List of prime ministers of Ukraine explained

The prime minister of Ukraine (uk|Прем'єр-міністр України, Ukrainian: 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 (19171918)

See main article: Ukrainian People's Republic.

Portrait		Name	Election	Term of office		Duration	Party	Government	Cabinet Composition	Head of state
		Volodymyr Vynnychenko Володимир Винниченко		1917	1917		USDP	Vynnychenko I	USDRPUPSRFareynikteBundAKPUPSF	none
		Dmytro Doroshenko Дмитро Дорошенко		1917	1917		UPSF	Doroshenko	USDRPUPSRFareynikteBundAKPUPSF
	Volodymyr Vynnychenko Володимир Винниченко		1917	1918		USDRP	VynnychenkoII	USDRPUPSFUPSRFareynikteUPSIBundAKPNSP
		Vsevolod Holubovych Всеволод Голубович		1918	1918		UPSR	Holubovych	UPSRUPSIUSDRP

Ukrainian State (1918)

See main article: Ukrainian State.

Portrait		Name	Election	Term of office		Party	Government	Cabinet Composition	Hetman
	Mykola Vasylenko Микола Василенко		1918	1918	K-D	Vasylenko	K-D	Pavlo Skoropadskyi Павло Скоропадський
	Fedir Lyzohub Федір Лизогуб		1918	1918	Octobrist	Lyzohub	OctobristK-DUPSF
	Sergey Gerbel Сергій Гербель		1918	1918	Independent	Gerbel	OctobristK-DUPSF

Ukrainian People's Republic (restored; 19181921)

See main article: Ukrainian People's Republic.

Portrait		Name	Election	Term of office		Party	Government	Cabinet Composition	Head of State
	Volodymyr Chekhivsky Володимир Чехівський		1918	1919	USDRP	Chekhivsky	USDRPUPSRUNDOUPSIPoale Zion	The Directorate
	Serhiy Ostapenko Сергій Остапенко		1919	1919	Independent	Ostapenko	UPSFUPSIUNDO
	Borys Martos Борис Мартос		1919	1919	USDRP	Martos	USDRPUPSRURPPoale Zion
	Isaak Mazepa Ісаак Мазепа		1919	1920	USDRP	Mazepa	USDRP
		Viacheslav Prokopovych В'ячеслав Прокопович		1920	1921	UPSF	Prokopovych		USDRPUPSF

Prime ministers of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile

Portrait	Name	Term of office		Party	Notes	Head of State
	Andriy Livytskyi Андрій Лівицький	1920	1921	USDRP	Resided in Paris	Symon Petliura
	Viacheslav Prokopovych В'ячеслав Прокопович	1921	1921	Independent	Resided in Paris
	Pylyp Pylypchuk Пилип Пилипчук	1921	1922	USDRP	Resided in Paris
	Andriy Livytskyi Андрій Лівицький	1922	1926	USDRP	Resided in Paris
	Viacheslav Prokopovych В'ячеслав Прокопович	1926	1939	Independent	Resided in Paris	Andriy Livytskyi
		1939	1940	Independent	Resided in Paris
		1944	1945	Independent	Resided in Prague
	Kost Pankivskiy Кость Паньківський	1945	1948	Ukrainian National State Union	Resided in Munich
		1948	1952	Ukrainian Socialist Party	Resided in Munich; died in office
	Stepan Baran Степан Баран	1952	1953	UNDO	Resided in Munich; died in office
Vacant (4 June 1953 – 1954)
	Spyrydon Dovhal Спиридон Довгаль	1954	1954	Ukrainian Socialist Party	Resided in Munich	Stepan Vytvytskyi
	Symon Sozontiv Симон Созонтів	1954	1957	Independent	Resided in Munich
		1957	1967	Ukrainian National State Union	Resided in Munich
	Atanas Figol Атанас Фіґоль	1967	1969	Independent	Resided in Munich	Mykola Livytskyi
	Spyrydon Dovhal Спиридон Довгаль	1969	1972	Ukrainian Socialist Party	Resided in Munich
	Vasyl Fedoronchuk Василь Федорончук ^[3]	1972	1974	UNDO	Resided in Munich
	Teofil Leontiy Теофіль Леонтій	1974	1980	Independent	Resided in Munich
		1980	1989	Independent	Resided in Munich
	Ivan Samiylenko Іван Самійленко	1989	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 (19221991)

