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Second Yatsenyuk Government

17th Cabinet of Ukraine (since 1990)
Date formed2 December 2014[1][2]
People and organisations
Head of statePetro Poroshenko
Head of governmentArseniy Yatsenyuk
Deputy head of governmentYuriy Zubko
Vyacheslav Kyrylenko
Valeriy Vorschevsky
Member partyPetro Poroshenko Bloc
People's Front
Self Reliance
Fatherland
Radical Party
Status in legislatureCoalition
Opposition partyOpposition Bloc
Opposition leaderYuriy Boyko
History
PredecessorFirst Yatsenyuk Government

The Second Yatsenyuk Government was created in Ukraine after the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election. On 2 December 2014 288 members (of the 423[3]) of the Ukrainian parliament approved the composition of the cabinet.[1][2]

Creation

The morning after the 26 October 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election the Petro Poroshenko Bloc and the People's Front started negotiations on forming a parliamentary coalition.[4] 226 votes are needed to form a simple majority in the Verkhovna Rada.[5]

Late 27 October preliminary results indicated that both parties had won (together) 207 seats.[6] By 30 October 2014 Self Reliance, Fatherland and the Radical Party were also involved in negotiations.[7][8] On 31 October the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, the People's Front and Self Reliance formed "a joint trilateral group and that we will begin professional talks on our joint work, including on the drafting of a coalition agreement"; according to Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc Volodymyr Groysman his party was open to the possibility of Fatherland and the Radical Party joining this coalition.[9] The same day the Petro Poroshenko Bloc stated it supported the candidacy of the People's Front's Arseniy Yatsenyuk (who was Prime Minister at the time) as Prime Minister of Ukraine.[10]

On 21 November 2014 Petro Poroshenko Bloc, People's Front, Self Reliance, Fatherland and the Radical Party signed a coalition agreement.[11]

On 27 November 2014 at the opening session of the new parliament) these 5 parliamentary factions formed a parliamentary coalition of 302 deputies.[12] Following this Arseniy Yatsenyuk was confirmed as prime minister by 341 votes.[13]

On 2 December 2014 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko granted citizenship to Natalie Jaresko, Alexander Kvitashvili and Aivaras Abromavičius, who were all potential ministers in the government.[14] Later that day Jaresko, Kvitashvili and Abromavičius were confirmed as the Minister of Finance, Health and Economy.[2][15]

Parliamentary voting

The approval of the composition of the government was marred by some last-minute delay and controversy when a group of deputies demanded that ministers be approved on an individual basis.[16] This caused hours of debate, however, the government was approved in the proposed form by 288 deputies (of the 423[3]).[1][2][16]

For the candidacy of the Prime Minister of Ukraine, 341 members of parliament voted for Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

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Additional decisions

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Composition

Under the Constitution of Ukraine the Ukrainian President submits nominations to parliament for the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defense; on 2 December 2014 President Petro Poroshenko proposed that the Verkhovna Rada reappoint Pavlo Klimkin and Stepan Poltorak for these posts.[17] The same day Poltorak was reappointed as Minister of Defense by 347 People's Deputies of Ukraine and Klimkin as Minister of Foreign Affairs by 351 votes.[18] A few hours later 288 Deputies (of the 423[3]) approved the composition of other ministers in one vote.[1][2]

The Ministry of Information is a new ministry which oversees the information policy related to the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine; according to its Minister Yuriy Stets one of its goals is "active counteraction to the Russian information aggression".[2][19] Reporters Without Borders firmly opposed the creation of such a ministry, stating "the media should not be regulated by the government".[20]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d UKRAINIAN RADA SUPPORTS COALITION-PROPOSED GOVERNMENT LINEUP BY 288 VOTES, Interfax-Ukraine (2 December 2014)
  2. ^ a b c d e f Cite error: The named reference FLUYGIU21214 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c Parliamentary elections not to be held at nine constituencies in Donetsk region and six constituencies in Luhansk region - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (25 October 2014)
  4. ^ Negotiations on forming parliament coalition begin in Ukraine, Interfax-Ukraine (27 October 2014)
  5. ^ Poroshenko Bloc candidates leading in 64 single-seat constituencies - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (27.10.2014)
  6. ^ Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament, Ukrainian Television and Radio (8 November 2014)
    People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
    Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
    Poroshenko Bloc candidates leading in 64 single-seat constituencies - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (27 October 2014)
  7. ^ Poroshenko and Yatsenyuk’s parties maneuver for lead role in coalition , Kyiv Post (29 October 2014)
  8. ^ President, PM and Samopomich Party leader discuss Rada coalition, Interfax-Ukraine (30 October 2014)
    Batkivschyna reports constructive talks between Poroshenko, Tymoshenko on coalition formation, Interfax-Ukraine (30 October 2014)
    Liashko says he had talk with president on coalition formation issues, Interfax-Ukraine (31 October 2014)
  9. ^ Poroshenko Bloc, People's Front, Samopomich begin talks on forming new coalition - Hroisman, Interfax-Ukraine (31 October 2014)
  10. ^ Poroshenko nominates Yatseniuk for premier's post – Twitter, Interfax-Ukraine (31 October 2014)
    Poroshenko Bloc backs Yatseniuk as candidate for prime minister - party statement, Interfax-Ukraine (31 October 2014)
    Friends For Now: Can Poroshenko, Yatsenyuk work together?, Kyiv Post (30 October 2014)
  11. ^ Five political forces sign coalition agreement, Interfax-Ukraine (21 November 2014)
    Ukraine's parliamentary parties initial coalition agreement, Interfax-Ukraine (21 November 2014)
  12. ^ Five factions form Verkhovna Rada coalition, Interfax-Ukraine (27 November 2014)
    Poroshenko guesses parliamentary coalition to be slightly larger, Interfax-Ukraine (27 November 2014)
    Governing coalition formed in parliament, UNIAN (27 November 2014)
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference yats341v was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ Poroshenko orders to grant citizenship to Jaresko, Kvitashvili and Abromavicius, Interfax-Ukraine (2 December 2014)
    Foreign technocrats given Ukrainian citizenship before cabinet vote, Reuters (2 December 2014)
  15. ^ "Ukraine names US national Jaresko as finance minister". en-maktoob news. Yahoo news. 2 December 2014.
  16. ^ a b Ukraine parliament approves new government, Associated Press (2 December 2014)
  17. ^ Poroshenko proposes reappointing Klimkin and Poltorak as foreign and defense ministers, Interfax-Ukraine (2 December 2014)
  18. ^ Cite error: The named reference PPbacksYg was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  19. ^ Ukraine must establish Information Policy Ministry , National Radio Company of Ukraine (2 December 2014)
  20. ^ "RWB Opposes Creation of Information Ministry". Reporters without Borders. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
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