List of Prime Ministers of Ukraine

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The Prime Minister of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Прем'єр-міністр України, Prem'ier-ministr Ukrayiny) is Ukraine's head of government presiding over the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which is the highest body of the executive branch of the Ukrainian government.

Since Ukrainian independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, there have been 16 Prime Ministers (19 counting acting PMs). Unlike the President of Ukraine, who is directly elected by popular vote every five years, the Prime Minister is appointed by the President upon the ratification of the candidate by the parliament, the Verkhovna Rada.

Volodymyr Groysman is the incumbent Prime Minister since 14 April 2016.[1]

Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1921)

Presidents of the Council of People's Ministers (General Secretariat)

Political parties

  Independent
  Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party
  Ukrainian Socialist-Revolutionary Party
  Constitutional Democratic Party
  Union of October 17

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political Party Legislature
(Election)
President
(Term)
1 Volodymyr Vynnychenko
Володимир Винниченко
(1880–1951)
1 28 June 1917 13 August 1917 Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party Central Council[2]
(Interim)
Mykhailo Hrushevskyi
Михайло Грушевський

(1917–1918)
2 18 August 1917 31 January 1918[3]
2 Vsevolod Holubovych
Все́волод Голубо́вич
(1885–1939)
31 January 1918 29 April 1918 Ukrainian Socialist-Revolutionary Party
3 Mykola Vasylenko
Микола Василенко
(1886–1935)
30 April 1918 10 May 1918 Constitutional Democratic Party None
(Interim)
Pavlo Skoropadskyi
Павло Скоропадський

(1918)
4 Fedir Lyzohub
Федір Лизогуб
(1851–1928)
10 May 1918 14 November 1918 Union of October 17
5 Serhiy Gerbel
Сергій Гербель
(1856–?)
14 November 1918 14 December 1918 Union of October 17
6 Volodymyr Chekhivsky
Володимир Чехівський
(1876–1937)
26 December 1918 13 February 1919 Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party Labor Congress
(Interim)
Volodymyr Vynnychenko
Володимир Винниченко

(1918–1919)
7 Serhiy Ostapenko
Сергій Остапенко
(1881–1937)
13 February 1919 9 April 1919 Independent Symon Petliura
Си́мон Петлю́ра

(1919–1921)
8 Borys Mykolaiovych Martos
Борис Мартос
(1879–1977)
9 April 1919 27 August 1919 Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party
9 Isaak Mazepa
Ісаак Мазепа
(1884–1952)
27 August 1919 26 May 1920 Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party
10 Vyacheslav Prokopovych
В'ячеслав Прокопович
(1881–1942)
26 May 1920 14 October 1920 Independent

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1991)

Chairmen of People's Commissars

Political parties

  Communist Party of Ukraine

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political Party Legislature
(Election)
Leaders of the Republic
Chairmen of Presidium
(Term)
1st Secretary
(Term)
2 (11) Christian Rakovsky
Христиа́н Рако́вский
(1873–1941)
19 February 1920 15 July 1923 Communist Party of Ukraine Soviets Grigory Petrovsky
Григо́рий Петро́вский

(1920–1938)
Nikolay Bestchetvertnoi
Николай Бесчетвертной

(1920)
Stanislav Kosior
(temporary)
Станисла́в Косио́р

(1920)
Vyacheslav Molotov
Вячесла́в Мо́лотов

(1920–1921)
Feliks Kon
(acting)
Феликс Кон

(1921)
Dmitry Manuilsky
Дми́трий Мануи́льский

(1921–1923)
3 (12) Vlas Chubar
Влас Чубар
(1891–1939)
15 July 1923 28 April 1934 Communist Party of Ukraine Emanuel Kviring
Эммануи́л Кви́ринг

(1923–1925)
Lazar Kaganovich
Ла́зарь Кагано́вич

(1925–1928)
Stanislav Kosior
Станисла́в Косио́р

(1928-1934)
4 (13) Panas Lyubchenko
Панас Любченко
(1897–1937)
28 April 1934 30 August 1937 Communist Party of Ukraine Stanislav Kosior
Станисла́в Косио́р

(1934-1938)
5 (14) Mikhail Bondarenko
Михаи́л Бондаре́нко
(1903–1938)
30 August 1937 13 October 1937 Communist Party of Ukraine
6 (15) Nikolai Marchak
Никола́й Марча́к
(1904–1938)
13 October 1937 21 February 1938 Communist Party of Ukraine
7 (16) Demyan Korotchenko
Демья́н Коро́тченко
(1894–1969)
1 21 February 1938 6 August 1939 Communist Party of Ukraine I
(1937)
Demyan Korotchenko
Демья́н Коро́тченко

