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 Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, there have been 18 prime ministers.[1]
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.[2][1]
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 | 59 days | USDP | Vynnychenko I | USDRP • UPSR • Fareynikte • Bund • AKP • UPSF | none (1917–1918) | |
![]() | Dmytro Doroshenko Дмитро Дорошенко Head of the General Secretariat (1882–1951) | — | 27 August 1917 | 31 August 1917 | 4 days | UPSF | Doroshenko | USDRP • UPSR • Fareynikte • Bund • AKP • UPSF | ||
![]() | Volodymyr Vynnychenko Володимир Винниченко Head of the General Secretariat (1880–1951) | — | 3 September 1917 | 22 January 1918 | 141 days | USDRP | Vynnychenko II | USDRP • UPSF • UPSR • Fareynikte • UPSI • Bund • AKP • NSP | ||
![]() | Vsevolod Holubovych Всеволод Голубович Chairman of the Council of People's Ministers (1885–1939) | — | 31 January 1918 | 29 April 1918 | 88 days | UPSR | Holubovych | UPSR • UPSI • USDRP |
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) | |
4 days | |||||||||
![]() | Fedir Lyzohub Федір Лизогуб Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1851–1928) | — | 4 May 1918 | 14 November 1918 | Octobrist | Lyzohub | Octobrist • K-D • UPSF | ||
194 days | |||||||||
![]() | Sergey Gerbel Сергій Гербель Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1856–1936) | — | 14 November 1918 | 14 December 1918 | Independent | Gerbel | Octobrist • K-D • UPSF | ||
30 days |
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) | |
49 days | |||||||||
![]() | 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 | ||
55 days | |||||||||
![]() | 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 | ||
140 days | |||||||||
![]() | Isaak Mazepa Ісаак Мазепа Chairman of the Council of People's Ministers (1884–1952) | — | 29 August 1919 | 26 May 1920 | USDRP | Mazepa | USDRP | ||
271 days | |||||||||
![]() | Viacheslav Prokopovych В'ячеслав Прокопович Head of the General Secretariat (1881–1942) | — | 26 May 1920 | 18 March 1921 | UPSF | Prokopovych | USDRP • UPSF | ||
296 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 Андрій Лівицький (1879–1954) | 18 Nov 1920 | 24 May 1921 | USDRP | Resided in Paris | Symon Petliura (as chairman of the Directorate of Ukraine) |
![]() | Viacheslav Prokopovych В'ячеслав Прокопович(1881–1942) | 24 May 1921 | 5 August 1921 | Independent | Resided in Paris | |
Pylyp Pylypchuk Пилип Пилипчук (1879–1940) | 5 August 1921 | 14 January 1922 | USDRP | Resided in Paris | ||
![]() | Andriy Livytskyi Андрій Лівицький (1879–1954) | 14 January 1922 | 25 May 1926 | USDRP | Resided in Paris | |
![]() | Viacheslav Prokopovych В'ячеслав Прокопович(1881–1942) | 25 May 1926 | October 1939 | Independent | Resided in Paris | Andriy Livytskyi (as chairman of the Directorate of Ukraine) |
![]() | Oleksandr Shulhyn Олександр Шульгин (1889–1960) | October 1939 | May 1940 | Independent | Resided in Paris | |
![]() | Andrii Yakovliv Андрій Яковлів (1872–1955) | 1944 | 1945 | Independent | Resided in Prague | |
Kost Pankivskiy Кость Паньківський (1897–1973) | 1945 | 1948 | Ukrainian National State Union | Resided in Munich | ||
![]() | Isaak Mazepa Ісаак Мазепа (1884–1952) | 19 June 1948 | 18 March 1952 | Ukrainian Socialist Party | Resided in Munich; died in office | Andriy Livytskyi (as president of Ukrainian People's Republic in exile |
![]() | Stepan Baran Степан Баран (1879–1953) | 18 March 1952 | 4 June 1953 | UNDO | Resided in Munich; died in office | |
Vacant (4 June 1953 – 1954) | ||||||
Spyrydon Dovhal Спиридон Довгаль (1896–1975) | 1954 | 1954 | Ukrainian Socialist Party | Resided in Munich | Stepan Vytvytskyi | |
Symon Sozontiv Симон Созонтів (1898–1980) | 1954 | 1957 | Independent | Resided in Munich | ||
![]() | Mykola Livytskyi Микола Лівицький (1907–1989) | 1957 | 22 March 1967 | Ukrainian National State Union | Resided in Munich | |
![]() | Atanas Figol Атанас Фіґоль (1908–1993) | 22 March 1967 | 1969 | Independent | Resided in Munich | Mykola Livytskyi |
Spyrydon Dovhal Спиридон Довгаль (1896–1975) | 1969 | 1972 | Ukrainian Socialist Party | Resided in Munich | ||
Vasyl Fedoronchuk Василь Федорончук (1915–1984?)[3] | 1972 | 1974 | UNDO | Resided in Munich | ||
Teofil Leontiy Теофіль Леонтій (?–?) | 1974 | 1980 | Independent | Resided in Munich | ||
Jaroslav Rudnyckyj Ярослав Рудницький (1910–1995) | 1980 | 1989 | Independent | Resided in Munich | ||
