List of prime ministers of Ukraine
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The prime minister of Ukraine ( Ukrainian : Прем'єр-міністр України , Prem'ier-ministr Ukrayiny ) 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 .
Denys Shmyhal is the current prime minister of Ukraine since 4 March 2020.
Originally a parliamentary republic without a head of state, in 1918 a post of head of state was introduced in the form of a dictatorship. For a brief period there existed a collective head of state (Directory) which was soon phased away. During the Soviet period, a post of head of state was in a shadow of the Communist Party leader (see First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine ).
List of officeholders
Ukrainian People's Republic (1917 – 1918)
Portrait |
Name
(Birth–Death) |
Election |
Term of office
Duration |
Party | Government | Cabinet Composition | Head of state | ||
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Volodymyr Vynnychenko
Володимир Винниченко Head of the General Secretariat (1880–1951) |
— |
28 June
1917 |
26 August
1917 |
USDP | Vynnychenko I | USDRP • UPSR • Fareynikte • Bund • AKP • UPSF |
none
(1917–1918) |
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1 month and 29 days | |||||||||
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Dmytro Doroshenko
Дмитро Дорошенко Head of the General Secretariat (1882–1951) |
— |
27 August
1917 |
31 August
1917 |
UPSF | Doroshenko | USDRP • UPSR • Fareynikte • Bund • AKP • UPSF | ||
4 days | |||||||||
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Volodymyr Vynnychenko
Володимир Винниченко Head of the General Secretariat (1880–1951) |
— |
3 September
1917 |
22 January
1918 |
USDRP | Vynnychenko II | USDRP • UPSF • UPSR • Fareynikte • UPSI • Bund • AKP • NSP | ||
4 months and 19 days | |||||||||
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Vsevolod Holubovych
Всеволод Голубович Chairman of the Council of People's Ministers (1885–1939) |
— |
31 January
1918 |
29 April
1918 |
UPSR | Holubovych | UPSR • UPSI • USDRP | ||
2 months and 29 days |
Ukrainian State (1918)
Portrait |
Name
(Birth–Death) |
Election |
Term of office
Duration |
Party | Government | Cabinet Composition | Hetman | ||
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Mykola Vasylenko
Микола Василенко Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1866–1935) |
— |
30 April
1918 |
4 May
1918 |
K-D | Vasylenko | K-D |
Pavlo
Skoropadskyi Павло Скоропадський ![]() (1918) |
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4 days | |||||||||
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Fedir Lyzohub
Федір Лизогуб Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1851–1928) |
— |
4 May
1918 |
14 November
1918 |
Octobrist | Lyzohub | Octobrist • K-D • UPSF | ||
6 months and 10 days | |||||||||
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Sergey Gerbel
Сергій Гербель Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1856–1936) |
— |
14 November
1918 |
14 December
1918 |
Independent | Gerbel | Octobrist • K-D • UPSF | ||
1 month |
Ukrainian People's Republic (restored; 1918 – 1921)
Portrait |
Name
(Birth–Death) |
Election |
Term of office
Duration |
Party | Government | Cabinet Composition | Head of State | ||
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Volodymyr Chekhivsky
Володимир Чехівський Chairman of the Council of People's Ministers (1876–1937) |
1918 |
26 December
1918 |
13 February
1919 |
USDRP | Chekhivsky | USDRP • UPSR • UNDO • UPSI • Poale Zion |
The
Directorate (collective) ![]() (1918–1921) |
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1 month and 18 days | |||||||||
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Serhiy Ostapenko
Сергій Остапенко Chairman of the Council of People's Ministers (1881–1937) |
— |
13 February
1919 |
9 April
1919 |
Independent | Ostapenko | UPSF • UPSI • UNDO | ||
1 month and 27 days | |||||||||
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Borys Martos
Борис Мартос Chairman of the Council of People's Ministers (1879–1977) |
— |
9 April
1919 |
27 August
1919 |
USDRP | Martos | USDRP • UPSR • URP • Poale Zion | ||
4 months and 18 days | |||||||||
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Isaak Mazepa
Ісаак Мазепа Chairman of the Council of People's Ministers (1884–1952) |
— |
29 August
1919 |
26 May
1920 |
USDRP | Mazepa | USDRP | ||
8 months and 27 days | |||||||||
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Vyacheslav Prokopovych
В'ячеслав Прокопович Head of the General Secretariat (1881–1942) |
— |
26 May
1920 |
18 March
1921 |
UPSF | Prokopovych | USDRP • UPSF | ||
9 months and 20 days |
Prime ministers of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile
Portrait |
Name
(Birth–Death) |
Term of office
Duration |
Party | Notes | Head of State | |
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Andriy Livytskyi
( 1879-1954 ) |
18 Nov
1920 |
24 May
1921 |
USDRP | Resided in Paris |
Symon Petliura
( as chairman of the Directorate of Ukraine ) |
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Vyacheslav Prokopovych
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24 May
1921 |
5 Aug
1921 |
Independent | Resided in Paris | |
Pylyp Pylypchuk ( 1879-1940 ) |
5 Aug
