The Ministry for Veterans Affairs () is a government ministry in Ukraine.
The ministry was officially established on 22 November 2018. Between August 2019 and March 2020, the ministry was temporarily merged with the Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and IDPs.
History On 27 February 2018, the Ukrainian Parliament adopted an appeal to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine to create a Ministry for Veterans' Affairs "to ensure the formation and implementation of state policy in the field of social protection of war veterans." The appeal proposed to the Government to establish a Ministry for Veterans' Affairs on the basis of the State Service for War Veterans and Participants of the Anti-Terrorist Operation.
The Ministry's first minister was Iryna Friz, who was appointed (also) on 22 November 2018.Ukraine parliament appoints Markarova, Friz ministers, UNIAN (22 November 2018) On the day of her appointment Friz expected the ministry to be fully functional in June 2019. FRIZ REPORTED WHEN THE MINISTRY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS WILL WORK, Pryamiy kanal (22 November 2018)
On 29 August 2019, the Honcharuk Government merged the ministry with the Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and IDPs.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) During this time, the agency existed as the State Service of Ukraine on Veterans Affairs that exists since 2014. On 4 March 2020, the new Shmyhal Government unmerged the two ministries.
List of ministers Name of minister Term of office Photo Start End Iryna Friz 22 November 2018 29 August 2019 merged with the Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and IDPsSerhiy Bessarab4 March 202016 December 2020 The council fired the veterans' minister, Ukrayinska Pravda (16 December 2020)Yulia Laputina18 December 2020Laputina appointed as Ukraine’s minister for veterans , Ukrinform (18 December 2020)7 February 2024Nataliya Kalmykova5 September 202416 July 2026Vitalii Kim16 July 2026Incumbent
See also Military of Ukraine Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation War in Donbas Russo-Ukrainian War Humanitarian situation during the war in Donbas
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