The Groysman government was formed on 14 April 2016, led by Volodymyr Groysman. It was the third Ukrainian cabinet formed since the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, following on from the first and second Yatsenyuk governments.
History
Formation
On 10 April 2016, Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced that he would resign as Prime Minister and would ask parliament to fire him on 12 April 2016.Ukrainian PM Yatsenyuk resigns, UNIAN (10 April 2016)Ukraine Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk to resign, BBC News (10 April 2016) On 25 March 2016, Parliamentary Speaker Volodymyr Groysman had been nominated by coalition partner Petro Poroshenko Bloc to replace Yatsenyuk.Ukraine’s president settles on a PM candidate, Politico Europe (25 March 2016) On 12 April parliament did not hold a vote on Yatsenyuk's resignation, because (Yatsenyuk's party) People's Front and Petro Poroshenko Bloc could not agree on the forming of a new government.Ukraine: Lawmakers end session without new PM vote, BBC News (12 April 2016) On 14 April Groysman was confirmed by the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) as Prime Minister.
As Petro Poroshenko Bloc and People's Front together lacked a parliamentary majority (and a couple of both parties' parliamentarians voted "against" the Groysman government) the government creation became possible because almost all MP's of Revival and People's Will voted for the establishment of the coalition.
Parliamentary voting + Faction Number of members Yes No Abstained Did not vote Absent Petro Poroshenko Bloc 146 131 4 3 1 7 People's Front 81 75 0 2 1 3 Opposition Bloc 43 0 34 0 3 6 Non-affiliated 42 13 8 8 5 8 Self Reliance 26 0 2 22 0 2 Revival 23 23 0 0 0 0 Radical Party 21 1 1 0 19 0 People's Will 19 16 0 0 2 1 Fatherland 19 0 1 13 2 3 All factions 420 259 50 48 33 30
Additional decisions + Proposals Yes No Abstained Did not vote TotalThe composition of the Cabinet of Ministers of UkraineIndividual voting . Verkhovna Rada. 14 April 2016 240 48 39 20 367
Composition Under the Constitution of Ukraine the Ukrainian President submits nominations to parliament for the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defense. When the Groysman Government was installed Pavlo Klimkin was reappointed as Foreign minister and Stepan Poltorak was reappointed as Minister of Defence.
The post of Minister of Health is vacant since the Groysman Government was formed (on 14 April 2016). Naturalised Ukrainian American Ulana Suprun was appointed acting Minister on 27 July 2016. On 11 July 2015, President Petro Poroshenko had granted Suprun Ukrainian citizenship.President has granted Passports of Ukrainian Citizens to Juliana and Marco Suprun: Your efforts saved thousands of lives, president.gov.ua (11 July 2016)
After a conflict with Prime Minister Groysman the Verkhovna Rada on 7 June 2018 dismissed Finance Minister Oleksandr Danylyuk, the next day Oksana Markarova was appointed acting Finance Minister.Oksana Markarova appointed Ukraine's acting finance minister, UNIAN (8 June 2018) On 22 November 2018, parliament appointed her as Finance Minister.Ukraine parliament appoints Markarova, Friz ministers, UNIAN (22 November 2018) The same day Iryna Friz was appointed to the new post of Minister of Veterans Affairs. On 27 February 2018, parliament adopted an appeal to the Cabinet of Ministers on the creation of this Ministry for Veterans Affairs.
Agriculture Minister Taras Kutovy was dismissed by parliament on 22 November 2018, on 7 December 2018 Maxim Martynyuk was appointed acting Minister of Agriculture. Nominatingparty key Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity" People's Front Presidential nominations President Petro Poroshenko
LogoOfficeIncumbentNew Cabinet formed in Ukraine, UNIAN (14 April 2016)Week’s balance: PM Groysman, Rada’s sabotage, and disappointing IMF forecast, UNIAN (18 April 2016) Spring transplantation: Prime Groisman and without a coalition Cabinet, Ukrayinska Pravda (14 April 2016) Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman First Vice Prime Minister Stepan Kubiv Minister of Economic Development and Trade Vice Prime Minister (European and EuroAtlantic integration) Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze Vice Prime Minister Hennadiy Zubko Minister of Regional Development Vice Prime Minister (humanitarian policy) Vyacheslav Kyrylenko Vice Prime Minister (infrastructure, fuel/energy complex, ecology)Гройсман переконує, що Кістіон отримав посаду не "за красиві очі" (Groysman assures that Kistion received his post not "for pretty eyes"). Ukrayinska Pravda. 20 April 2016 Volodymyr Kistion Vice Prime Minister Pavlo RozenkoMinister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov Minister of Foreign AffairsPavlo Klimkin Minister of FinanceOleksandr DanylyukOksana MarkarovaMinister of DefenceStepan PoltorakMinister of Social Policy Andriy RevaMinister of Temporarily Occupied Territories and IDPs Vadym Chernysh Minister of Justice Pavlo PetrenkoMinister of Health Oleksandra Pavlenko (acting)Viktor Shafransky (acting)Ulana Suprun (acting) The government appointed Acting Minister of Health, Ukrayinska Pravda (27 July 2016)Minister of Education and ScienceLiliya HrynevychMinistry of Fuel and EnergyIhor NasalykMinister of InfrastructureVolodymyr OmelyanMinister of Information PolicyYuriy StetsMinister of Agriculture Taras KutovyMaxim Martynyuk (acting) Assign new to. at. Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Ukrayinska Pravda (7 December 2018)Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine Ostap SemerakMinister of Culture Yevhen NyshchukMinister of Veterans Affairs Iryna Friz Minister of Youth and Sports Ihor ZhdanovMinister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleksandr Sayenko
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