First Azarov government explained

Cabinet Name:First Azarov Government
Cabinet Number:15th
Jurisdiction:Ukraine (since 1990)
Date Formed:March 11, 2010
Date Dissolved:December 3, 2012
Government Head:Mykola Azarov
Deputy Government Head:Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi
State Head:Viktor Yanukovych
Current Number:18
Political Party:Party of Regions
Communist Party of Ukraine
Lytvyn Bloc
Legislature Status:Coalition "Stability and reforms"
Legislature Term:5 years
Opposition Cabinet:Dictatorship Resistance Committee
Opposition Party:Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc
NUNS
Opposition Leader:Serhiy Sobolev (head of shadow government)
Previous:Second Tymoshenko government
Successor:Second Azarov government

The first Azarov government (Ukrainian: Перший уряд Миколи Азарова, Russian: Первое правительство Николая Азарова) was Ukraine's cabinet from its appointment on March 11, 2010 until its dissolution on December 3, 2012. It continued to serve as a caretaker government[1] until 24 December 2012, when the second Azarov government was appointed by president Viktor Yanukovych.[2]

The cabinet was formed as part of the "Stability and Reform" coalition between the Party of Regions, Lytvyn Bloc and the Communist Party of Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament. The government was led by prime minister Mykola Azarov, who succeeded the ousted second Tymoshenko government led by ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. The Azarov government worked in cooperation with President Yanukovych.

A November 2010 Razumkov Centre nationwide survey showed that only 13.2 percent of respondents fully supported the Azarov Government while 45 percent stated they did not.[3]

Its composition was reshuffled by Yanukovych early in 2012.[4]

Creation and parliamentary issues

See main article: Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and 2010 Ukrainian government formation.

Termination

On December 3, 2012, the government became a caretaker government after Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich accepted the resignation of prime minister Mykola Azarov and his government following the 28 October 2012 parliamentary election.[1] A number of government members, including Prime Minister Azarov, were elected to parliament in that election.[1] In order to get these parliamentary mandates they were obliged to submit documents on the dismissal from their previous job to the Central Election Commission within 20 days after the election (by December 3).[5]

On 9 December 2012, Yanukovych nominated Azarov for a new term as prime minister.[6] This nomination was approved by parliament on 13 December 2012.[7] On 24 December 2012, the second Azarov government was appointed by President Yanukovych.[2]

In January 2013, President Yanukovych stated the government "has not completely fulfilled the assigned tasks on ensuring the introduction of reform and economic growth. This led to the fact that the results in 2012 were much worse than expected".[8]

Controversy and criticism

Azarov's immediate predecessor Yulia Tymoshenko stated on the day the cabinet was elected "this government is completely made up of Ukrainian oligarchs"; she predicted the cabinet actions would lead to "megacorruption, the closure of strategic state programs, pressure on small and middle business and a return to stagnation and the absence of any reforms".[9]

According to a February 2010 poll by the Kyiv Gorshenin Institute of Management Issues most Ukrainians wanted not a politician for prime minister but "a professional premier, who will implement unpopular reforms".[10]

Ukraine's state budget for 2010 was adopted by parliament after a ten-minute-long hearing of the bill which consisted of a report by the finance minister and the head of the parliament's budget committee.[11] The Verkhovna Rada 2010 budget was not presented at a parliament meeting, but approved on May 14, 2010.[12] [13]