See main article: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

• 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	Election	Term of office		Party	Government	Cabinet Composition	Central Executive Committee
	Christian Rakovsky Християн Раковський		1919	1922	KPU	Rakovsky I	KPU	Grigory Petrovsky Григорій Петровський
1922			1923	Rakovsky II
	Vlas Chubar Влас Чубар		1923	1934	KPU	Chubar	KPU
	Panas Lyubchenko Панас Любченко		1934	1937	KPU	Lyubchenko	KPU
	Mykhailo Bondarenko Михайло Бондаренко		1937	1937	KPU	Bondarenko	KPU
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		1938	1939	KPU	Korotchenko I	KPU	Leonid Korniyets Леонід Корнієць
	Leonid Korniyets Леонід Корнієць		1939	1941	KPU	Korniyets	KPU	Mykhailo Hrechukha Михайло Гречуха
1941			1944
	Nikita Khrushchev Микита Хрущов		1944	1944	KPU	Khrushchev	KPU
1944			1947
	Demyan Korotchenko Дем’ян Коротченко		1947	1954	KPU	Korotchenko II	KPU
	Nikifor Kalchenko Никифор Кальчекно		1954	1961	KPU	Kalchenko	KPU	Demyan Korotchenko Дем’ян Коротченко
	Volodymyr Shcherbytsky Володимир Щербицький		1961	1963	KPU	Shcherbytsky I	KPU
	Ivan Kazanets Іван Казанець		1963	1965	KPU	Kazanets	KPU
	Volodymyr Shcherbytsky Володимир Щербицький		1965	1972	KPU	Shcherbytsky II	KPU
		Oleksandr Liashko Олександр Ляшко
	Oleksandr Liashko Олександр Ляшко		1972	1987	KPU	Liashko I	KPU	Ivan Hrushetsky Іван Грушецький
		Liashko II	Oleksiy Vatchenko Олексій Ватченко
				Valentyna Shevchenko Валентина Шевченко
	Vitaliy Masol Віталій Масол		1987		1990	KPU	Masol I	KPU
	Vitold Fokin Вітольд Фокін		1990	1991	KPU	Fokin	KPU	Vacant

Ukraine (1991–present)

See main article: Ukraine.

width=20		Portrait	Name	Election	Term of office		Duration	Party	Government	Cabinet Composition	President
		Vitold Fokin Вітольд Фокін		1991	1992		Independent	Fokin	Independents	Leonid Kravchuk Леонід Кравчук
After Fokin's resignation, Valentyn Symonenko became acting Prime Minister, from 2 to 13 October 1992.
		Leonid Kuchma Леонід Кучма		1992	1993		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		1994	1995		Independent	Masol II	Independents	Leonid Kuchma Леонід Кучма
		Yevhen Marchuk Євген Марчук		1995	1996		Independent	Marchuk	Independents
	Pavlo Lazarenko Павло Лазаренко		1996	1997		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		1997	1999		People's Democratic Party	Pustovoitenko	NDPHromadaPRP
		Viktor Yushchenko Віктор Ющенко		1999	2001		People's Democratic Party	Yushchenko	NDPBatkivshchynaPRP
		Anatoliy Kinakh Анатолій Кінах		2001	2002		Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs	Kinakh	NDPBatkivshchynaPRPPPUNPTU
		Viktor Yanukovych Віктор Янукович		2002	2005		Party of Regions	Yanukovych I	For United Ukraine! (PRNDPPPPUNPTU)
After Yanukovych's resignation, Mykola Azarov became acting Prime Minister, from 5 to 24 January 2005.
		Yulia Tymoshenko Юлія Тимошенко		2005	2005		All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"	Tymoshenko I	Our Ukraine BlocYulia Tymoshenko BlocPPPUSPU	Viktor Yushchenko Віктор Ющенко
		Yuriy Yekhanurov Юрій Єхануров		2005	2006		Our Ukraine	Yekhanurov	Our Ukraine BlocSPU
		Viktor Yanukovych Віктор Янукович		2006	2007		Party of Regions	Yanukovych II	Government of National Unity (PRSPUKPUYulia Tymoshenko BlocOur Ukraine Bloc)
		Yulia Tymoshenko Юлія Тимошенко		2007	2010		All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"	Tymoshenko II	FatherlandOur UkrainePRPRukhPPNS
After Tymoshenko's resignation, Oleksandr Turchynov became acting Prime Minister, from 4 to 11 March 2010.										Viktor Yanukovych Віктор Янукович
	Mykola Azarov Микола Азаров		2010	2014		Party of Regions	Azarov I	PRLytvyn BlocSUYTSPU
Azarov II							PRU-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		2014	2016		All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"	Yatsenyuk I	FatherlandSvoboda	Petro Poroshenko Петро Порошенко
							People's Front	Yatsenyuk II	SolidarityPFSelf RelianceRPFatherland
	Volodymyr Groysman Володимир Гройсман		2016	2019		Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity"	Groysman	SolidarityPF
Volodymyr Zelenskyy Володимир Зеленський
			Oleksiy Honcharuk Олексій Гончарук		2019	2020		Servant of the People	Honcharuk	SP
			Denys Shmyhal Денис Шмигаль		2020	Incumbent		Independent	Shmyhal	SPIndependents

See also

• List of leaders of Ukraine
• President of Ukraine
  • List of presidents of Ukraine

Notes

Died in office

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".

Notes and References

1. Web site: Denys Shmyhal - 18th Prime Minister of Ukraine. 4 March 2020. 12 July 2024. Ukrainian. Ukrinform.
2. Web site: Yulia-prime minister or Shmyhal's holding. Will replace Zelenskyy's longest government in history. 10 July 2024. 12 July 2024. Ukrainian. Ukrainska Pravda.
3. Web site: Sobhan . Shamil . 2 Jan 2023 . Ukraine . Worldstatesmen.
4. News: 22 August 2021 . 22 серпня: Яке сьогодні свято . uk . 22 August: How to celebrate today . . 24 December 2023.