(1938–1939)
Nikita Khrushchev
Никита Хрущёв

(1938-1947)
8 (17) Leonid Korniyets
Леони́д Корни́ец
(1901–1969)
6 August 1939 16 February 1944 Communist Party of Ukraine II
(1939)
Mikhail Grechukha
Михаи́л Гречу́ха

(1939–1947)
9 (18) Nikita Khrushchev
Никита Хрущёв
(1894–1971)
16 February 1944 4 March 1947 Communist Party of Ukraine

Chairmen of Council of Ministers

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political Party Legislature
(Election)
Leaders of the Republic
Chairmen of Presidium
(Term)
1st Secretary
(Term)
10 (19) Demyan Korotchenko
Демья́н Коро́тченко
(1894–1969)
2 4 March 1947 15 January 1954 Communist Party of Ukraine III
(1947)
to
IV
(1951)
Mikhail Grechukha
Михаи́л Гречу́ха

(1947–1954)
Lazar Kaganovich
Ла́зарь Кагано́вич

(1947)
Nikita Khrushchev
Никита Хрущёв

(1947-1949)
Leonid Melnikov
Леонид Мельников

(1949-1953)
Alexei Kirichenko
Алексе́й Кириче́нко

(1953-1954)
11 (20) Nikifor Kalchenko
Никифор Ка́льченко
(1906–1989)
15 January 1954 28 February 1961 Communist Party of Ukraine V
(1955)
Demyan Korotchenko
Демья́н Коро́тченко

(1954–1965)
Alexei Kirichenko
Алексе́й Кириче́нко

(1954-1957)
Nikolai Podgorny
Никола́й Подго́рный

(1957-1961)
12 (21) Vladimir Shcherbitskiy
Влади́мир Щерби́цкий
(1918–1990)
1 28 February 1961 28 June 1963 Communist Party of Ukraine VI
(1959)
Nikolai Podgorny
Никола́й Подго́рный

(1961-1963)
13 (22) Ivan Kazanets
Ива́н Казане́ц
(1918–2013)
28 June 1963 22 October 1965 Communist Party of Ukraine VII
(1963)
Petr Shelest
Пётр Ше́лест

(1963–1972)
14 (23) Vladimir Shcherbitskiy
Влади́мир Щерби́цкий
(1918–1990)
2 22 October 1965 8 June 1972 Communist Party of Ukraine VIII
(1967)
to
IX
(1971)
Demyan Korotchenko
Демья́н Коро́тченко

(1965–1969)
Aleksandr Lyashko
Алекса́ндр Ляшко́

(1969–1972)
15 (24) Aleksandr Lyashko
Алекса́ндр Ляшко
(1915–2002)
1 8 June 1972 10 July 1987 Communist Party of Ukraine X
(1975)
to
XI
(1985)
Ivan Grushetskiy
Ива́н Груше́цкий

(1972–1989)
Vladimir Shcherbitskiy
Влади́мир Щерби́цкий

(1972–1987)
2
16 (25) Vitaliy Masol
Вита́лий Масо́л
(1928–)
10 July 1987 23 October 1990 Communist Party of Ukraine Vladimir Shcherbitskiy
Влади́мир Щерби́цкий

(1987–1989)
Valentina Shevchenko
Валентина Шевченко

(1989–1990)
Vladimir Ivashko
Владимир Ивашко́

(1989–1990)
17 (26) Vitold Fokin
Витольд Фокин
(1932–)
14 November 1990 18 April 1991 Independent I (XII)
(1990)
post liquidated Stanislav Gurenko
Станисла́в Гуре́нко

(1990–1991)

Ukraine (1991–present)

Prime Ministers

Political parties

  Independent
  Social Democratic Party of Ukraine
  All-Ukrainian Association "Community"
  People's Democratic Party
  Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
  Party of Regions
  All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"
  People's Union "Our Ukraine"
  People's Front
  Petro Poroshenko Bloc

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political Party
(Political Coalition)
Legislature
(Election)
President
(Term)
1 (26) Vitold Fokin
Вітольд Фокін
(1932–)
14 November 1990 2 October 1992 Independent I
(1990)
Leonid Kravchuk
Леонід Кравчук