Constitutional Court ruling

According to former president Victor Yushchenko the March 9, 2010 parliamentary amendment that made it possible for individual members of a parliamentary faction to join a coalition violated the Ukrainian Constitution,[14] former Minister of Internal Affairs Yuriy Lutsenko accused Yanukovych of "trying to buy members of parliament for a new coalition"[15] (President Viktor Yanukovych accused Lutsenko of badly handling the affairs at the Ministry of Internal Affairs before appointing Anatolii Mohyliov to Lutsenko's old position.[16]) and Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc lawmaker Serhiy Mishchenko stated "that the Verkhovna Rada had shown to the average citizen a bad example of how to violate the country's laws and Constitution".[17] Yushchenko did send a letter to Yanukovych with a request to veto the law on March 10.[18] Yanukovych signed the law nevertheless.[19] 56 lawmakers filed a challenge to the law who made these amendments possible on March 11, 2010, at the Constitutional Court of Ukraine.[19] [20] On March 16, 2010, Minister of Justice Oleksandr Lavrynovych stated that even if the Constitutional Court rules the amendments unconstitutional the format of the Ukrainian parliamentary coalition will remain unchanged because "the Constitutional Court's ruling becomes valid on the day of its announcement, not yesterday or the day before yesterday" and the Constitutional Court's ruling will apply only to measures intended to establish a new coalition in Ukraine in the future.[21] On March 26, 2010, President Yanukovych told a delegation from the European Parliament "If the decision of the Constitutional Court will be that the coalition was formed illegally, then I will take a decision on a snap election, I will never go down the path of breaching the constitution that is in force".[22] The Constitutional Court reviewing the case late March 2010.[22] On urgent matters the court rules within weeks but on matters deemed less urgent it can take months or even longer.[22] On March 29, 2010, former premier and Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc leader Yulia Tymoshenko accused "Representatives of Yanukovych" of trying to bribe and blackmail Constitutional Court judges in order to get a ruling that legitimates the coalition and the government.[23] This was denied by Yanukovych's Party of Regions.[24]

On April 8, 2010, the Constitutional Court ruled that the coalition supporting the Azarov government in parliament had been formed legally.[25] The shadow government called the Constitutional Court ruling "cynical, hypocritical, and illegal".[26]

Corruption

The Azarov government stated that it will fight corruption. However several of its members are assigned to two or more government positions, and, of course, are paid for them. That fact reflects direct disregard for the Constitution of Ukraine. Some of the members do not even qualify to the assigned positions either as in case with Valeriy Khoroshkovskiy who was elected to the Supreme Council of Justice.[27] Some of the members of the government received their government assignments without a basic knowledge of the state language as in case with the Minister of Internal Affairs Mohyliov.[28] The President Yanukovych gave him two months (until August 2010) to learn the language.

Opposition government formation

On March 16, eight parliamentarian parties signed an application for the establishment of an association of opposing political forces to the ruling Azarov government.[29] Among the eight opposition parties are All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland", Rukh, European Party of Ukraine, People's Self-Defense, Reforms and Order Party, Motherland Defenders Party, Christian-Democratic Union, and Ukrainian Social-Democratic Party. Tymoshenko immediately nominated a prime minister for the future opposition government (so called shadow government), while the leader of the European Party Mykola Katerynchuk suggests not to rush and consolidate all possible political forces in a single formed opposition government.[30] On March 31, 2010, all members of this government were named. It is headed by parliamentarian Serhiy Sobolev of Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko.[31] Its vice premier, Volodymyr Stretovych, was dismissed on 7 February 2011, because "he had finally taken the side of the government".[32]

Arseniy Yatsenyuk formed another oppositional government in March 2010.[33]

On 8 August 2011 All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland", Rukh, European Party of Ukraine, People's Self-Defense, Reforms and Order Party, Motherland Defenders Party, Civil Position and Front for Change formed the Dictatorship Resistance Committee "to better coordinate our efforts".[34] [35] [36]

Composition

On March 11, 2010, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine approved the structure of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.[37] Note, Tihipko even though is a leader of the Strong Ukraine party, he was elected to Cabinet as unaffiliated. Strong Ukraine in Verkhovna Rada is not an independent party. The same goes with Vasyl Tsushko who was a former member of the Socialist Party of Ukraine at the time of his appointment (he became the leader of that party in July 2010[38]); Tsushko was appointed on quote of the Communist Party.[39]

The Cabinet originally consisted of 29 ministers, four more than the previous government,[40] but has since been trimmed down. At the time of installation the Cabinet contained the highest number of ministers in Europe, and ranked second in Europe in terms of the number of its vice premiers.[41] 8 out of the original 29 Cabinet members were born in Donetsk and the Donetsk Oblast.[42]

The Cabinet was (also at the time of its installation) Europe's only government that has no female members in its composition till Raisa Bohatyryova was appointed Minister of Healthcare and Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine on 14 February 2012.[43] It was the first Ukrainian government without a female minister.[44]

As of May 21, 2010, the Cabinet stated it was planning to create a "Ministry of Science, Technologies and Innovation of Ukraine".[45]

