First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine

First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine is a government post of the Cabinet of Ukraine. In the absence of the prime minister of Ukraine, the first vice prime minister performs his or her duties^[a] as the acting prime minister. In 1991, the post was grandfathered from the already existing first deputy chairman that was part of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR.

First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Перший віце-прем'єр-міністр України
Incumbent Yulia Svyrydenko since 4 November 2021
Member of	Cabinet of Ministers
Seat	Government Building, Kyiv, Ukraine
Nominator	Prime Minister of Ukraine
Appointer	Supreme Council of Ukraine
Term length	No fixed term
Constituting instrument	Article 9 (About the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine)
Inaugural holder	Kostiantyn Masyk (since the independence of Ukraine)
Formation	1946 (as First Deputy Chairman of Council of Ministers)
Website	www.kmu.gov.ua/control/en

In an absence of the first vice prime minister, his or her functions are performed by other vice prime ministers who are members of the Cabinet of Ministers. Similarly to the prime minister, all official duties of the first vice prime minister are supported by the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers.

Along with other members of the Cabinet of Ministers, a newly appointed first vice prime minister takes the same oath of office at a plenary session of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament). According to Article 10 of the Law of Ukraine about the Cabinet of Ministers, a member of the Cabinet of Ministers (except the prime minister) who refuses to take the oath is considered to have refused to accept the post. Every newly appointed member of an already existing cabinet needs to take the oath at the next plenary session of the Verkhovna Rada.

List of first vice prime ministers of Ukraine

Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Chairman
1		Oleksandr Tkachenko	July 1990	August 1990		Vitaliy Masol
2		Anatoly Statynov	1990	1990
3		Kostyantyn Masyk	August 1990	1992		Vitold Fokin

Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

In April 1991 the Council of Ministers represented by existing government of Vitold Fokin and created by 12th convocation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukrainian SSR was renamed into the Cabinet of Ministers. With adoption of the Act of Independence of Ukraine, the Ukrainian SSR was officially renamed into Ukraine. Because of the 1991 August Putsch in Moscow, the Communist Party was prohibited in Ukraine. In February 1992 there was adopted the new coat of arms.

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Prime minister(s)
1		Kostyantyn Masyk	August 1990	July 1992		Vitold Fokin
2		Valentyn Symonenko	July 1992	October 1992
3		Ihor Yukhnovskyi	October 1992	March 1993		Leonid Kuchma
4		Yukhym Zvyahilsky	June 1993	July 1994
5		Viktor Pynzenyk	31 October 1994	August 1995		Vitaliy Masol
6		Yevhen Marchuk	1994	8 June 1995
7		Pavlo Lazarenko	September 1995	May 1996		Yevhen Marchuk
8		Vasyl Durdynets	June 1996	July 1997		Pavlo Lazarenko
9		Anatoliy Holubchenko	8 August 1997	January 1998		Valeriy Pustovoitenko
10		Volodymyr Kuratchenko	January 1998	July 1999
11		Anatoliy Kinakh	July 1999	1999
12		Yuriy Yekhanurov	December 1999	May 2001		Viktor Yushchenko
13		Oleh Dubyna	May 2001	November 2002		Anatoliy Kinakh
14		Mykola Azarov	November 2002	April 2005		Viktor Yanukovych
15		Anatoliy Kinakh	August 2005	July 2006		Yulia Tymoshenko
16		Stanislav Stashevsky	April 2005	August 2005		Yuriy Yekhanurov
17		Mykola Azarov	July 2006	December 2007		Viktor Yanukovych
18		Oleksandr Turchynov	December 2007	11 March 2010		Yulia Tymoshenko
19		Andriy Klyuyev	11 March 2010	14 February 2012		Mykola Azarov
20		Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi	14 February 2012	24 December 2012
21		Serhiy Arbuzov	24 December 2012	27 February 2014
22		Vitaly Yarema	27 February 2014	19 June 2014[1]		Arseniy Yatsenyuk
23		Stepan Kubiv[2]	14 April 2016[2]	29 August 2019		Volodymyr Groysman
24		Oleksiy Liubchenko	20 May 2021[3]	3 November 2021[4]		Denys Shmyhal
25		Yulia Svyrydenko	4 November 2021[5]	Incumbent

Notes

1. Article 17, paragraph 2, Law of Ukraine about Cabinet of Ministers

References

1. MPs agree to Yarema's appointment as prosecutor general, Interfax-Ukraine (19 June 2014)
2. New Cabinet formed in Ukraine, UNIAN (14 April 2016)
3. Rada appoints Liubchenko as First Dpty PM, Minister of Economy – 293 affirmative votes, Interfax-Ukraine (21 May 2021)
4. Rada dismisses Liubchenko from post of First Dpty PM, Economy Minister, Interfax-Ukraine (3 November 2021)
5. Rada appoints Svyrydenko as First Dpty PM, Economy Minister, Interfax-Ukraine (4 November 2021)

External links

• Law of Ukraine About the Cabinet of Minesters. Verkhovna Rada website