The Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine is a government ministry of Ukraine established on 6 June 1991 after reorganization of the Soviet State Committee of the Ukrainian SSR in affairs of youth and sports. As a government ministry, it is member of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and exists with some breaks since 1991. The Ukrainian ministry enforces realization a state policy of youth and sports, including Olympic, non-Olympic, and mass physical culture. While the national sport in Ukraine is governed by the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, the ministry provides additional guidance.
It was reestablished again in 2013 by splitting away from the Ministry of Education and Science where it existed as its subdepartment from 2010 to 2013.
The Honcharuk Government (on 29 August 2019) merged the ministry with the Ministry of Culture.New Cabinet formed in Ukraine The Rada appointed the new Cabinet: Avakov and Markarova remained (РАДА ПРИЗНАЧИЛА НОВИЙ КАБМІН: АВАКОВ І МАРКАРОВА ЛИШИЛИСЬ), Ukrayinska Pravda (29 August 2019) But its succeeding Shmyhal Government undid this merge.
The current minister is Matviy Bidnyi.
History The Ministry of Youth and Sports was first created in 1991 when two state committees of physical culture and sports and another of youth (minor) affairs were merged.
In 1996 the organ was reorganized when there was created a new ministry in family affairs and youth, while sports agency was degraded to its child agency as a state committee. Until 2005 it was a state committee.
In 2000 the reorganization of the Ministry of Family Affairs and Youth led to its liquidation and both youth and sports agencies were merged again along with the state committee of tourism for less than a year.
In 2004–2005 the Ministry of Family Affairs and Youth was revived, and sports agency once again became its child agency as a state committee.
In 2005 the ministry of youth and sports was reestablished again. In 2005–2005 there existed the combined Ministry of Family Affairs, Youth and Sports.
In 2010 the Government of Ukraine led by Party of Regions in announced about reorganization of its government hierarchy when the consolidated ministry was merged again with the Ministry of Education and Science for the next three years as part of the 2010 Yanukovych administrative reform, while agency for sports was degraded to the state service of youth and sports. Finally in 2013 the state service again was given the ministerial portfolio.
The agency in charge of tourism was oscillated and renamed in 2001 as the State Tourism Administration and later in 2004 it was transferred to the Ministry of Culture.
In 2019-2020 the Ministry of Youth and Sports was combined with the Ministry of Culture as part of the 2019 Zelenskyy administrative reform.
Since 2020, the government agency of youth and sports has been split from the Ministry of Culture and its own ministry.
Criticism In December 2001 a committee chairman Maria Bulatova in interview to Mirror Weekly explained that since the independence of Ukraine, the provision for the state institution was de facto copy-pasted from similar institution of the Ukrainian SSR and without even considering the fact that its development strategy was forming out of Moscow by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and State Committee of Sport of the Soviet Union.Vadym Rybalchenko. Selection of correct course is need for the ship of physical education and sports (ВЫБОР ВЕРНОГО КУРСА НУЖЕН КОРАБЛЮ ФИЗИЧЕСКОГО ВОСПИТАНИЯ И СПОРТА). Mirror Weekly. 28 December 2001.
Leadership Heads of Family and Children Ministry of Family Affairs and Youth was established in 1996 by merging two committees of Women Affairs, Motherhood, and Minors and another of Youth (Minors) Affairs with Ministry on Youth Affairs and Sports. Name of Ministry Name of minister Term of Office Start EndMinistry on Family Affairs and Youth Syuzanna Stanik September 1996 August 1997Valentyna Dovzhenko 21 August 1997 22 March 1999 State Committee on Family Affairs and Youth 1999 2000 State Committee on Family Affairs and YouthValentyna Dovzhenko 2001Official document 2004Ministry on Family Affairs, Children, and Youth 6 February 2004 3 February 2005 Yuriy Pavlenko 4 February 2005 26 February 2005
Heads of Sports Name of Ministry Name of minister Term of Office Start End Higher Council of Physical Culture Sergei Andreyev 16 May 1935 28 June 1936Committee of Physical Culture and Sports Sergei Andreyev 28 June 1936 7 September 1936 Mykhailo Bunchuk 1943 1948 Volodymyr Kulyk November 1968 December 1973 Mykhailo Baka December 1973 July 1990 State Committee of Youth, Physical Culture and SportsValeriy Borzov 1990 1991 Minister on Youth Affairs and Sports 6 June 1991 20 August 1996State Committee of Physical Culture and Sports 1996 1997 Ivan Fedorenko 26 August 1997 19 June 1999 Alexander Volkov 2 August 1999 10 January 2000State Committee of Youth Policy, Sports, and Tourism Ivan Fedorenko 14 February 2000 27 November 2000 Valeriy Tsybukh 2001 2001Official document.Official documentState Committee of Physical Culture and Sports Maria BulatovaFomin, S.K. Maria Bulatova (Булатова Марія Михайлівна). Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine. 2016 November 2001Mykola Kostenko substituted Maria Bulatova at the post of chairperson of State Committee of Sport (Николай костенко сменил марию булатову на должности председателя госкомспорта). Fakty.ua. 7 February 2003 4 February 2003 Mykola Kostenko 4 February 2003 2005 Minister on Youth Affairs and SportsYuriy Pavlenko 26 February 2005 18 August 2005Minister on Family Affairs, Youth, and Sports 18 August 2005 29 November 2006 Viktor Korzh 1 December 2006 18 December 2007 Yuriy Pavlenko 19 December 2007 11 March 2010Ravil Safiullin 11 March 2010 9 December 2010 State Service of Youth and Sports 9 December 2010 28 February 2013 Minister of Youth and Sports 28 February 2013 27 February 2014 Minister of Youth and Sports Dmytro Bulatov 27 February 2014 2 December 2014 Minister of Youth and Sports Ihor Zhdanov 2 December 2014Rada supports coalition-proposed government lineup, Interfax-Ukraine (2 December 2014)Rada approves new Cabinet with three foreigners, Kyiv Post (2 December 2014) Rada voted the new Cabinet, Ukrayinska Pravda (2 December 2014) 29 August 2019 Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Volodymyr Borodiansky 29 August 2019 4 March 2020 Minister of Youth and SportsVadym Gutzeit 4 March 2020 9 November 2023Matviy Bidnyi9 November 2023Incumbent
See also Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
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External links Official website