The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine () is the main body in the system of central bodies of the executive power of Ukraine.
History On 28 June 1917 Ivan Steshenko was appointed Secretary of Education in the First Vynnychenko government of the Ukrainian People's Republic. 100 years ago the Central Rada formed the first government of Ukraine (infographics) 100 років тому Центральна Рада створила перший уряд України (інфографіка), Radio Free Europe (28 June 2017) The 1921 Treaty of Riga formerly ended the existence of the Ukrainian People's Republic as its former territory became part of Poland and the Soviet Union.Przemyslaw Zurawski, professor, advisor to Polish foreign minister The peoples of our region are interested in the collapse of the Russian Empire, Ukrinform (4 May 2020)
The modern Ministry of Education was created on 8 July 1992 by merging two major organs of the Ukrainian SSR: the Ministry of Higher and Middle Specialized Education and State Committee on Vocational-Technical Education. In 1991 there were two ministries of education — National and Higher (formerly Higher and Middle Specialized).Official document, Ukrainian gov. list of ministries
From 9 December 2010 until 28 February 2013 the Ministry of Education and Science (at the time led by Dmytro Tabachnyk) was merged with the Ministry of Youth and Sports.Declaration of Cabinet of Ministers
On 28 February 2013 President Viktor Yanukovych reorganized the Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports and the State Service for Youth and Sports, creating the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the Ministry of Youth and Sports. Short bio of Ravil Safiullin, Информационно-аналитический центр "ЛІГА"
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The ministry consists of the central body headed by the minister, first deputy, and other deputies to assist the minister. Part of ministry elects several state administrations representatives that are specialized in certain field and coordinate operation of government companies.
State agencies State Service for intellectual property of Ukraine
Former agencies Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine (dissolved) (2010–2013) State Agency of Science, Innovations, and Informativeness of Ukraine
List of ministers Ukrainian People's Republic (1917-1918)
Title Name of minister Term of office Start End General Secretary of Educational Affairs Ivan Steshenko 15 June 1917 11 January 1918 Minister of Education Ivan Steshenko 11 January 1918 18 January 1918 Nykyfor Hryhoriiv 18 January 1918 29 January 1918 Pavlo Khrystiuk 29 January 1918 10 March 1918 Viacheslav Prokopovych 10 March 1918 2 May 1918 Ukrainian State (1918)
Title Name of minister Term of office Start End Minister of Science and Arts Mykola Vasylenko 3 May 1918 25 October 1918 Petro Stebnytsky 24 October 1918 14 November 1918 Volodymyr Naumenko 14 November 1918 14 December 1918 West Ukrainian People's Republic
Title Name of minister Term of office Start End State Secretary of Education and Religion Oleksander Barvinsky 9 November 1918 4 January 1919 Ukrainian People's Republic (Directorate)
Title Name of minister Term of office Start End Head of the Department of Education Yukhym Shchyrytsia 5 December 1918 26 December 1918 Minister of Education Petro Kholodnyi 26 December 1918 2 January 1919 Ivan Ohienko 5 January 1919 9 April 1919 Antin Krushelnytskyi 27 April 1919 25 July 1919 vacant Petro Kholodnyi 26 May 1920 late 1920 Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic (1919-1946)
Name of Ministry Name of minister Term of office Start End People's Commissariat for Popular Education Volodymyr Zatonsky 8 January 1919 May 1919 Hnat Mykhailychenko 12 May 1919 3 July 1919 Mykhailo Panchenko 3 July 1919 10 July 1919 Oleksandr Shumsky 10 July 1919 August 1919 vacant Volodymyr Zatonsky December 1919 20 April 1920 Hryhoriy Hrynko 16 February 1920 20 September 1923 Volodymyr Zatonsky 30 October 1922 14 March 1924 Oleksandr Shumsky 29 September 1924 2 February 1927 Mykola Skrypnyk 7 March 1927 22 February 1933 Volodymyr Zatonsky 22 February 1933 22 December 1937 Hryhoriy Khomenko 5 May 1938 19 December 1938 Fedir Redko 2 April 1939 28 May 1940 Serhiy Bukhalo 28 May 1940 5 March 1943 Pavlo Tychyna 5 March 1943 15 March 1946
Ukrainian State (1941)
Title Name of minister Term of office Start End Minister of Education and Creed Volodymyr Radzykevych July 1941 Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic (1946-1991) Name of Ministry Name of minister Term of office Start End Ministry of Popular Education Pavlo Tychyna 15 March 1946 8 August 1948 Mykola Savchuk 18 August 1948 23 August 1949 Hryhoriy Pinchuk 23 August 1949 18 February 1957 Ivan Bilodid 18 February 1957 20 April 1962 Alla Bondar 22 April 1962 3 January 1967 Petro Udovychenko 21 January 1967 2 March 1971 Oleksandr Marynych 2 March 1971 3 July 1979 Mykhailo Fomenko 3 July 1979 3 August 1990 Ukraine (since 1991) Name of Ministry Name of minister Term of office Start End Ministry of National Education Ivan Zyazyun 3 August 1990 May 1992 Ministry of Education Petro Talanchuk February 1992 6 July 1994 Mykhailo Zghurovskyi 18 November 1994 14 January 1999 Valentyn Zaichuk 1999 1999 Ministry of Education and Science Vasyl Kremen 30 December 1999 3 February 2005 Stanislav Nikolayenko February 2005 18 December 2007 Ivan Vakarchuk 18 December 2007 11 March 2010 Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports Dmytro Tabachnyk 11 March 2010 23 February 2014 Ministry of Education and Science Serhiy Kvit 27 February 2014 14 April 2016New Cabinet formed in Ukraine, UNIAN (14 April 2016) Liliya Hrynevych 14 April 2016 29 August 2019 Hanna Novosad 29 August 2019 4 March 2020 Liubomyra Mandziy (Acting Minister) 25 March 2020Cabinet appoints acting education minister, Ukrinform (25 March 2020) 25 June 2020 Serhiy Shkarlet (Acting Minister, Plagiarist and lover of expensive cars at public expense Scarlett became acting Minister of Education and Science, Ukrayinska Pravda (25 June 2020) Minister) 25 June 2020; 17 December 2020 20 March 2023 Oksen Lisovyi 21 March 2023 16 July 2026 Andrii Butenko 16 July 2026 Incumbent
Name of Ministry Name of minister Term of office Start EndMinistry on issues of Science and Technologies Volodymyr Semynozhenko 28 August 1996 21 April 1998 Stanislav Dovhyi 23 August 1998 1 April 1999
See also Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
References
External links Official Website of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (in English) Official Website of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine Official Website. Contact Us. Phone and address directory. Study in Ukraine for International Students