First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine is a government post of the Cabinet of Ukraine. In the absence of the

prime minister of Ukraine The prime minister of Ukraine ( uk, Прем'єр-міністр України, ) is the head of government of Ukraine. The prime minister presides over the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which is the highest body of the executive branch of th ...

, the first vice prime minister performs his or her duties as the acting

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. In 1991, the post was grandfathered from the already existing first deputy chairman that was part of the

Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Рада Міністрів УРСР) was the highest executive and administrative body of state power of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, government (1946–1991). The c ...

. In an absence of the first vice prime minister, his or her functions are performed by other vice prime ministers who are members of the

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. Similarly to the prime minister, all official duties of the first vice prime minister are supported by the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers. Along with other members of the Cabinet of Ministers, a newly appointed first vice prime minister takes the same oath of office at a plenary session of the

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

(Ukrainian parliament). According to Article 10 of the Law of Ukraine about the Cabinet of Ministers, a member of the Cabinet of Ministers (except the prime minister) who refuses to take the oath is considered to have refused to accept the post. Every newly appointed member of an already existing cabinet needs to take the oath at the next plenary session of the Verkhovna Rada.

List of first vice prime ministers of Ukraine

Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR

Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

In April 1991 the Council of Ministers represented by existing government of

Vitold Fokin Vitold Pavlovych Fokin ( uk, Віто́льд Па́влович Фо́кін; born 25 October 1932) is a Ukrainian retired politician who served as the first Prime Minister of Ukraine from the country's declaration of independence on 24 Augus ...

and created by 12th convocation of the

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

was renamed into the Cabinet of Ministers. With adoption of the Act of Independence of Ukraine, the Ukrainian SSR was officially renamed into Ukraine. Because of the 1991

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, the

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was prohibited in Ukraine. In February 1992 there was adopted the new

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Anatoliy Kinakh Anatoliy Kyrylovych Kinakh ( uk, Анатолій Кирилович Кінах) (born August 4, 1954) is a Ukrainians, Ukrainian politician and honorary professor at the Mykolaiv Government Humanitarian University. Kinakh is a former (long servi ...

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Yulia Tymoshenko Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko ( uk, Юлія Володимирівна Тимошенко, ; Hrihyan ();Stanislav Stashevsky , April 2005 , August 2005 , rowspan=1 style="background:;" , , rowspan=1 , Yuriy Yekhanurov , - ! style="background: ;" , , Mykola Azarov 2012

Mykola Azarov Mykola Yanovych Azarov ( uk, Мико́ла Я́нович Аза́ров, ; né Pakhlo; Cyrillic: Пахло; born 17 December 1947) is a Ukrainian politician who was the Prime Minister of Ukraine from 11 March 2010 to 27 January 2014. He was t ...

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Viktor Yanukovych Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych ( uk, Віктор Федорович Янукович, ; ; born 9 July 1950) is a former politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 until he was removed from office in the Revolution of D ...

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Oleksandr Turchynov Oleksandr Valentynovych Turchynov ( uk, Олександр Валентинович Турчинов; born 31 March 1964) is a Ukrainian politician, screenwriter, Baptist minister and economist. He is the former Secretary of the National S ...

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Yulia Tymoshenko Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko ( uk, Юлія Володимирівна Тимошенко, ; Hrihyan (); ,

Andriy Klyuyev Andriy Petrovych Klyuyev ( uk, Андрій Петрович Клюєв, Russian: Андрей Петрович Клюев, born 12 August 1964), also spelled as Andrii Kliuiev, is a Ukrainian businessman and politician, who was ranked as 7th ...

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Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi Valeriy Ivanovych Khoroshkovsky ( uk, Валерій Іванович Хорошковський, born 1 January 1969 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian businessman, former head of the Security Service of Ukraine, former Minister of Finance, and former Firs ...

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Serhiy Arbuzov Serhiy Hennadiyovych Arbuzov ( uk, Сергій Геннадійович Арбузов, russian: Сергей Геннадьевич Арбузов, translit=Sergey Gennadyevich Arbuzov; born 24 March 1976) is a Ukrainian former banker and polit ...

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, Vitaly Yarema , 27 February 2014 , 19 June 2014MPs agree to Yarema's appointment as prosecutor general
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Arseniy Yatsenyuk Arseniy Petrovych Yatsenyuk ( uk, Арсеній Петрович Яценюк ; born 22 May 1974) is a Ukrainian politician, economist and lawyer who served as Prime Minister of Ukraine twice – from 27 February 2014 to 27 November 2014 and f ...

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Stepan Kubiv Stepan Kubiv ( uk, Степан Іванович Кубів, Stepan Ivanovych Kubiv; born March 19, 1962) is a Ukrainian politician who was a former First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and simultaneously Minister of Economic Development and Tra ...

New Cabinet formed in Ukraine

UNIAN The UNIAN or Ukrainian Independent Information Agency of News ( uk, Українське Незалежне Інформаційне Агентство Новин, УНІАН, translit=Ukrayins'ke Nezalezhne Informatsiyne Ahentstvo Novyn) is a ...

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Volodymyr Groysman Volodymyr Borysovych Groysman, sometimes transliterated as Volodymyr Borysovych Hroisman ( uk, Володи́мир Бори́сович Гро́йсман; born 20 January 1978), is a Ukrainian politician who was the Prime Minister of Ukrai ...

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Oleksiy Liubchenko Oleksiy Liubchenko (born September 21, 1971) is a Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics o ...

, 20 May 2021Rada appoints Liubchenko as First Dpty PM, Minister of Economy – 293 affirmative votes
Interfax-Ukraine (21 May 2021) , 3 November 2021Rada dismisses Liubchenko from post of First Dpty PM, Economy Minister
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Yulia Svyrydenko Yulia Anatoliivna Svyrydenko ( uk, Юлія Анатоліївна Свириденко; born 25 December 1985) is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and simultaneously Minister of Economic Developm ...

, 4 November 2021Rada appoints Svyrydenko as First Dpty PM, Economy Minister
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