Party keyParty of Regions
Lytvyn Bloc
Strong Ukraine
United Centre
Socialist Party of Ukraine
Non-party politician
OfficePartyIncumbent[46]
Prime MinisterMykola Azarov
Minister of Economic Development and TradeAndriy Klyuev (December 9, 2010 - February 14, 2012, he left the government to head the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine)
Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi (since February 22, 2012)[47]
Vice Prime MinisterMinister of Infrastructure (responsible for hosting Euro 2012)Borys Kolesnikov (from December 9, 2010)
Vice Prime MinisterMinister of Social Policy (since December 9, 2010)Serhii Tihipko
Vice Prime MinisterMinister of Healthcare (since February 14, 2012)Raisa Bohatyriova (since February 14, 2012)[48]
Vice Prime MinisterMinister of Regional Development, Construction and Communal Living (December 9, 2010 - June 1, 2011)Viktor Tykhonov (till June 1, 2011)
Vice Prime Minister (on issues of humanitarian policy)Volodymyr Semynozhenko (till July 2, 2010)
Vice Prime Minister (on the "Security bloc")Volodymyr Sivkovych (till October 13, 2010)
Vice Prime Minister (on issues of agrarian and industrial complex)Viktor Slauta (till October 13, 2010)
Minister of Economy[49] Vasyl Tsushko (till December 9, 2010)
Petro Poroshenko (since March 23, 2012)
Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Communal LivingAnatoliy Blyzniuk (July 12, 2011 - December 3, 2012)
Minister of Education and Science, Youth and SportDmytro Tabachnyk
Minister of Culture and Tourism[50] Mykhailo Kulyniak
Minister of DefenseMykhailo Yezhel (till February 8, 2012)
Dmytro Salamatin[51]
Minister of Internal AffairsVitaliy Zakharchenko
Minister of Agrarian Policy and FoodMykola Prysyazhnyuk
Minister of JusticeOleksandr Lavrynovych
Minister of Foreign AffairsKostyantyn Hryshchenko
Minister of FinanceFedir Yaroshenko (till January 18, 2012)
Valeriy Khoroshkovsky (January 18 - February 22, 2012)
Yuriy Kolobov (since February 28, 2012)[52]
Minister of Fuel and Energy[53] Yuriy Boyko
Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of UkraineViktor Boyko (till July 2, 2010)
Mykola Zlochevsky (July 2, 2010 - April 20, 2012)
Eduard Stavytsky (since April 20, 2012)
Minister on Issues of Emergencies and Population Security from consequences of Chornobyl Catastrophe[54] Nestor Shufrych (till July 10, 2010)
Viktor Baloha (November 12, 2010 - December 3, 2012)
Minister of HealthcareZynoviy Mytnyk (till December 21, 2010)
Illia Yemets (December 21, 2010 - May 24, 2011)
Oleksandr Anishchenko (May 24, 2011 - February 14, 2012)
Minister of Regional Development and Construction[55] Volodymyr Yatsuba (till December 9, 2010)
Minister of Communal Living[56] Oleksandr Popov (till June 17, 2010)
Yuriy Khivrich (June 17 - December 9, 2010)
Minister of Transportation and Communication[57] Kostyantyn Yefymenko (till December 9, 2010)
Minister of Labor and Social Policy[58] Vasyl Nadraha (till December 9, 2010)
Minister of Industrial Policy[59] Dmytro Kolyesnikov (till December 9, 2010)
Minister of Coal Industry[60] Yuriy Yashchenko (till December 9, 2010)
Minister of Family, Youth and Sports[61] Ravil Safiullin (till December 9, 2010)
Minister of Cabinet of Ministers[62] Anatoliy Tolstoukhov (till December 9, 2010)

Changes since June 2010

On June 2, 2010, deputy-minister of Environmental Protection Bogdan Presner was sacked for accepting a bribe of $200,000[63] (he was sentenced to nine years in prison in October 2011[64]). On June 17, 2010, Minister on Communal Living Oleksandr Popov (Party of Regions) was replaced by Yuriy Hivrich.[65] [66]