(1991–1994)
2 (27) Leonid Kuchma
Леонід Кучма
(1938–)
13 October 1992 22 September 1993 Independent
3 (28) Vitaliy Masol
Віталій Масол
(1928–)
16 June 1994 1 March 1995 Independent II
(1994)
Leonid Kuchma
Леонід Кучма

(1994–2005)
4 (29) Yevhen Marchuk
Євген Марчук
(1941–)
1 March 1995 28 May 1996 Social Democratic Party of Ukraine
5 (30) Pavlo Lazarenko
Павло Лазаренко
(1953–)
28 May 1996 2 July 1997 All-Ukrainian Association "Community"
6 (31) Valeriy Pustovoitenko
Валерій Пустовойтенко
(1947–)
30 July 1997 22 December 1999 People's Democratic Party
7 (32) Viktor Yushchenko
Віктор Ющенко
(1954–)
22 December 1999 29 May 2001 Independent III
(1998)
8 (33) Anatoliy Kinakh
Анатолій Кінах
(1954–)
29 May 2001 21 November 2002 Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
9 (34) Viktor Yanukovych
Віктор Янукович
(1950–)
1 21 November 2002 5 January 2005 Party of Regions
(For United Ukraine)
IV
(2002)
10 (35) Yulia Tymoshenko
Юлія Тимошенко
(1960–)
1 24 January 2005 8 September 2005 All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"
(Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc)
Viktor Yushchenko
Віктор Ющенко

(2005–2010)
11 (36) Yuriy Yekhanurov
Юрій Єхануров
(1948–)
8 September 2005 4 August 2006 People's Union "Our Ukraine"
(Our Ukraine Bloc)
12 (37) Viktor Yanukovych
Віктор Янукович
(1950–)
2 4 August 2006 18 December 2007 Party of Regions
(Anti-Crisis Alliance)
V
(2006)
13 (38) Yulia Tymoshenko
Юлія Тимошенко
(1960–)
2 18 December 2007 4 March 2010 All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"
(Coalition of Democratic Forces)
VI
(2007)
14 (39) Mykola Azarov
Микола Азаров
(1947–)
1 11 March 2010 28 January 2014 Party of Regions
(Stability and Reforms)
Viktor Yanukovych
Віктор Янукович

(2010–2014)
2 VII
(2012)
15 (40) Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Арсеній Яценюк
(1974–)
1 27 February 2014 14 April 2016 People's Front[4]
(European Ukraine)
VIII
(2014)
Petro Poroshenko
Петро Порошенко

(2014–)
2
16 (41) Volodymyr Groysman
Володимир Гройсман
(1978–)
14 April 2016 Incumbent Petro Poroshenko Bloc
(European Ukraine)

Acting Prime Ministers

Note: Concept of "government coalition" was reverted in 2014 by reestablishment of the 2004 constitutional amendments. Before 2004 and between 2010 and 2014, government was based on "parliamentary majority".

Timeline

Volodymyr Groysman Arseniy Yatsenyuk Mykola Azarov Yulia Tymoshenko Viktor Yanukovych Yuriy Yekhanurov Yulia Tymoshenko Viktor Yanukovych Anatoliy Kinakh Viktor Yushchenko Valeriy Pustovoitenko Vasyl Durdynets Pavlo Lazarenko Yevhen Marchuk Vitaly Masol Yukhym Zvyahilsky Leonid Kuchma Valentyn Symonenko Vitold Fokin Vitaly Masol Oleksandr Liashko Volodymyr Shcherbytsky Ivan Kazanets Volodymyr Shcherbytsky Nykyfor Kalchenko Demyan Korotchenko Nikita Khrushchev Leonid Korniyets Demyan Korotchenko Mykola Marchak Mykhailo Bondarenko Panas Lyubchenko Vlas Chubar Khristian Rakovsky Heorhiy Piatakov Mykola Skrypnyk Yevgenia Bosch Vyacheslav Prokopovych Isaak Mazepa Borys Martos Serhiy Ostapenko Volodymyr Chekhivsky Fedir Lyzohub Mykola Vasylenko Vsevolod Holubovych Volodymyr Vynnychenko

See also

References

  1. New Cabinet formed in Ukraine, UNIAN (April 14th 2016)
  2. Constituent Assembly never took place as the 1918 elections were paused due to the 1919 Russian invasion.
  3. The government was confirmed by the Russian Provisional Government on September 1, but was selected and acted prior to that.
  4. Yatsenyuk was a member of the All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" until September 10, 2014.
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