Vitalii Yarema from the Batkivschyna All-Ukrainian Association was appointed as …
The Verkhovna Rada has appointed the Cabinet of Ministers.
This decision received votes of 331 Members of Parliament, while 226 enough.
Arsenii Yatseniuk was appointed as the Prime Minister.
Vitalii Yarema from the Batkivschyna All-Ukrainian Association was appointed as the First Vice Prime Minister;
Mayor of Vinnytsia Volodymyr Hroisman as Vice Prime Minister for Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal Economy; Oleksandr Sych (Svoboda All-Ukrainian Association) as a Vice Prime Minister.
MP Ihor Shvaika (Svoboda) was appointed as the Agrarian Policy and Food Supplies Minister.
Deputy chairman of the Svoboda faction Andrii Mokhnyk was appointed as the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources.
Founder of the Kyiv-Mohyla Business School, President of the Kyiv School of Economics Pavlo Sheremet was appointed as the Minister of Economic Development and Trade.
Former fuel and energy minister Yurii Prodan was appointed as the Minister of Energy and Coal Industry.
Leader and co-organiser of the anti-government protesters’ car run (AutoMaidan) Dmytro Bulatov was appointed as the Minister of Youth and Sports.
Former Economy Minister and State Treasury chief Oleksandr Shlapak was appointed as the Finance Minister.
Secretary of the Rada’s committee on supremacy of law and justice Pavlo Petrenko (Batkivschyna) was appointed as the Justice Minister.
Maksym Burbak (Batkivschyna) was appointed as the Infrastructure Minister of Ukraine.
Acting Internal Affairs Minister Arsen Avakov was appointed as the Internal Affairs Minister.
Honored Artist of Ukraine, activist Yevhen Nischuk was appointed as the Culture Minister.
Coordinator of the Maidan’s medical service Oleh Musii was appointed as the Healthcare Minister.
President of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Serhii Kvit was appointed as the Minister of Education and Science.
MP Liudmyla Denysova (Batkivschyna), former labour and social policy minister, was appointed as the Social Policy Minister.
MP of the Verkhovna Rada of sixth convocation Ostap Semerak was appointed as the Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers.
Besides, by parliament’s other decisions Former Ambassador to Finland and special envoy of the head of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe for conflicts Andrii Deschytsia was appointed as an acting Foreign Affairs Minister, Ihor Tenuikh as an acting Defense Minister.
At that, the post of the Industrial Policy Minister was not sounded, and the post of the Minister of Revenue and Duties was planned to be eliminated.
The newly-appointed ministers read off the oath in the Parliament.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, on Thursday the Verkhovna Rada dismissed the previous Cabinet of Ministers.
Relevant draft resolution No.4300 as basis and as a whole without debate received votes of 358 Members of Parliament, while 226 votes enough for approval.