Prime Minister of Ukraine
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The Prime Minister of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Прем'єр-міністр України, Premier-ministr Ukrainy) is the head of government of Ukraine.[2] The prime minister presides over the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which is the highest body of the executive branch of the Ukrainian government. The position replaced the Soviet post of chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR, which was established on March 25, 1946.
Prime Minister of Ukraine | |
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Прем'єр-міністр України | |
Style | Mr Prime Minister (informal) His Excellency (diplomatic) |
Type | Head of government |
Member of | Cabinet National Security and Defense Council |
Seat | Government Building, Kyiv, Ukraine |
Nominator | President of Ukraine[1] |
Appointer | Verkhovna Rada |
Term length | Five years unless the Verkhovna Rada is dissolved sooner No term limits specified |
Inaugural holder | Volodymyr Vynnychenko |
Formation | 28 June 1917; 107 years ago (1917-06-28) (original) 25 March 1946; 78 years ago (1946-03-25) (Ukrainian SSR) 24 August 1991; 32 years ago (1991-08-24) (current form) |
Deputy | First Deputy Prime Minister |
Salary | ₴20,000 monthly[citation needed] |
Website | KMU.gov.ua |
Since Ukrainian independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, there have been sixteen prime ministers,[3] or twenty, counting acting prime ministers. Yulia Tymoshenko was the first woman appointed as prime minister in the history of Ukraine. Arseniy Yatsenyuk was the first prime minister who came from Western Ukraine. Two prime ministers were born in the Russian SFSR.
The current prime minister is Denys Shmyhal, who was sworn in on 4 March 2020 following the resignation of Oleksiy Honcharuk.[4]