Second Yanukovych Government was a governing coalition of the

Party of Regions The Party of Regions ( uk, Партія регіонів, Partiia rehioniv, ; russian: Партия регионов, Partiya regionov) was a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine formed in late 1997 that then grew to be the biggest party of U ...

, the

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and the

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Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

after the

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and the 2006 Ukrainian political crisis. Until 24 March 2007, it was known as Anti-Crisis Alliance ( uk, Антикризова коаліція).

History

Initially the Our Ukraine Bloc intended to join the coalition and five of its ministers were initially appointed into

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of the coalition; Justice Minister Roman Zvarych, Family and Sports Minister

Yuriy Pavlenko Yurii Oleksiiovych Pavlenko ( uk, Павле́нко Ю́рій Олексі́йович) is a Ukrainian politician and administrator, and former children's ombudsman of Ukraine. Biography Born in Kyiv in 1975, Pavlenko studied history at Ukrain ...

, Emergency Situations Minister

Viktor Baloha Viktor Ivanovych Baloha ( uk, Віктор Іванович Балога, born 15 June 1963, Zavydovo) is a Ukrainian politician and the former emergency situations minister. Early life and education Viktor Baloha was born on 15 June 1963 ...

, Culture Minister Ihor Likhovyy, and Health Minister Yuriy Polyachenko. By November 2006 these five ministers were dismissed by parliament or withdrawn by Our Ukraine Bloc. Before the crisis which sparked the 2007 parliamentary election, the coalition consisted of the following 249 members of

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: *

(186) *

Socialist Party of Ukraine The Socialist Party of Ukraine ( uk, Соціалістична Партія України, translit=Sotsialistychna Partiia Ukrayiny, SPU) was a social democratic and democratic socialist political party in Ukraine. It was one of the oldest par ...

(31) *

Communist Party of Ukraine The Communist Party of Ukraine, Abbreviation: KPU, from Ukrainian and Russian "" is a banned political party in Ukraine. It was founded in 1993 as the successor to the Soviet-era Communist Party of Ukraine which was banned in 1991 (accord ...

(21) *

Yulia Tymoshenko Electoral Bloc The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc ( uk, Блок Юлії Тимошенко, БЮТ; Blok Yuliyi Tymoshenko, BYuT) was the name of the bloc of political parties in Ukraine led by Yulia Tymoshenko since 2001. In November 2011, the participation of bloc ...

(6) * Our Ukraine Bloc (5) At its highest point the Alliance consisted of 260 members, and the trend was that opposition members were willing to join the Alliance, and thereby undermine the authority of the President and move towards the 300-member constitutional majority. On 6 April 2007 the coalition's members count was reduced to 238 members: *

(186) *

(31) *

(21)

Fall of cabinet

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Yushchenko Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko ( uk, Віктор Андрійович Ющенко, ; born 23 February 1954) is a Ukrainian politician who was the third president of Ukraine from 23 January 2005 to 25 February 2010. As an informal leader of th ...

dissolved parliament on 2 April 2007 because he believed the government was acting illegally during the

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. Yushchenko argued that the constitution only allows whole parliamentary blocs to change sides, not individuals deputies. Yushchenko, Yanukovych and

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Oleksandr Moroz Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Morozrussian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Моро́з, translit=Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Moroz (born 29 February 1944) is a Ukrainian politician. He was the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada twice, ...

agreed in late May 2007 that the election would be held on 30 September, provided that at least 150 opposition and pro-president MPs formally gave up their seats, thereby creating the legal grounds for dissolving parliament. This happened.

Creation

Composition

The

Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine ( uk, Кабінет Міністрів України, translit=Kabinet Ministriv Ukrainy; shortened to CabMin), commonly referred to as the Government of Ukraine ( uk, Уряд України, ''Uriad Ukrai ...

of the Alliance of National Unity was appointed on August 4, 2006; it served until the twelfth Cabinet and Second Tymoshenko Government was chosen on December 18, 2007. Its composition was: *

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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 ...

(Party of Regions) * First Vice Prime Minister, Finance Minister —

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 ...

(Party of Regions) * Vice Prime Minister in affairs of Building, Architecture and Housing and Communal Services — Volodymyr Rybak * Vice Prime Minister —

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 ...