On July 2, 2010, Minister of Environmental Protection Viktor Boyko (Bloc Lytvyn) was replaced by Mykola Zlochevskiy[67] [68] [69] and Vice Prime Minister Volodymyr Seminozhenko was fired by the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) the same day. A draft resolution proposing the dismissal of Semynozhenko was submitted by lawmaker Olha Bodnar of Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko.[70] On July 10, 2010, Minister of Extraordinary Situations Nestor Shufrych was dismissed by Verkhovna Rada.[71] For his dismissal voted 256 deputies. However Viktor Yanukovych found a new assignment for Shufrych and appointed him as the assistant to the secretary of the Council for National Security.[72] Shufrych's duties were temporary assigned to Volodymyr Antonets[73] till Mikhail Bolotskikh was appointed acting minister on July 23, 2010.[74] Soon after the motion to overturn the 2004 Constitutional amendments was filed on July 14 by the representatives of the Azarov Government, Vasyl Tsushko, previously as an unaffiliated member of the government, was elected the leader of the Socialist Party of Ukraine (extra parliamentarian party, non-coalition) on July 24, 2010.

On October 13, 2010, President Yanukovych sacked two deputy prime ministers (Viktor Slauta and Volodymyr Sivkovich).[75] The sackings were the first case when Yanukovych used the powers granted to him by this month's constitutional court ruling when 2004 constitutional amendments were overturned.[75]

On November 12, 2010, President Yanukovych appointed Viktor Baloha (United Centre) Minister of Emergencies and Minister of the Protection of the Population from the Chernobyl disaster.[76] According to Baloha this did not mean his party would join the coalition.[77] Early 2010 United Centre had rejected any possibility of joining a parliamentary coalition with the Communist Party of Ukraine.[78] [79]

Another mayor reshuffle took place in December 2010, which reduced the number of ministers[80] [81] This was part of an administrative reform set in motion by Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych with the aim to reduce the number of civil servants in Ukraine.[82] [83] (see below Yanukovych Administration Reform)

A number of deputy ministers were dismissed early April 2011.[84]

Minister of Health Zynoviy Mytnyk was dismissed on May 17, 2011, because he had "failed to properly organize the work of the ministry"; Oleksandr Anishchenko was appointed for the post on May 24, 2010.[85] [86]

Anatolii Mohyliov was replaced as Minister of Internal Affairs by Vitaliy Zakharchenko in November 2011.[87] [88]

Minister of Finance Fedir Yaroshenko resigned on 18 January 2012, and was replaced by Valeriy Khoroshkovsky the same day.[89]

Minister of Defence Mykhailo Yezhel was sacked by President Yanukovich on 8 February 2012, and replaced by Dmytro Salamatin the same day[51] [90]

Raisa Bohatyryova was appointed Minister of Healthcare and Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine on 14 February 2012;[48] she partly changed places with former First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine-Minister of Economic Development and Trade Andriy Klyuyev who became Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine in her place[91] [92] while Oleksandr Anischenko lost his job as health minister.[48]

On 22 February 2012, Khoroshkovsky was reshuffled to First Vice Prime Minister-Minister and dismissed as finance minister[47] Yuriy Kolobov was appointed finance minister on 28 February 2012.[93] On 9 March 2012 President Yanukovych stated he wanted Petro Poroshenko to work in the government on the post of economic development and trade minister.[94] Poroshenko was appointed economic development and trade minister of Ukraine by Yanukovych on 23 March 2012.[95]

Vice Prime Minister (Minister of Social Policy) Serhii Tihipko became a member of Party of Regions when that party merged with his former party Strong Ukraine on 17 March 2012; Strong Ukraine thus had no longer a minister in this Cabinet.[96]

Mykola Zlochevsky was dismissed from the post of Ecology and Natural Resources Minister and appointed as the deputy secretary of the National Security and Defense Council on 20 April 2012.[97] Eduard Stavytsky was appointed the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources on April 20, 2012. Mykola Azarov introduced the new minister to the Cabinet on April 23, 2012.[98]

On 20 November 2012, Viktor Baloha resigned as Ministers of Emergencies because he preferred to take in the seat in the Ukrainian Parliament he had won in the October 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[99]

Policy

The aims of the cabinet are:

[105]

Other priorities of the government are the preparations for expected flooding, preparations for spring agricultural work and the improvement of medical services.[108]

In order to increase state revenues with at least Hryvnya 10 billion the government is planning to step up privatization in 2010.[109]

Led by the Party of Regions faction in March 2010 a draft law on the judiciary and a new criminal procedural code was shelved and the introduction of anti-corruption legislation was pushed back from April 2010 to January 2011 by the Verkhovna Rada.[110]

