Office of the President of Ukraine
The Presidential Office in central Kyiv. | |
Agency overview | |
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Formed | 25 February 2010 |
Preceding agency |
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Jurisdiction | Government of Ukraine |
Headquarters | Kyiv, Ukraine, Bankova, 11[2] |
Employees | 400 |
Annual budget | ₴1.03 billion |
Agency executive |
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Parent agency | State Management of Affairs |
Website | president |
The Office of the President of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Офіс Президента України, romanized: Ofis Prezydenta Ukrainy), formerly the Administration of the President of Ukraine[1] (Адміністрація Президента, Administratsiia Prezydenta), is a standing advisory body set up by the President of Ukraine pursuant to clause 28, Article 106 of the Constitution of Ukraine. The Office consists of the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Deputies of the Head, Chief of Staff, First Assistant to the President, Advisors, Authorized Advisors, Press Secretary, Representatives of the President, Cabinet of the President, Cabinet of the Head of the Office, Services, Directorates, and Departments.
Overview
[edit]After Ukraine declared independence in 1991, President Leonid Kravchuk established the Administration of the President on 13 December as an advisory body to the President (the Ukrainian SSR formally ceased to exist on 26 December 1991[4]). The Administration is headquartered on 11 Bankova in Kyiv.
President Leonid Kuchma kept the name Administration for the period of his two terms in office.
Under President Yushchenko, the administration was reorganized into the Secretariat on 24 January 2005 in accordance with Clause 28 of Article 106 of the Constitution of Ukraine.[5][6]
President Viktor Yanukovych restored the name Administration of the President of Ukraine on 25 February 2010.[7] On 20 June 2019 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree that transformed the Presidential Administration of Ukraine into the Office of the President of Ukraine.[1]
The Office consists of the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Deputies of the Head, Chief of Staff, First Assistant to the President, Advisors, Authorized Advisors, Press Secretary, Representatives of the President, Cabinet of the President, Cabinet of the Head of the Office, Services, Directorates, and Departments.[8]
Heads of the Administration / Secretariat / Office
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List of Chiefs-of-Staff
[edit]Secretary of the Presidential Administration | ||||
# | Picture | Chief | Years | President of Ukraine |
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1 | Mykola Khomenko | 13 December 1991 – 15 July 1994 | Leonid Kravchuk | |
Chief-of-Staff of the Presidential Administration | ||||
# | Picture | Chief | Years | President of Ukraine |
1 | Dmytro Tabachnyk | 21 July 1994 – 10 December 1996 | Leonid Kuchma | |
2 | Yevhen Kushnariov | 20 December 1996 – 23 November 1998 | ||
3 | Mykola Biloblotsky | 25 November 1998 – 22 November 1999 | ||
4 | Volodymyr Lytvyn | 22 November 1999 – May 2002 | ||
5 | Viktor Medvedchuk | 12 June 2002 – 21 January 2005 | ||
State Secretary | ||||
# | Picture | Chief | Years | President of Ukraine |
6 | Oleksandr Zinchenko | 24 January 2005 – 6 September 2005 | Viktor Yushchenko | |
– | Ivan Vasiunyk (acting) | 6 September 2005 – 7 September 2005 | ||
7 | Oleh Rybachuk | 7 September 2005 – 22 September 2005 | ||
Chief-of-Staff of the Secretariat of the President | ||||
# | Picture | Chief | Years | President of Ukraine |
7 | Oleh Rybachuk | 22 September 2005 – 15 September 2006 | Viktor Yushchenko | |
8 | Viktor Baloha | 15 September 2006 – 19 May 2009 | ||
9 | Vira Ulyanchenko | 19 May 2009 – 24 February 2010 | ||
Chief-of-Staff of the Presidential Administration | ||||
# | Picture | Chief | Years | President of Ukraine |
10 | Serhiy Lyovochkin | 25 February 2010 – 17 January 2014 | Viktor Yanukovych | |
11 | Andriy Klyuyev | 24 January 2014[9] – 23 February 2014[10][11] | ||
– | Oleh Rafalsky (acting)[12] | 26 February 2014[12] – 5 March 2014 | Oleksandr Turchynov (acting) | |
– | Serhiy Pashynskyi (acting) | 5 March 2014 – 10 June 2014 | ||
12 | Boris Lozhkin | 10 June 2014[13] – 29 August 2016 | Petro Poroshenko | |
13 | Ihor Rainin | 29 August 2016[14] – 21 May 2019[15] | ||
Head of President's Office | ||||
# | Picture | Chief | Years | President of Ukraine |
14 | Andriy Bohdan | 21 May 2019 – 11 February 2020[3][15] | Volodymyr Zelenskyy | |
15 | Andriy Yermak | 11 February 2020[3] – incumbent |
Structure
[edit]- Cabinet of the President of Ukraine
- Cabinet of the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine
- State Protocol and Ceremonials Service
- Directorate for Legal Policy
- Directorate for Foreign Policy and Strategic Partnership
- Directorate for Justice and Law Enforcement
- Directorate for Regional Policy
- Directorate for Economic Policy
- Directorate for National and Humanitarian Policy
- Directorate for Information and Media Policy
- Social Policy and Health Care Directorate
- European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Department
- National Security and Defense Department
- Document Control Department
- Department for Citizenship, Pardon and State Awards
- Department for Public Queries
- HR Department
- Information Technologies Department
- Department for Interaction with the Parliament and Government
- Center for Coordination with the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
- State Administrative Department
References
[edit]- ^ a b c (in Ukrainian) Zelensky issued several staff decrees in connection with the replacement of the AP on the presidential office, Radio Svoboda (25 June 2019)
"Zelensky to move Presidential Administration, rename it, shrink staff". Kyiv Post. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019. - ^ "Official website. Address (bottom of the page)". March 2017.
- ^ a b c d Zelensky dismisses head of president's office Bohdan, appoints Yermak instead, Interfax-Ukraine (11 February 2020)
- ^ Legal Aspects of the Regional Integration Processes in the Post-Soviet Area by Zhenis Kembayev, Springer, 2008, ISBN 3-540-87651-0 (page 30)
- ^ "Secretariat of the President of Ukraine". Presidential Administration of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
- ^ Laws of Ukraine. Presidential decree No. 108/2005: On the Secretariat of the President of Ukraine. Adopted on 25 January 2005. (Ukrainian)
- ^ УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ № 265/2010 Archived 27 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Structure of the Presidential Administration". March 2017.
- ^ Kliuyev appointed presidential chief of staff, Interfax-Ukraine (24 January 2014)
- ^ Kliuyev resigns, wounded, no threat to his life - spokesman, Interfax-Ukraine (25 February 2014)
- ^ Ukraine crisis: Turchynov warns of 'separatism' risk, BBC News (25 February 2014)
- ^ a b Rafalsky appointed acting head of presidential administration, Interfax-Ukraine (26 February 2014)
- ^ Borys Lozhkin appointed head of Ukraine's presidential administration, Interfax-Ukraine (10 June 2014)
- ^ Poroshenko announces Lozhkin's resignation, appoints Rainin new head of presidential administration, UNIAN (29 August 2016)
- ^ a b "Зеленський призначив п'ятьох заступників глави Адміністрації президента (список)". glavcom.ua. 21 May 2019.
External links
[edit]- "Secretariat of the President of Ukraine". Presidential Administration of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
- Office Management at the Official website of the President of Ukraine