Second Tymoshenko government
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The second Tymoshenko Government was appointed on 18 December 2007 as a coalition between Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT) and Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc (OU-PSD), OU-PSD is the party of then-President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, following the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election. The government program was named: "Ukrainian breakthrough: for people, not for politicians".[1]
Second Tymoshenko Government | |
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13th Cabinet of Ukraine (since 1990) | |
Date formed | 18 December 2007 |
Date dissolved | 11 March 2010 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Viktor Yushchenko |
Head of government | Yulia Tymoshenko |
Deputy head of government | Oleksandr Turchynov |
No. of ministers | 25 |
Member party | Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc NUNS Lytvyn Bloc |
Status in legislature | Coalition of Democratic Forces (2007–2008) 228 / 450 (51%)
Coalition of National Development, Stability and Order (2008–2010) 248 / 450 (55%)
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Opposition cabinet | Yanukovych shadow government |
Opposition party | Party of Regions Communist Party of Ukraine Lytvyn Bloc |
Opposition leader | Viktor Yanukovych Petro Symonenko Volodymyr Lytvyn |
History | |
Legislature term | 5 years |
Predecessor | Second Yanukovych government |
Successor | First Azarov government |
On 17 December 2008 Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko announced a reshuffle of the cabinet after the forming of a BYuT, OU-PSD and Bloc of Lytvyn coalition[2] following the 2008 Ukrainian political crisis.[3] On March 3, 2010 the Ukrainian Parliament passed a motion of no confidence in the second Tymoshenko Government.[4] A day before that the coalition had already lost the parliamentary majority.[5][6][7] On March 11, 2010 the First Azarov Government was elected.[8]
Since its dismissal several Ministers of the second Tymoshenko Government have been involved in criminal proceedings against them; the most noticeable outcomes of this were the imprisonments of former Prime Minister Tymoshenko and Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko.[9][10][11][12][13][14]