List of prime ministers of Ukraine
Template:Politics of Ukraine (small) The Prime Minister of Ukraine ([Прем'єр-міністр України, Prem'ier-ministr Ukrayiny] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) 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) | ||||
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rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party/meta/color; color:white;"| | 1 | Volodymyr Vynnychenko Володимир Винниченко (1880–1951) |
1 | 28 June 1917 | 13 August 1917 | Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party | Central Council[2] (Interim) |
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Menshevik/meta/color;" | | Mykhailo Hrushevskyi Михайло Грушевський (1917–1918) | |
2 | 18 August 1917 | 31 January 1918[3] | ||||||||
style="background:Template:Menshevik/meta/color; color:white;"| | 2 | Vsevolod Holubovych Все́волод Голубо́вич (1885–1939) |
• | 31 January 1918 | 29 April 1918 | Ukrainian Socialist-Revolutionary Party | ||||
style="background:Template:Constitutional Democratic Party/meta/color; color:white;"| | 3 | Mykola Vasylenko Микола Василенко (1886–1935) |
• | 30 April 1918 | 10 May 1918 | Constitutional Democratic Party | None (Interim) |
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Octobrist Party/meta/color;" | | Pavlo Skoropadskyi Павло Скоропадський (1918) | |
style="background:Template:Octobrist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| | 4 | Fedir Lyzohub Федір Лизогуб (1851–1928) |
• | 10 May 1918 | 14 November 1918 | Union of October 17 | ||||
style="background:Template:Octobrist Party/meta/color; color:white;"| | 5 | Serhiy Gerbel Сергій Гербель (1856–?) |
• | 14 November 1918 | 14 December 1918 | Union of October 17 | ||||
style="background:Template:Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party/meta/color; color:white;"| | 6 | Volodymyr Chekhivsky Володимир Чехівський (1876–1937) |
• | 26 December 1918 | 13 February 1919 | Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party | Labor Congress (Interim) |
rowspan=1 style="background:Template:Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party/meta/color;" | | Volodymyr Vynnychenko Володимир Винниченко (1918–1919) | |
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:white;"| | 7 | Serhiy Ostapenko Сергій Остапенко (1881–1937) |
• | 13 February 1919 | 9 April 1919 | Independent | rowspan=4 style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | | Symon Petliura Си́мон Петлю́ра File:Симон Петлюра.jpg (1919–1921) | ||
style="background:Template:Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party/meta/color; color:white;"| | 8 | Borys Mykolaiovych Martos Борис Мартос (1879–1977) |
• | 9 April 1919 | 27 August 1919 | Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party | ||||
style="background:Template:Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party/meta/color; color:white;"| | 9 | Isaak Mazepa Ісаак Мазепа (1884–1952) |
• | 27 August 1919 | 26 May 1920 | Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party | ||||
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:white;"| | 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
№ | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political Party | Legislature (Election) |
Leaders of the Republic | ||||||
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Chairmen of Presidium (Term) |
1st Secretary (Term) | |||||||||||
rowspan=5 style="background:Template:Communist Party of Ukraine/meta/color; color:white;"| | 2 (11) | Christian Rakovsky Христиа́н Рако́вский (1873–1941) |
• | 19 February 1920 | 15 July 1923 | Communist Party of Ukraine | Soviets | rowspan=11 style="background:Template:Communist Party of Ukraine/meta/color;" | | 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) | ||||||||||||
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Communist Party of Ukraine/meta/color; color:white;"| | 3 (12) | Vlas Chubar Влас Чубар (1891–1939) |
• | 15 July 1923 | 28 April 1934 | Communist Party of Ukraine | Emanuel Kviring Эммануи́л Кви́ринг File:1988 CPA 5986 cropped.jpg (1923–1925) | |||||
Lazar Kaganovich Ла́зарь Кагано́вич (1925–1928) | ||||||||||||
Stanislav Kosior Станисла́в Косио́р (1928-1934) | ||||||||||||
style="background:Template:Communist Party of Ukraine/meta/color; color:white;"| | 4 (13) | Panas Lyubchenko Панас Любченко (1897–1937) |
• | 28 April 1934 | 30 August 1937 | Communist Party of Ukraine | Stanislav Kosior Станисла́в Косио́р (1934-1938) | |||||
style="background:Template:Communist Party of Ukraine/meta/color; color:white;"| | 5 (14) | Mikhail Bondarenko Михаи́л Бондаре́нко (1903–1938) |