(Party of Regions) * Vice Prime Minister —

Dmytro Tabachnyk Dmytro Volodymyrovych Tabachnyk ( uk, Дмитро Володимирович Табачник, ; born November 26, 1963) is a pro-Russian Ukrainian politician, and former science and education minister of Ukraine.Viktor Slauta * Vice Prime Minister —

Volodymyr Radchenko Volodymyr Ivanovych Radchenko ( uk, Володимир Іванович Радченко; 23 October 1948 – 4 January 2023) was a Ukrainian politician and General of Army of Ukraine. Radchenko served as Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukrai ...

(January 12 — May 25, 2007) replaced with

Oleksandr Kuzmuk Oleksandr Ivanovych Kuzmuk ( uk, Олекса́ндр Іва́нович Кузьму́к; born 17 April 1954) is a Ukrainian politician and military commander, who is member of the Party of Regions and was Minister of Defence of Ukraine on tw ...

* Minister of Internal Affairs —

Vasyl Tsushko Vasyl Petrovych Tsushko ( uk, Василь Петрович Цушко; born February 1, 1963, in Nadrichne, Tarutinsky Raion, Odesa Oblast) is a Ukrainian politician former Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, former Minister of Internal A ...

(Socialist Party of Ukraine) * Minister for Foreign Affairs — Borys Tarasyuk (dismissed on December 1, 2006)(Yushchenko issued a decree that Tarasyuk must keep his job. Despite a court order and a presidential decree, he was not allowed to enter cabinet meetings. Tarasyuk resigned at the end of January 2007) replaced with

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 ...

* Minister of Coal Mining Industry — Serhiy Tulub (Party of Regions) * Minister of Culture — Yuriy Bohutsky * Minister of Defense —

Anatoliy Hrytsenko Anatoliy Stepanovych Hrytsenko ( uk, Анатолій Степанович Гриценко; born 25 October 1957) is a Ukrainian politician, independent member of the current Ukrainian parliament, former Minister of Defence, member of the Our U ...

* Minister of Economy — Volodymyr Makukha replaced with

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 ...

(Industrials and Entrepreneurs) * Minister of Education and Science — Stanislav Nikolaenko * Fuel and Energy Minister —

Yuriy Boyko Yuriy Anatoliyovych Boyko ( uk, Юрій Анатолійович Бойко, russian: Ю́рий Анато́льевич Бо́йко; born 9 October 1958) is a Ukrainian politician who served as one of the Vice Prime Ministers of Ukraine betwe ...

* Minister of Labor and Social Policy — Mykhailo Papiev * Health Minister — Yuriy Polyachenko * Minister of Agro-Industrial Complex — Yuriy Melnyk (Ukrainian People's Party) * Minister of Industrial Policy — Anatoliy Holovko * Minister of Environmental Protection — Vasyl Dzharty * Minister of Transport and Communications —

Mykola Rudkovsky Mykola ( uk, Мико́ла, Mykóla, ) is a Slavic variant, more specifically a Ukrainian variant, of the masculine name "Nicholas", meaning "victory of the people". It may refer to: People * Mykola Arkas (1853–1909), Ukrainian composer, wri ...

* Minister of Emergencies —

Nestor Shufrych Nestor Ivanovych Shufrych ( uk, Не́стор Іва́нович Шу́фрич, born 29 December 1966) is a Ukrainian politician who has served in the Verkhovna Rada since 1998. Early life and education Shufrych was born on 29 December 1966 ...

* Minister for Family, Youth and Sport —

Viktor Korzh The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...

* Minister of Justice —

Oleksandr Lavrynovych Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Lavrynovych ( uk, Олександр Володимирович Лавринович; born June 28, 1956 in Ovruch) is a Ukrainian physicist, lawyer, politician, former member of the Supreme Council of Justice of Ukraine ...

* Minister in connections with Verkhovna Rada and other state authorities — Ivan Tkalenko * Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers — Anatoliy Tolstoukhov

References

External links

Governmental Portal of Ukraine
- official site of the Cabinet of Ministers {{DEFAULTSORT:Yanukovych, Viktor Ukrainian governments 2006 establishments in Ukraine 2007 disestablishments in Ukraine Cabinets established in 2006 Cabinets disestablished in 2007 Viktor Yanukovych