On November 30, 2010, Yanukovych vetoed a new tax code made by the Azarov Government and earlier approved by the Verkhovna Rada but protested against in rallies across Ukraine (one of the largest protests since the 2004 Orange Revolution).[111] [112] [113] Yanukovych signed a new Tax Code on December 3, 2010.[114]

in an (Ukraine's) economy analysis of March 2014 The Economist claims that poor economic policies by the Azarov Government had weakened the state's finances.[115]

Yanukovych Administration Reform

On December 9, 2010, the President of Ukraine reloaded a new government.[116] According to the decree, the number of ministries was reduced from 20 to 16 and the number of cabinet employees (1,174 people at the time) is to be more than halved.[117]

List of ministries with their respective agencies (if present)
Other state services and agencies
Liquidated
Renamed

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.kyivpost.com/content/politics/yanukovych-dismisses-azarov-and-cabinet-of-ministers-317066.html Yanukovych dismisses Azarov and Cabinet of Ministers
  2. http://www.unian.info/news/543116-yanukovych-appoints-new-staff-of-cabinet-of-ministers-of-ukraine.html President of Ukraine has appointed new staff of the cabinet of ministers of Ukraine
  3. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/93018/ Yanukovych to slim ranks of government
  4. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/123078/ Khoroshkovsky promoted yet again, becomes first deputy prime minister
  5. http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/baloha-posts-his-resignation-as-emergencies-minister-on-facebook-316808.html Baloha posts his resignation as emergencies minister on Facebook
  6. http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/ukraine-leader-picks-prime-minister-azarov-for-new-term-in-post-317367.html Yanukovych picks Azarov for new term as prime minister (updated)
  7. https://www.reuters.com/article/ukraine-pm-idUSL5E8ND8QN20121213 Ukraine parliament approves Azarov as prime minister
  8. http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/yanukovych-said-previous-government-failed-to-introduce-reform-and-ensure-economic-growth-318408.html Yanukovych said previous government failed to introduce reform and ensure economic growth
  9. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/61509/ Tymoshenko: 'Major ideologists' of RosUkrEnergo at key posts in new government
  10. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/60731/ Most Ukrainians do not want politician for prime minister
  11. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/66338/ Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense wants parliament to immediately review 2010 state budget
  12. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/66722/20 Coalition adopts parliament's budget for this year, opposition not aware
  13. http://unian.net/eng/news/news-376836.html Verkhovna Rada approved its budget 2010
  14. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/61326 Yushchenko: Decision to sanction coalition based on individual lawmakers unconstitutional
  15. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/61308/ Lutsenko: Yanukovych team trying to 'buy members of parliament' for new coalition
  16. http://podrobnosti.ua/video/podrobnosti/2010/03/11/671591.html President presented a new staff to their departments
  17. http://www.tymoshenko.ua/en/article/8m3xvcxs Serhiy Mishchenko: parliament showed the public how to break laws
  18. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/61378/ Yushchenko calls for Yanukovych to veto amendments to law on parliament's regulations
  19. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/61626/ Ukraine opposition challenges Yanukovych in court
  20. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/61633/ Constitutional Court gets motion on constitutionality of parliament's rules of procedure
  21. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/61835/ Minister: Newly formed Ukrainian coalition will remain unchanged
  22. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/62597/ Yanukovych to call vote if coalition ruled illegal
  23. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/62746/ Tymoshenko: Yanukovych entourage aims at recognizing legitimacy of coalition before president's trip to U.S.
  24. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/62792/ Yanukovych allies: Tymoshenko trying to pressure court
  25. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/63411/ Update: Ukraine court rules Yanukovych coalition legal
  26. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/63421/ Opposition calls unlawful court's ruling on legitimacy of new coalition's formation
  27. http://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2010/07/20/5234350/add_ok/#comments Team of Yanukovych: direct misconducts of the Law
  28. http://tsn.ua/ukrayina/yanukovich-nakazav-mogilovu-vchiti-ukrayinsku-movu.html TSN (July 1, 2010)
  29. http://unian.net/ukr/news/news-367746.html Tymoshenko counted over 175 opposition deputies in the Verkhovna Rada
  30. http://unian.net/ukr/news/news-367792.html Katerynchuk proposes to wait for Yatseniuk and Kyrylenko
  31. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/62923/ Sobolev names members of Ukraine's opposition government
