 November 202516Kyrylo Budanov2 January 2026 –
Structure Cabinet of the President of Ukraine Cabinet of the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine State Protocol and Ceremonials Service Directorate for Legal Policy Directorate for Foreign Policy and Strategic Partnership Directorate for Justice and Law Enforcement Directorate for Regional Policy Directorate for Economic Policy Directorate for National and Humanitarian Policy Directorate for Information and Media Policy Social Policy and Health Care Directorate European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Department National Security and Defense Department Document Control Department Department for Citizenship, Pardon and State Awards Department for Public Queries HR Department Information Technologies Department Department for Interaction with the Parliament and Government Center for Coordination with the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine State Administrative Department
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External links
Office Management at the Official website of the President of Ukraine