The Office of the President of Ukraine ('' uk, Офіс Президента України'') (formerly ''Administration of the President of Ukraine'', uk, Адміністрація Президента) is a standing advisory body set up by the President of Ukraine pursuant to clause 28, Article 106 of the

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. The duties of the Office are to provide administrative, legal, consultative, advisory, media, analytical and other assistance and support to the

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when exercising authorities established by the Constitution of Ukraine.

Overview

After Ukraine declared independence in 1991, President

Leonid Kravchuk Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk ( uk, Леонід Макарович Кравчук; 10 January 1934 – 10 May 2022) was a Ukrainian politician and the first president of Ukraine, serving from 5 December 1991 until 19 July 1994. In 1992, he signed ...

established the Administration of the President on 13 December as an advisory body to the President (the Ukrainian SSR formally ceased to exist on 26 December 1991). The Administration is headquartered on 11 Bankova in Kyiv. President

Leonid Kuchma Leonid Danylovych Kuchma ( uk, Леоні́д Дани́лович Ку́чма; born 9 August 1938) is a Ukrainian politician who was the second president of Ukraine from 19 July 1994 to 23 January 2005. Kuchma's presidency saw numerous corru ...

kept the name Administration for the period of his two terms in office. Under President

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 ...

, the administration was reorganized into the Secretariat on 24 January 2005 in accordance with Clause 28 of Article 106 of the

. President

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 Di ...

restored the name Administration of the President of Ukraine on 25 February 2010. On 20 June 2019 President

Volodymyr Zelensky Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy, ; russian: Владимир Александрович Зеленский, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zelenskyy, (born 25 January 1978; also transliterated as Zelensky or Zelenskiy) is a Ukrainian politicia ...

signed a decree that transformed the Presidential Administration of Ukraine into the Office of the President of Ukraine.Zelensky issued several staff decrees in connection with the replacement of the AP on the presidential office

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(25 June 2019)
The Office consists of the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Deputies of the Head, Chief of Staff, First Assistant to the President, Advisors, Authorized Advisors, Press Secretary, Representatives of the President, Cabinet of the President, Cabinet of the Head of the Office, Services, Directorates, and Departments.

Heads of the Administration / Secretariat / Office

List of Chiefs-of-Staff

Structure

* Cabinet of the President of Ukraine * Cabinet of the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine * State Protocol and Ceremonials Service * Directorate for Legal Policy * Directorate for Foreign Policy and Strategic Partnership * Directorate for Justice and Law Enforcement * Directorate for Regional Policy * Directorate for Economic Policy * Directorate for National and Humanitarian Policy * Directorate for Information and Media Policy * Social Policy and Health Care Directorate * European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Department * National Security and Defense Department * Document Control Department * Department for Citizenship, Pardon and State Awards * Department for Public Queries * HR Department * Information Technologies Department * Department for Interaction with the Parliament and Government * Center for Coordination with the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine * State Administrative Department

References

External links

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Office Management
at the Official website of the President of Ukraine {{Authority control