  32. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/96525/ Stretovych dismissed as vice premier of shadow government
  33. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/61997/ Yatseniuk to introduce his oppositional government by end March
  34. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/110510/ Dictatorship Resistance Committee to coordinate opposition parties in parliamentary elections
  35. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/110369/ Ukrainian opposition to create Dictatorship Resistance Committee after Tymoshenko's arrest
  36. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/114583/ Ukraine opposition alliance urges mass-scale public action against government
  37. http://unian.net/eng/news/news-366951.html VR approved structure of Cabinet of Ministers (update)
  38. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/75359/ Economy minister appointed Socialist Party head
  39. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/75215/ Socialist leader Moroz rules out a union with the Communists
  40. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/opinion/op_ed/detail/63008/ If Yanukovych does not change course, he may inspire revolution
  41. http://www.interfax.com.ua/ukr/main/34140/ Cabmin Azarova beat the European records
  42. Третина нового складу Кабінету міністрів родом з Донецька і області, Дзеркало тижня (13–19 March 2010)
  43. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/61805/ Azarov's cabinet has highest number of ministers in Europe
  44. https://books.google.com/books?id=zQtFouCjFSMC&pg=PA354 Central and East European Politics: From Communism to Democracy Second Edition
  45. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/67429/ Ukrainian government to create ministry of science, technologies and innovations soon
  46. http://www.kmu.gov.ua/control/en/publish/officialcategory?cat_id=32581 Ministers
  47. http://www.interfax.com.ua/eng/main/95626/ Khoroshkovsky dismissed as finance minister, appointed first deputy prime minister
  48. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/122428/ Bohatyriova appointed vice premier and health minister
  49. On December 9, 2010 Ministry of Economy reorganized into Ministry of Economical Development and Trade, under the responsibility of the First Vice Prime Minister (December 9, 2010 - February 14, 2012)
  50. On December 9, 2010 Ministry of Culture and Tourism reorganized into Ministry of Culture
  51. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/122085/ Yanukovych replaces defense minister
  52. Колобов Юрий Владимирович, Информационно-аналитический центр "ЛІГА"
  53. On December 9, 2010 Ministry of Fuel and Energy reorganized into Ministry of Energy [Generation] and Coal [Mining]
  54. On December 9, 2010 Ministry on Issues of Emergencies and Population Security from consequences of Chornobyl Catastrophe reorganized into Ministry of Emergencies
  55. On December 9, 2010 Ministry of Regional Development and Construction reorganized into Ministry of Regional Development, Construction and Communal Living
  56. On December 9, 2010 Ministry of Communal Living reorganized into Ministry of Regional Development, Construction and Communal Living
  57. On December 9, 2010 Ministry of Transportation and Communication reorganized into Ministry of Infrastructure
  58. On December 9, 2010 Ministry of Labor and Social Policy reorganized into Ministry of Social Policy
  59. On December 9, 2010 Ministry of Industrial Policy reorganized into Ministry of Economical Development and Trade
  60. On December 9, 2010 Ministry of Coal Industry reorganized into Ministry of Energy [Generation] and Coal [Mining]
  61. On December 9, 2010 Ministry of Family, Youth and Sports merged into Ministry of Education and Sciences
  62. On December 9, 2010 Ministry of Cabinet of Ministers lost its ministerial portfolio
  63. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/68359/ Ukraine's Cabinet sacks senior official for bribe
  64. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/114554/ Former Deputy Environment Minister Presner sentenced to nine years in prison
  65. http://unian.net/eng/news/news-382200.html VR dismissed Popov from post of Minister of housing and communal services
  66. Новим міністром з питань ЖКГ став Юрій Хіврич, Kanal 5 (June 17, 2010)
  67. З уряду вигнали першого міністра, Ukrainian Independent Information Agency (July 2, 2010)
  68. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/71783/ Parliament appoints Mykola Zlochevsky environment minister
  69. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/71772/ Parliament dismisses Boiko as environment minister
  70. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/71779/ Parliament dismisses Semynozhenko as vice premier
  71. http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2010/07/10/5213014/ Rada fired Shufrych (Ukrainian Pravda)
  72. http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2010/07/9/5212104/ Yanukovych thought of a new spot for Shufrych (Ukrainian Pravda)
  73. http://www.mns.gov.ua/content/managament.html Official website of the Ministry of Extraordinary Situations (July 20, 2010)
  74. В.о. глави МНС призначено Михайла Болотських, Ukrinform (July 23, 2010)
  75. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/86199/ Yanukovych dismisses Sivkovych and Slauta as vice-premiers
