First Yanukovych government

First Yanukovych Government
9th Cabinet of Ukraine (since 1990)
Date formed	21 November 2002
Date dissolved	5 January 2005
People and organisations
Head of state	Leonid Kuchma
Head of government	Viktor Yanukovych
Deputy head of government	Mykola Azarov
No. of ministers	20
Member party	Party of Regions Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) Labour Ukraine
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	Our-Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc
Opposition leader	Viktor Yushchenko Yulia Tymoshenko
History
Legislature term(s)	5 years
Predecessor	Kinakh government
Successor	First Tymoshenko government

The first Yanukovych Government was the Ukrainian cabinet of ministers between 21 November 2002 and 5 January 2005, led by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych. Yanukovych had been elected Prime Minister of Ukraine with 234 votes, only 8 more than needed.

On December 1, 2004 (during the Orange Revolution) the Ukrainian Parliament passed a vote of no-confidence. The government supported NATO membership of Ukraine (2002) and sent Ukrainian troops to Iraq in 2003.

Composition

• Viktor Yanukovych - Prime Minister
• Mykola Azarov - First Deputy Prime Minister
• Vitaly Hayduk - Deputy Prime Minister for fuel and energy complex
• Ivan Kyrylenko - Deputy Prime Minister
• Dmytro Tabachnyk - Deputy Prime Minister for humanitarian issues
• Serhy Ryzhuk - Agricultural Policy
• Yury Smirnov - Interior Affairs
• Vasyl Shevchuk - Environment and Natural Resources
• Valery Khoroshkovsky - Economy and European Integration
• Anatoliy Zlenko - Foreign Affairs
• Hryhory Reva - Emergency Situations and Chernobyl Cleanup
• Yury Bohutsky - Culture and the Regions
• General Volodymyr Shkidchenko - Defence
• Vasyl Kremen - Education and Science
• Andry Pidayev - Health
• Oleksandr Lavrynovych - Justice
• Serhy Yermilov - Fuel and Energy
• Mikhail Papiyev - Labour and Social Policy
• Anatoliy Myalytsya - Industrial Policy
• Heorhiy Kirpa - Transport