1921 |
14 Jan
1922 |
USDRP | Resided in Paris | ||
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Andriy Livytskyi
( 1879-1954 ) |
14 Jan
1922 |
25 May
1926 |
USDRP | Resided in Paris | |
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Vyacheslav Prokopovych
|
25 May
1926 |
Oct
1939 |
Independent | Resided in Paris |
Andriy Livytskyi
( as chairman of the Directorate of Ukraine ) |
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Oleksander Shulhyn (1889-1960) |
Oct
1939 |
May
1940 |
Independent | Resided in Paris | |
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Andrii Yakovliv (1872-1955) | 1944 | 1945 | Independent | Resided in Prague | |
Kost Pankivskiy (1897-1973) | 1945 | 1948 | Ukrainian National State Union | Resided in Munich | ||
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Isaak Mazepa (1884-1952) |
19 Jun
1948 |
18 Mar
1952 |
Ukrainian Socialist Party | Resided in Munich; died in office | Andriy Livytskyi (as president of Ukrainian People's Republic in exile |
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Stepan Baran (1879-1953) |
18 Mar
1952 |
4 Jun
1953 |
UNDO | Resided in Munich; died in office | |
Vacant (4 Jun 1953 - 1954) | ||||||
Spyrydon Dovhal (1896-1975) | 1954 | 1954 | Ukrainian Socialist Party | Resided in Munich | Stepan Vytvytskyi | |
Symon Sozontiv (1898-1980) | 1954 | 1957 | Independent | Resided in Munich | ||
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Mykola Livytskyi (1907-1989) | 1957 | 22 Mar 1967 | Ukrainian National State Union | Resided in Munich | |
Atanas Figol (1908-1993) |
22 Mar
1967 |
1969 | Independent | Resided in Munich | Mykola Livytskyi | |
Spyrydon Dovhal (1896-1975) | 1969 | 1972 | Ukrainian Socialist Party | Resided in Munich | ||
Vasyl Fedoronchuk (1915-1984?) [1] | 1972 | 1974 | UNDO | Resided in Munich | ||
Teofil Leontiy (?-?) | 1974 | 1980 | Independent | Resided in Munich | ||
Jaroslav Rudnyckyj (1910-1995) | 1980 | 1989 | Independent | Resided in Munich | ||
Ivan Samiylenko (1912-2006) | 1989 | 1992 | Ukrainian National State Union | Resided in Munich; transferred his duties to Vitold Fokin as prime minister of independent Ukraine. | Mykola Plaviuk |
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1922 – 1991)
- Note: during the Soviet period a head of state in Ukraine as in any other union republic was a chair person of Central Executive Committee and after 1938 a chair person of Presidium of the Supreme Soviet ( Verkhovna Rada ).
Portrait |
Name
(Birth–Death) |
Election |
Term of office
Duration |
Party | Government | Cabinet Composition | Central Executive Committee | ||
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Christian Rakovsky
Християн Раковський Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1873–1941) |
— |
16 January
1919 |
30 December
1922 |
KPU | Rakovsky I | KPU |
Grigory
Petrovsky Григорій Петровський ![]() (1919–1938) |
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30 December
1922 |
15 July
1923 |
Rakovsky II | |||||||
4 years, 5 months and 29 days | |||||||||
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Vlas Chubar
Влас Чубар Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1891/1881–1939) |
— |
15 July
1923 |
28 April
1934 |
KPU | Chubar | KPU | ||
10 years, 9 months and 13 days | |||||||||
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Panas Lyubchenko
Панас Любченко Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1897–1937) |
— |
28 April
1934 |
30 August
1937 |
KPU | Lyubchenko | KPU | ||
3 years, 4 months and 2 days [†] | |||||||||
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Mykhailo Bondarenko
Михайло Бондаренко Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1903–1938) |
— |
31 August
1937 |
13 October
1937 |
KPU | Bondarenko | KPU | ||
1 month and 13 days | |||||||||
After Bondarenko's arrest for conspiracy, Mykola Marchak became acting Chairman, from 13 October 1937 to 21 February 1938, until his arrest. | Presidium | ||||||||
Demyan Korotchenko
Дем’ян Коротченко Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1894–1969) |
1937 |
21 February
1938 |
6 August
1939 |
KPU | Korotchenko I | KPU |
Leonid
Korniyets Леонід Корнієць ![]() (1938–1939) |
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1 year, 5 months and 16 days | |||||||||
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Leonid Korniyets
Леонід Корнієць Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1901–1969) |
1939 |
6 August
1939 |
20 August
1941 |
KPU | Korniyets | KPU |
Mykhailo
Hrechukha Михайло Гречуха ![]() (1939–1954) |
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20 August
1941 |
16 February
1944 |
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4 years, 6 months and 10 days | |||||||||
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Nikita Khrushchev
Микита Хрущов Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1894–1971) |
— |
16 February
1944 |
29 August
1944 |
KPU | Khrushchev | KPU | ||
29 August
1944 |
4 March
1947 |
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3 years and 16 days | |||||||||
Demyan Korotchenko
Дем’ян Коротченко Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1894–1969) |
1947 |
4 March
1947 |
15 January
1954 |
KPU | Korotchenko II | KPU | |||
