First Tymoshenko government

The first Tymoshenko Government was appointed on February 4, 2005 by 373 Parliamentarians of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament). It was supported (also by) opposition factions' Parliamentarians, including three Communists, 18 Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) members, 46 Regions faction members.

September 8, 2005 Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko sacked the entire government after both Deputy Prime Minister Mykola Tomenko and presidential chief of staff Oleksandr Zinchenko spoke out that the government was "riddled with corruption".

Composition

Office	Name minister	Party
Prime Minister	Yulia Tymoshenko	Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc
First Vice Prime Minister	Oleh Rybachuk	Our Ukraine
Vice Prime Minister	Mykola Tomenko	Our Ukraine
Vice Prime Minister	Roman Bezsmertny	Our Ukraine
Minister of Education and Science	Stanislav Nikolaenko	Socialist Party of Ukraine
Minister of Transport and Communications	Yevhen Chervonenko	Our Ukraine
Minister of Culture and Tourism	Oksana Bilozir	Our Ukraine
Minister of Economics	Sergei Terekhin	Our Ukraine
Minister of Labor and Social Policy	Viacheslav Kyrylenko	Our Ukraine
Minister of Defense	Anatoliy Hrytsenko	Our Ukraine
Minister of Health Safety	Mykola Polischuk
Minister of Industrial Policy	Volodymyr Shandra	Our Ukraine
Minister of Internal Affairs	Yuriy Lutsenko	Socialist Party of Ukraine
Minister of Agrarian Policy	Oleksandr Baranivsky	Socialist Party of Ukraine
Minister of Justice	Roman Zvarych	Our Ukraine
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Borys Tarasyuk	Our Ukraine
Minister of Family, Youth and Sport	Yuriy Pavlenko	Our Ukraine
Minister of Finance	Viktor Pynzenyk	Our Ukraine
Minister of Fuel and Energy	Ivan Plachkov
Minister of Environmental Protection	Pavlo Ihnatenko	Our Ukraine
Minister of Emergencies	David Zhvania

External links

• Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko presentation of the cabinet, official website of Yulia Tymoshenko (February 4, 2005)