• | 30 August 1937 | 13 October 1937 | Communist Party of Ukraine | ||||||
style="background:Template:Communist Party of Ukraine/meta/color; color:white;"| | 6 (15) | Nikolai Marchak Никола́й Марча́к (1904–1938) |
• | 13 October 1937 | 21 February 1938 | Communist Party of Ukraine | ||||||
style="background:Template:Communist Party of Ukraine/meta/color; color:white;"| | 7 (16) | Demyan Korotchenko Демья́н Коро́тченко (1894–1969) |
1 | 21 February 1938 | 6 August 1939 | Communist Party of Ukraine | I (1937) |
rowspan=1 style="background:Template:Communist Party of Ukraine/meta/color;" | | Demyan Korotchenko Демья́н Коро́тченко (1938–1939) |
Nikita Khrushchev Никита Хрущёв (1938-1947) | ||
style="background:Template:Communist Party of Ukraine/meta/color; color:white;"| | 8 (17) | Leonid Korniyets Леони́д Корни́ец (1901–1969) |
• | 6 August 1939 | 16 February 1944 | Communist Party of Ukraine | II (1939) |
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Communist Party of Ukraine/meta/color;" | | Mikhail Grechukha Михаи́л Гречу́ха (1939–1947) | |||
style="background:Template:Communist Party of Ukraine/meta/color; color:white;"| | 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 | ||||||
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Chairmen of Presidium (Term) |
1st Secretary (Term) | |||||||||||
rowspan=4 style="background:Template:Communist Party of Ukraine/meta/color; color:white;"| | 10 (19) | Demyan Korotchenko Демья́н Коро́тченко (1894–1969) |
2 | 4 March 1947 | 15 January 1954 | Communist Party of Ukraine | III (1947) to IV (1951) |
rowspan=8 style="background:Template:Communist Party of Ukraine/meta/color;" | | 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) | ||||||||||||
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Communist Party of Ukraine/meta/color; color:white;"| | 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) | ||||||||||||
style="background:Template:Communist Party of Ukraine/meta/color; color:white;"| | 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) | ||||
style="background:Template:Communist Party of Ukraine/meta/color; color:white;"| | 13 (22) | Ivan Kazanets Ива́н Казане́ц (1918–2013) |
• | 28 June 1963 | 22 October 1965 | Communist Party of Ukraine | VII (1963) |
Petr Shelest Пётр Ше́лест File:Шелест П.JPG (1963–1972) | ||||
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Communist Party of Ukraine/meta/color; color:white;"| | 14 (23) | Vladimir Shcherbitskiy Влади́мир Щерби́цкий (1918–1990) |
2 | 22 October 1965 | 8 June 1972 | Communist Party of Ukraine | VIII (1967) to IX (1971) |
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Communist Party of Ukraine/meta/color;" | | Demyan Korotchenko Демья́н Коро́тченко (1965–1969) | |||
Aleksandr Lyashko Алекса́ндр Ляшко́ (1969–1972) | ||||||||||||
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Communist Party of Ukraine/meta/color; color:white;"| | 15 (24) | Aleksandr Lyashko Алекса́ндр Ляшко (1915–2002) |
1 | 8 June 1972 | 10 July 1987 | Communist Party of Ukraine | X (1975) to XI (1985) |
rowspan=4 style="background:Template:Communist Party of Ukraine/meta/color;" | | Ivan Grushetskiy Ива́н Груше́цкий (1972–1989) |
Vladimir Shcherbitskiy Влади́мир Щерби́цкий (1972–1987) | ||
2 | ||||||||||||
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Communist Party of Ukraine/meta/color; color:white;"| | 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 File:Vladimir Ivashko.jpg (1989–1990) | |||||||||||
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:white;"| | 17 (26) | Vitold Fokin Витольд Фокин (1932–) |
• | 14 November 1990 | 18 April 1991 | Independent | I (XII) (1990) |
style="background:Template:Communist Party of Ukraine/meta/color;" | | 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) | ||||
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style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:white;"| | 1 (26) | Vitold Fokin Вітольд Фокін (1932–) |
• | 14 November 1990 | 2 October 1992 | Independent | I (1990) |
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | | Leonid Kravchuk Леонід Кравчук (1991–1994) | |
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:white;"| | 2 (27) | Leonid Kuchma Леонід Кучма (1938–) |
• | 13 October 1992 | 22 September 1993 | Independent | ||||
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:white;"| | 3 (28) | Vitaliy Masol Віталій Масол (1928–) |
• | 16 June 1994 | 1 March 1995 | Independent | II (1994) |
rowspan=7 style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" | | Leonid Kuchma Леонід Кучма (1994–2005) | |