Ivan Samiylenko Іван Самійленко (1912–2006) | 1989 | 22 August 1992 | Ukrainian National State Union | Resided in Munich; transferred his duties to Vitold Fokin as prime minister of independent Ukraine.[4] | 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) | |
30 December 1922 | 15 July 1923 | Rakovsky II | |||||||
4 years, 180 days | |||||||||
![]() | 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, 287 days | |||||||||
![]() | 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, 124 days [†] | |||||||||
![]() | Mykhailo Bondarenko Михайло Бондаренко Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1903–1938) | — | 31 August 1937 | 13 October 1937 | KPU | Bondarenko | KPU | ||
43 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) | |
1 year, 166 days | |||||||||
![]() | 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) | |
20 August 1941 | 16 February 1944 | ||||||||
4 years, 194 days | |||||||||
![]() | 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 | ||||||||
3 years, 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, 317 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) | ||
1959 | |||||||||
7 years, 44 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, 120 days | |||||||||
Ivan Kazanets Іван Казанець Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1918–2013) | 1963 | 28 June 1963 | 22 October 1965 | KPU | Kazanets | KPU | |||
2 years, 116 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) | ||||||||
6 years, 230 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) | |
1980 | |||||||||
1985 | Liashko II | Oleksiy Vatchenko Олексій Ватченко ![]() (1976–1984) | |||||||
15 years, 32 days | Valentyna Shevchenko Валентина Шевченко ![]() (1984–1990) | ||||||||
![]() | Vitaliy Masol Віталій Масол Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1928–2018) | — | 10 July 1987 | 23 October 1990 | KPU | Masol I | KPU | ||
3 years, 105 days | |||||||||
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) | ||
177 days |
Ukraine (1991–present)
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Election | Term of office | Duration | Party | Government | Cabinet Composition | President | |
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Vitold Fokin Вітольд Фокін Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1932) | — | 18 April 1991 | 2 October 1992 | 1 year, 167 days | Independent | Fokin | Independents | Leonid Kravchuk Леонід Кравчук ![]() (1991–1994) | ||
After Fokin's resignation, Valentyn Symonenko became acting Prime Minister, from 2 to 13 October 1992. | ||||||||||
Leonid Kuchma Леонід Кучма Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1938) | — | 13 October 1992 | 22 September 1993 | 344 days | Independent | Kuchma | Independents | |||
After Kuchma's resignation, Yukhym Zvyahilsky became acting Prime Minister, from 22 September 1993 to 16 June 1994. | ||||||||||
![]() | Vitaliy Masol Віталій Масол Prime Minister of Ukraine (1928–2018) | 1994 | 16 June 1994 | 1 March 1995 | 258 days | Independent | Masol II | Independents | Leonid Kuchma Леонід Кучма ![]() (1994–2005) | |
![]() | Yevhen Marchuk Євген Марчук Prime Minister of Ukraine (1941–2021) | — | 1 March 1995 | 28 May 1996 | 1 year, 88 days | Independent | Marchuk | Independents | ||
![]() | Pavlo Lazarenko Павло Лазаренко Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1953) | — | 28 May 1996 | 2 July 1997 | 1 year, 35 days | Independent | Lazarenko I | Independents | ||
Lazarenko II | ||||||||||
After Lazarenko's dismissal, Vasyl Durdynets became acting Prime Minister, from 2 to 30 July 1997. | ||||||||||
![]() | Valeriy Pustovoitenko Валерій Пустовойтенко Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1947) | 1998 | 30 July 1997 | 22 December 1999 | 2 years, 145 days | People's Democratic Party | Pustovoitenko | NDP • Hromada • PRP | ||
![]() | Viktor Yushchenko Віктор Ющенко Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1954) | — | 22 December 1999 | 29 May 2001 | 1 year, 158 days | People's Democratic Party | Yushchenko | NDP • Batkivshchyna • PRP | ||
![]() | Anatoliy Kinakh Анатолій Кінах Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1954) | — | 29 May 2001 | 21 November 2002 | 1 year, 176 days | Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs | Kinakh | NDP • Batkivshchyna • PR • PPPU • NP • TU | ||