  76. http://www.unian.net/eng/news/news-406113.html Yanukovych appointed Baloha Emergency Minister of Ukraine
  77. Янукович зробив Балогу міністром, Ukrainian Independent Information Agency (November 12, 2010)
  78. Оробець: При формуванні нової парламентської коаліції «фактор комуністів» і Конституція несумісні, Official party website (March 9, 2010)
  79. Балога: Мы много помогали на выборах Януковичу и не скрываем этого, Official party website (March 9, 2010)
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  81. Web site: Ukraine launches administrative reform, cuts ministries - People's Daily Online.
  82. Web site: President initiates administrative reform in Ukraine - Dec. 09, 2010. 9 December 2010.
  83. Web site: Lavrynovych: Administrative reform aimed at ensuring a new quality of public administration - Dec. 11, 2010. 11 December 2010.
  84. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/101773/ President dismisses a number of deputy ministers
  85. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/104580/ Yanukovych dismisses health minister
  86. http://www.unian.net/eng/news/news-437444.html Yanukovych appointed Anishchenko Health Minister of Ukraine
  87. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/116446/ Yanukovych appoints Mohyliov to Crimean post
  88. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/116448/ Chief tax officer Zakharchenko appointed interior minister of Ukraine
  89. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/120811/ Yanukovych dismisses Khoroshkovsky from military service
  90. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/122090/ Ukraine gets new defence minister
  91. President presents newly appointed NSDC Secretary . Administration of President . 2012-02-14 . 2012-02-15.
  92. News: Ukrainian president replaces National Security and Defense Council secretary . . 2012-02-14 . 2012-02-15.
  93. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/123311/ Yanukovych appoints Kolobov as finance minister
  94. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/123980/ Ukrainian president wants Poroshenko to head economic development and trade ministry
  95. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/124833/ Poroshenko appointed economic development and trade minister of Ukraine
  96. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/124452 Tigipko unanimously elected Regions Party deputy head, political council member
  97. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/126367/ Zlochevsky dismissed from post of Ecology and Natural Resources Minister, appointed Deputy Secretary of National Security and Defense Council
  98. Prime-minister of Ukraine Mykola Yanovych Azarov introduced the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine Eduard Stavytsky ("Прем'єр-міністр України Микола Янович АЗАРОВ представив Міністра екології та природних ресурсів України Едуарда СТАВИЦЬКОГО") Ministry's website (April 23, 2012)
  99. http://www.kyivpost.com/content/politics/baloha-resigns-as-emergencies-minister-316415.html Baloha resigns as emergencies minister
  100. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/61585/ Azarov to tackle import of luxury goods to Ukraine
  101. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/61945/ Ukraine's gross foreign debt reaches 93.5% of gross domestic product
  102. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/125970/ Azarov says wages and pensions will be raised each quarter in 2013
  103. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/61820/ New coalition promises introduction of European standards of social protection
  104. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/61464/ Azarov: Program on Ukraine's cooperation with international financial organizations is to be reviewed
  105. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/61479/ Ukraine's prime minister says budget problem hardest
  106. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/62321/ Azarov: Fight against corruption is main task of executive branch
  107. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/61624/ Azarov: New government to focus on strengthening middle class in Ukraine
  108. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/61956/ Azarov names main priorities of government's work
  109. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/62002 Tigipko: Ukraine planning to get at least Hr 10 billion from privatization
  110. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/62564/ Jackpot
  111. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/91316/ Tax code protests intensify
  112. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/91790/ Update: Yanukovych vetoes tax code after protests
  113. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/91755/ Yanukovych vetoes the tax code
  114. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/92043/ Yanukovych signs new tax code
  115. https://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2014/03/ukraine-and-russia Why is Ukraine's economy in such a mess?
  116. Yanukovych reloaded a new government (Ukrainian Pravda, December 10, 2010)
  117. http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/93136/ Government to reduce number of its secretariat employees by 50%

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