style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united)/meta/color; color:white;"| | 4 (29) | Yevhen Marchuk Євген Марчук (1941–) |
• | 1 March 1995 | 28 May 1996 | Social Democratic Party of Ukraine | ||||
style="background:Template:Hromada (political party)/meta/color; color:white;"| | 5 (30) | Pavlo Lazarenko Павло Лазаренко (1953–) |
• | 28 May 1996 | 2 July 1997 | All-Ukrainian Association "Community" | ||||
style="background:Template:People's Democratic Party (Ukraine)/meta/color; color:white;"| | 6 (31) | Valeriy Pustovoitenko Валерій Пустовойтенко (1947–) |
• | 30 July 1997 | 22 December 1999 | People's Democratic Party | ||||
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; color:white;"| | 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 | |||||
style="background:Template:Party of Regions/meta/color; color:white;"| | 9 (34) | Viktor Yanukovych Віктор Янукович (1950–) |
1 | 21 November 2002 | 5 January 2005 | Party of Regions (For United Ukraine) |
IV (2002) | |||
style="background:Template:All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"/meta/color; color:white;"| | 10 (35) | Yulia Tymoshenko Юлія Тимошенко (1960–) |
1 | 24 January 2005 | 8 September 2005 | All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" (Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc) |
rowspan=4 style="background:Template:Our Ukraine (political party)/meta/color;" | | Viktor Yushchenko Віктор Ющенко (2005–2010) | ||
style="background:Template:Our Ukraine (political party)/meta/color; color:white;"| | 11 (36) | Yuriy Yekhanurov Юрій Єхануров (1948–) |
• | 8 September 2005 | 4 August 2006 | People's Union "Our Ukraine" (Our Ukraine Bloc) | ||||
style="background:Template:Party of Regions/meta/color; color:white;"| | 12 (37) | Viktor Yanukovych Віктор Янукович (1950–) |
2 | 4 August 2006 | 18 December 2007 | Party of Regions (Anti-Crisis Alliance) |
V (2006) | |||
style="background:Template:All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"/meta/color; color:white;"| | 13 (38) | Yulia Tymoshenko Юлія Тимошенко (1960–) |
2 | 18 December 2007 | 4 March 2010 | All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" (Coalition of Democratic Forces) |
VI (2007) | |||
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party of Regions/meta/color; color:white;"| | 14 (39) | Mykola Azarov Микола Азаров (1947–) |
1 | 11 March 2010 | 28 January 2014 | Party of Regions (Stability and Reforms) |
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party of Regions/meta/color;" | | Viktor Yanukovych Віктор Янукович (2010–2014) | ||
2 | VII (2012) | |||||||||
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:People's Front (Ukraine)/meta/color; color:white;"| | 15 (40) | Arseniy Yatsenyuk Арсеній Яценюк (1974–) |
1 | 27 February 2014 | 14 April 2016 | People's Front[4] (European Ukraine) |
VIII (2014) |
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Petro Poroshenko Bloc/meta/color;" | | Petro Poroshenko Петро Порошенко (2014–) | |
2 | ||||||||||
style="background:Template:Petro Poroshenko Bloc/meta/color; color:white;"| | 16 (41) | Volodymyr Groysman Володимир Гройсман (1978–) |
• | 14 April 2016 | Incumbent | Petro Poroshenko Bloc (European Ukraine) |
Acting Prime Ministers
- Valentyn Symonenko (Валентин Симоненко; born 1940): 2 October 1992 – 13 October 1992 (Independent)
- Yukhym Zvyahilsky (Юхим Звягільський; born 1933): 22 September 1993 – 16 June 1994 (Independent)
- Vasyl Durdynets (Василь Дурдинець; born 1937): 2 July 1997 – 30 July 1997 (Independent)
- Mykola Azarov (Мико́ла Аза́ров; born 1947): 7 December 2004 – 28 December 2004 (Party of Regions)
- Mykola Azarov (Мико́ла Аза́ров; born 1947): 5 January 2005 – 24 January 2005 (Party of Regions)
- Oleksandr Turchynov (Олександр Турчинов; born 1964): 4 March 2010 – 11 March 2010 (All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland")
- Serhiy Arbuzov (Сергій Арбузов; born 1976): 28 January 2014 – 22 February 2014 (Party of Regions)
- Oleksandr Turchynov (Олександр Турчинов; born 1964): 22 February 2014 – 27 February 2014 (All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland")
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
See also
References
- ^ New Cabinet formed in Ukraine, UNIAN (April 14th 2016)
- ^ Constituent Assembly never took place as the 1918 elections were paused due to the 1919 Russian invasion.
- ^ The government was confirmed by the Russian Provisional Government on September 1, but was selected and acted prior to that.
- ^ Yatsenyuk was a member of the All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" until September 10, 2014.