Agency Name: | Presidential Office |
Nativename: | Офіс президента України |
Formed: | 25 February 2010 |
Jurisdiction: | Government of Ukraine |
Headquarters: | Kyiv, Ukraine, Bankova, 11[1] |
Employees: | 400 |
Budget: | ₴1.03 billion |
Chief1 Name: | Andriy Yermak[2] |
Chief1 Position: | Head of President's Office |
Parent Agency: | State Management of Affairs |
The Office of the President of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Офіс Президента України|Ofis Prezydenta Ukrainy), formerly the Administration of the President of Ukraine (Ukrainian: 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.
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[3]). 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.[4] [5]
President Viktor Yanukovych restored the name Administration of the President of Ukraine on 25 February 2010.[6] 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.[7]
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]
Secretary of the Presidential Administration | ||||
Picture | Chief | Years | President of Ukraine | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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] | ||
– | (acting)[12] | 26 February 2014 – 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 | Volodymyr Zelenskyy | |
15 | Andriy Yermak | 11 February 2020 – incumbent | ||