| Agency Name: | Ministry of Education and Science |
| Nativename A: | Міністерство освіти і науки |
| Seal: | Logo blue eng.svg |
| Formed: | 12 December 1991 (28 June 1917) |
| Preceding1: | Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of Ukraine |
| Headquarters: | 10 Beresteiska Avenue, Kyiv |
| Minister1 Name: | Oksen Lisovyi |
| Child1 Agency: | Service for intellectual property |
| Website: | Official website Official website |
The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Міністерство освіти і науки України) is the main body in the system of central bodies of the executive power of Ukraine.
On 28 June 1917 Ivan Steshenko was appointed Secretary of Education in the First Vynnychenko government of the Ukrainian People's Republic.[1] The 1921 Treaty of Riga formerly ended the existence of the Ukrainian People's Republic as its former territory became part of Poland and the Soviet Union.[2]
The modern Ministry of Education was created on July 8, 1992 by merging two major organs of the Ukrainian SSR: the Ministry of Higher and Middle Specialized Education and State Committee on Vocational-Technical Education. In 1991 there were two ministries of education — National and Higher (formerly Higher and Middle Specialized).[3]
From 9 December 2010 until 28 February 2013 the Ministry of Education and Science (at the time led by Dmytro Tabachnyk) was merged with the Ministry of Youth and Sports.[4]
On 28 February 2013 President Viktor Yanukovych reorganized the Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports and the State Service for Youth and Sports, creating the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the Ministry of Youth and Sports.[5]
The ministry consists of the central body headed by the minister,[7] first deputy, and other deputies to assist the minister. Part of ministry elects several state administrations representatives that are specialized in certain field and coordinate operation of government companies.
| Name of Ministry | Name of minister | Term of office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | ||
| Ministry of National Education | Ivan Zyazyun | August 3, 1990 | May 1992 |
| Ministry of Education | Petro Talanchuk | February 1992 | July 6, 1994 |
| Mykhailo Zghurovskyi | November 18, 1994 | January 14, 1999 | |
| Valentyn Zaichuk | 1999 | 1999 | |
| Ministry of Education and Science | Vasyl Kremen | December 30, 1999 | February 3, 2005 |
| Stanislav Nikolayenko | February 2005 | December 18, 2007 | |
| Ivan Vakarchuk | December 18, 2007 | March 11, 2010 | |
| Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports | Dmytro Tabachnyk | March 11, 2010 | February 23, 2014 |
| Ministry of Education and Science | Serhiy Kvit | February 27, 2014 | 14 April 2016 [8] |
| Liliya Hrynevych | 14 April 2016 | 29 August 2019 | |
| Hanna Novosad | 29 August 2019 | 4 March 2020 | |
| Liubomyra Mandziy (Acting Minister) | 25 March 2020.[9] | 25 June 2020 | |
| Serhiy Shkarlet (Acting Minister,[10] Minister) | 25 June 2020; 17 December 2020[11] | 20 March 2023[12] | |
| 21 March 2023[13] | Until now | ||
| Name of Ministry | Name of minister | Term of office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | ||
| Ministry on issues of Science and Technologies | Volodymyr Semynozhenko | 28 August 1996 | 21 April 1998 |
| Stanislav Dovhyi | 23 August 1998 | 1 April 1999 | |