1951 | |||||||||
6 years, 10 months and 11 days | |||||||||
Nikifor Kalchenko
Никифор Кальчекно Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1906–1989) |
1955 |
15 January
1954 |
28 February
1961 |
KPU | Kalchenko | KPU |
Demyan
Korotchenko Дем’ян Коротченко ![]() (1954–1969) |
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1959 | |||||||||
7 years, 1 month and 13 days | |||||||||
Volodymyr Shcherbytsky
Володимир Щербицький Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1918–1990) |
— |
28 February
1961 |
28 June
1963 |
KPU | Shcherbytsky I | KPU | |||
2 years and 4 months | |||||||||
Ivan Kazanets
Іван Казанець Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1918–2013) |
1963 |
28 June
1963 |
22 October
1965 |
KPU | Kazanets | KPU | |||
2 years, 3 months and 24 days | |||||||||
Volodymyr Shcherbytsky
Володимир Щербицький Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1918–1990) |
1967 |
22 October
1965 |
8 June
1972 |
KPU | Shcherbytsky II | KPU | |||
1971 |
Oleksandr
Liashko Олександр Ляшко ![]() (1969–1972) |
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6 years, 7 months and 17 days | |||||||||
Oleksandr Liashko
Олександр Ляшко Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1915–2002) |
1975 |
8 June
1972 |
10 July
1987 |
KPU | Liashko I | KPU |
Ivan
Hrushetsky Іван Грушецький ![]() (1972–1976) |
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1980 | |||||||||
1985 | Liashko II |
Oleksiy
Vatchenko Олексій Ватченко ![]() (1976–1984) |
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15 years, 1 month and 2 days |
Valentyna
Shevchenko Валентина Шевченко ![]() (1984–1990) |
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Vitaliy Masol
Віталій Масол Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1928–2018) |
— |
10 July
1987 |
23 October
1990 |
KPU | Masol I | KPU | ||
3 years, 3 months and 13 days | |||||||||
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Vitold Fokin
Вітольд Фокін Chairman of the Council of Ministers (born 1932) |
1990 |
23 October
1990 |
18 April
1991 |
KPU | Fokin | KPU |
Vacant
(1990–1991) |
|
5 months and 26 days |
Ukraine (1991–present)
No. | Portrait |
Name
(Birth–Death) |
Election |
Term of office
Duration |
Party | Government | Cabinet Composition | President | |
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1 |
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Vitold Fokin
Вітольд Фокін Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1932) |
— |
18 April
1991 |
2 October
1992 |
Independent | Fokin | Independents |
Leonid
Kravchuk Леонід Кравчук ![]() (1991–1994) |
1 year, 5 months and 14 days | |||||||||
After Fokin's resignation, Valentyn Symonenko became acting Prime Minister, from 2 to 13 October 1992. | |||||||||
2 |
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Leonid Kuchma
Леонід Кучма Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1938) |
— |
13 October
1992 |
22 September
1993 |
Independent | Kuchma | Independents | |
11 months and 9 days | |||||||||
After Kuchma's resignation, Yukhym Zvyahilsky became acting Prime Minister, from 22 September 1993 to 16 June 1994. | |||||||||
3 |
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Vitaliy Masol
Віталій Масол Prime Minister of Ukraine (1928–2018) |
1994 |
16 June
1994 |
1 March
1995 |
Independent | Masol II | Independents |
Leonid
Kuchma Леонід Кучма ![]() (1994–2005) |
8 months and 13 days | |||||||||
4 |
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Yevhen Marchuk
Євген Марчук Prime Minister of Ukraine (1941–2021) |
— |
1 March
1995 |
28 May
1996 |
Independent | Marchuk | Independents | |
1 year, 2 months and 27 days | |||||||||
5 |
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Pavlo Lazarenko
Павло Лазаренко Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1953) |
— |
28 May
1996 |
2 July
1997 |
Independent | Lazarenko I | Independents | |
Lazarenko II | |||||||||
1 year, 1 month and 4 days | |||||||||
After Lazarenko's dismissal, Vasyl Durdynets became acting Prime Minister, from 2 to 30 July 1997. | |||||||||
6 |
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Valeriy Pustovoitenko
Валерій Пустовойтенко Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1947) |
1998 |
30 July
1997 |
22 December
1999 |
People's Democratic Party | Pustovoitenko | NDP • Hromada • PRP | |
2 years, 4 months and 22 days | |||||||||
7 |
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Viktor Yushchenko
Віктор Ющенко Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1954) |
— |
22 December
1999 |
29 May
2001 |
People's Democratic Party | Yushchenko | NDP • Batkivshchyna • PRP | |
1 year, 5 months and 7 days | |||||||||
8 |
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Anatoliy Kinakh
Анатолій Кінах Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1954) |
— |
29 May
2001 |
21 November
2002 |
Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs | Kinakh | NDP • Batkivshchyna • PR • PPPU • NP • TU | |
1 year, 5 months and 23 days | |||||||||
9 |
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Viktor Yanukovych
Віктор Янукович Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1950) |
2002 |
21 November
2002 |
5 January
2005 |
Party of Regions | Yanukovych I |
For United Ukraine!
(PR • NDP • PPPU • NP • TU) |
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2 years, 1 month and 15 days | |||||||||
After Yanukovych's resignation, Mykola Azarov became acting Prime Minister, from 5 to 24 January 2005. | |||||||||
10 |
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Yulia Tymoshenko
Юлія Тимошенко Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1960) |
— |
24 January
2005 |
8 September
2005 |
All-Ukrainian Union
"Fatherland" |
Tymoshenko I | Our Ukraine Bloc • Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc • PPPU • SPU |
Viktor
Yushchenko Віктор Ющенко ![]() (2005–2010) |
8 months | |||||||||
11 |
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Yuriy Yekhanurov
Юрій Єхануров Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1948) |
— |
8 September
2005 |
4 August
2006 |
Our Ukraine | Yekhanurov | Our Ukraine Bloc • SPU | |
11 months | |||||||||
12 |
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Viktor Yanukovych
Віктор Янукович Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1950) |
2006 |
4 August
2006 |
18 December
2007 |
Party of Regions | Yanukovych II |
Government of National Unity
(PR • SPU • KPU • Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc • Our Ukraine Bloc) [ a ] |
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1 year, 4 months and 14 days | |||||||||
13 |
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Yulia Tymoshenko
Юлія Тимошенко Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1960) |
2007 |
18 December
2007 |
4 March
2010 |
All-Ukrainian Union
"Fatherland" |
Tymoshenko II | Fatherland • Our Ukraine • PRP • Rukh • PPNS | |
2 years and 3 months |
Viktor
Yanukovych Віктор Янукович ![]() (2010–2014) |
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After Tymoshenko's resignation, Oleksandr Turchynov became acting Prime Minister, from 4 to 11 March 2010. | |||||||||
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Mykola Azarov
Микола Азаров Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1947) |
2012 |
11 March
2010 |
28 January
2014 |
Party of Regions | Azarov I | PR • Lytvyn Bloc • SU • YT • SPU | |
Azarov II | PR • U-V | ||||||||
3 years, 10 months and 17 days | |||||||||
After Azarov's resignation, Serhiy Arbuzov became acting Prime Minister, from 28 January to 22 February 2014. Oleksandr Turchynov then succeeded him until 27 February 2014. | |||||||||
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Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Арсеній Яценюк Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1974) |
2014 |
27 February
2014 |
14 April
2016 |
All-Ukrainian Union
"Fatherland" [ b ] |
Yatsenyuk I | Fatherland • Svoboda |
Petro
Poroshenko Петро Порошенко ![]() (2014–2019) |
15 | People's Front | Yatsenyuk II | Solidarity • PF • Self Reliance • RP • Fatherland | ||||||
2 years and 2 months | |||||||||
16 |
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Volodymyr Groysman
Володимир Гройсман Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1978) |
— |
14 April
2016 |
29 August
2019 |
Petro Poroshenko Bloc
"Solidarity" |
Groysman | Solidarity • PF | |
3 years, 4 months and 15 days | |||||||||
Volodymyr
Zelenskyy Володимир Зеленський ![]() (2019–present) |
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17 |
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Oleksiy Honcharuk
Олексій Гончарук Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1984) |
2019 |
29 August
2019 |
4 March
2020 |
Servant of the People | Honcharuk | SP | |
7 months | |||||||||
18 |
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Denys Shmyhal
Денис Шмигаль Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1975) |
— |
4 March
2020 |
Incumbent | Independent | Shmyhal | SP • Independents | |
3 years, 5 months and 11 days |
Timeline
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See also
Notes
- ^† Died in office / ^
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^
a:
The "Yulia Tymoshenko" and "Our Ukraine" Blocs left the government on 6 April 2007.
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^
b:
Yatsenyuk was a member of the
All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"
until September 10, 2014.
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Acting/unrecognized government.
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".