![]() | Viktor Yanukovych Віктор Янукович Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1950) | 2002 | 21 November 2002 | 5 January 2005 | 2 years, 45 days | Party of Regions | Yanukovych I | For United Ukraine! (PR • NDP • PPPU • NP • TU) | ||
After Yanukovych's resignation, Mykola Azarov became acting Prime Minister, from 5 to 24 January 2005. | ||||||||||
![]() | Yulia Tymoshenko Юлія Тимошенко Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1960) | — | 24 January 2005 | 8 September 2005 | 243 days | All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" | Tymoshenko I | Our Ukraine Bloc • Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc • PPPU • SPU | Viktor Yushchenko Віктор Ющенко ![]() (2005–2010) | |
![]() | Yuriy Yekhanurov Юрій Єхануров Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1948) | — | 8 September 2005 | 4 August 2006 | 334 days | Our Ukraine | Yekhanurov | Our Ukraine Bloc • SPU | ||
![]() | Viktor Yanukovych Віктор Янукович Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1950) | 2006 | 4 August 2006 | 18 December 2007 | 1 year, 136 days | Party of Regions | Yanukovych II | Government of National Unity (PR • SPU • KPU • Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc • Our Ukraine Bloc)[a] | ||
![]() | Yulia Tymoshenko Юлія Тимошенко Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1960) | 2007 | 18 December 2007 | 4 March 2010 | 2 years, 90 days | All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" | Tymoshenko II | Fatherland • Our Ukraine • PRP • Rukh • PPNS | ||
After Tymoshenko's resignation, Oleksandr Turchynov became acting Prime Minister, from 4 to 11 March 2010. | Viktor Yanukovych Віктор Янукович ![]() (2010–2014) | |||||||||
![]() | Mykola Azarov Микола Азаров Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1947) | 2012 | 11 March 2010 | 28 January 2014 | 3 years, 323 days | Party of Regions | Azarov I | PR • Lytvyn Bloc • SU • YT • SPU | ||
Azarov II | PR • U-V | |||||||||
After Azarov's resignation, Serhiy Arbuzov became acting Prime Minister, from 28 January to 22 February 2014. | ||||||||||
Oleksandr Turchynov succeeded Arbuzov as acting Prime Minister until 27 February 2014. | ||||||||||
![]() | Arseniy Yatsenyuk Арсеній Яценюк Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1974) | 2014 | 27 February 2014 | 14 April 2016 | 2 years, 60 days | All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"[b] | Yatsenyuk I | Fatherland • Svoboda | Petro Poroshenko Петро Порошенко ![]() (2014–2019) | |
People's Front | Yatsenyuk II | Solidarity • PF • Self Reliance • RP • Fatherland | ||||||||
![]() | Volodymyr Groysman Володимир Гройсман Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1978) | — | 14 April 2016 | 29 August 2019 | 3 years, 137 days | Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity" | Groysman | Solidarity • PF | ||
Volodymyr Zelenskyy Володимир Зеленський ![]() (2019–present) | ||||||||||
![]() | Oleksiy Honcharuk Олексій Гончарук Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1984) | 2019 | 29 August 2019 | 4 March 2020 | 213 days | Servant of the People | Honcharuk | SP | ||
![]() | Denys Shmyhal Денис Шмигаль Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1975) | — | 4 March 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 163 days | Independent | Shmyhal | SP • Independents |
Timeline
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Notes
- ^† Died in office / ^
- ^ a: The "Yulia Tymoshenko" and "Our Ukraine" Blocs left the government on 6 April 2007.
- ^ b: Yatsenyuk was a member of the All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" until September 10, 2014.
- Acting/unrecognised government
- Resistance government against Reichskommissariat Ukraine (Nazi-occupied Ukraine)
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".
References
- ^ a b "Denys Shmyhal - 18th Prime Minister of Ukraine". Ukrinform (in Ukrainian). 4 March 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "Yulia-prime minister or Shmyhal's holding. Will replace Zelenskyy's longest government in history". Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 10 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ Sobhan, Shamil (2 Jan 2023). "Ukraine". Worldstatesmen.
- ^ "22 серпня: Яке сьогодні свято" [22 August: How to celebrate today]. Interfax (in Ukrainian). 22 August 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2023.