Government ministries of Ukraine

Government ministries in Ukraine are the central bodies that are entrusted to implement a state policies in a certain field of government (finance, justice, interior etc.). Each ministry is governed by a respective minister. The collective of ministries is called the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. The modern Ukrainian ministries were first established after the February Revolution of 1917 when the Russian Emperor was forced to abdicate. The first ministries (secretariats) were Secretariat of Interior, Nationalities, Finance, Justice, Labor, Education, Communication, Trade and Industry, Transportation, Food Supply, Military, Agriculture, and Office of General Secretariat (General Secretariat of Ukraine).

Current Ministries

Ministry	Creation	Notes	Employees
Economic Development and Trade	2011	Replaced the Ministry of Economy
Infrastructure	2011	Replaced the Ministry of Transportation and Communication
Social Policy	2011	Replaced the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy
Regional Development, Construction, and Communal Living	2011	Replaced the Ministry of Regional Development and Construction and the Ministry of Communal Living
Education and Science, Youth and Sport	2011	Replaced the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Family Affairs, Youth and Sport
Culture	2011	Replaced the Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Defense
Health Security
Interior
Agrarian Policy and Food	2011	Replaced the Ministry of Agrarian Policy
Justice
Foreign Affairs
Finance
Energy and Coal Mining Industry	2011	Replaced the Ministry of Fuel and Energy and the Ministry of Coal Mining Industry
Ecology and Natural Resources	2011	Replaced the Ministry of Surrounding Natural Environment
Emergencies	2011	Replaced the Ministry of Emergencies and Protection of Population from the Consequences of the Chernobyl Catastrophe
Information	2014

Former ministries

• Ministry of Industrial Policy (Industry)
• Ministry of Trade
• Ministry of Industrial Construction Materials
• Ministry of Social Security
• Ministry of Forest Management
• Ministry of Bread Products
• Ministry of Water Resources and Water Management
• Ministry of Light Industry
• Ministry of Special Construction
• Ministry of Construction (Construction and Architecture)
• Ministry of Higher and Special General Education
• Ministry of Statistics
• Ministry of Youth and Sport (Family and Youth; Family, Children and Youth)
• Ministry of Exterior Economy
• Ministry of Denationalization and De-monopolization
• Ministry of Machine-building, Military-Industrial Complex, and Conversion
• Ministry of Nationalities and Migration
• Ministry of Fishing [Resources] Management
• Ministry of Cabinet of Ministries
• Ministry in relationship with Verkhovna Rada
• Ministry of Coal [Mining] Industry
• Ministry of Press (Information)
• Ministry of Communal Living
• Ministry of Science and Technology

Original ministries (secretariats)

Ministry	Creation	Notes
Secretariat of Interior		predecessor of Ministry of Interior
Secretariat of Nationalities		predecessor of Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Secretariat of Finance		predecessor of Ministry of Finance
Secretariat of Justice		predecessor of Ministry of Justice
Secretariat of Labor
Secretariat of Education		predecessor of Ministry of Education and Science
Secretariat of Communication		predecessor of Ministry of Infrustructure
Secretariat of Trade and Industry		predecessor of Ministry of Economy
Secretariat of Transportation		predecessor of Ministry of Infrastructure
Secretariat of Food Supply
Secretariat of Military		predecessor of Ministry of Defense
Secretariat of Agriculture		predecessor of Ministry of Agrarian
Office of General Secretariat		predecessor of Ministry of Cabinet of Ministers

See also

• Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine