Honcharuk Government

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Honcharuk Government
Flag of Ukraine.svg
20th Cabinet of Ukraine (since 1990)
Honcharuk Government 2019.jpg
Date formed29 August 2019
Date dissolved4 March 2020
People and organisations
Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky
Head of government Oleksiy Honcharuk
Member parties Servant of the People
Status in legislature Majority
Opposition parties Opposition Platform — For Life
European Solidarity
Fatherland
Voice
Opposition leaders Yuriy Boyko
Vadim Rabinovich
Petro Poroshenko
Yulia Tymoshenko
Svyatoslav Vakarchuk
History
Election 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election
Legislature term5 years
Predecessor Groysman Government
Successor Shmyhal Government

The Honcharuk government was formed on 29 August 2019, and was led by Oleksiy Honcharuk. [1] It was the fourth Ukrainian cabinet formed since the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, following the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.

Contents

History

Appointment of Honcharuk as prime minister

The appointment of Honcharuk as the prime minister of Ukraine was approved by the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) on 29 August 2019. [2] Honcharuk at the time of his appointment was a deputy chairperson of the Presidential Office of Ukraine. [2] 290 People's deputies voted for his candidacy, while the members of most of the other factions (Opposition Platform — For Life, European Solidarity, Fatherland, and Voice) did not support it. [2]

FactionYes [2] NoAbstainedDid not voteTotal
Servant of the People 247004251
Opposition Platform — For Life 0004242
European Solidarity 0260127
Fatherland 00121123
For the Future 2200022
Voice 0013417
Non-affiliated21110436
All factions290273566418

From the podium, the newly elected prime minister stated that in the upcoming years, each third hryvnia would go towards settling debts. [2] The Prime Minister considered that the main indicator of business attractiveness had to become access to cheaper resources. [2] Honcharuk promised to take control of the credit rate and Ukraine's image. [2] He considered that credit with a 12-13 annual percentage rate is a reality. [2] [ further explanation needed ] At the time of Honcharuk's appointment, 10 million Ukrainians lived below the poverty line and corruption continued to flourish. [2]

In the new government no one will be stealing... Within a few weeks Ukraine will be visited by the IMF mission and we will negotiate a new agreement... In Ukraine we have an inadequate minimal living wage, it is impossible to survive on these wages.

Oleksiy Honcharuk, the Verkhovna Rada podium [2]

Criticism

  • Opposition Platform — For Life said that the main task of the Prime Minister should not be Ukraine's image nor its economic development but ending the War in Donbass. [2]
  • European Solidarity questioned the transparency of the selection of the Prime Minister candidate. [2]
  • The leader of Fatherland, Yulia Tymoshenko told journalists on 29 August 2019 that even though her party did not support the appointment of Honcharuk, her party would support the government (working outside the majority) and would not sit on the opposition benches. Less than three months later, the party moved into opposition due to its disagreement with the government's plan to remove the long-standing moratorium on selling agricultural land. [3]
  • Voice did not support the appointment of Honcharuk as prime minister because it was not informed about the composition of the rest of the government. [2]

Appointment of Bakanov to lead the Security Service of Ukraine

On 29 August 2019, the Ukrainian parliament also approved the appointment of Ivan Bakanov as Head of the Security Service of Ukraine. [4]

FactionYes [5] NoAbstainedDid not voteTotal
Servant of the People 248011252
Opposition Platform — For Life 0003543
European Solidarity 0261027
Fatherland 2100024
For the Future 2100122
Voice 0016117
Non-affiliated2904337
All factions319262241408

Appointment of Riaboshapka to lead the General Prosecutor's Office

Ruslan Riaboshapka replaced Yuriy Lutsenko as Prosecutor General of Ukraine on 29 August 2019. [6]

FactionYes [7] NoAbstainedDid not voteTotal
Servant of the People 243004247
Opposition Platform — For Life 0002743
European Solidarity 0260127
Fatherland 2300024
For the Future 2200022
Voice 0016017
Non-affiliated2409037
All factions312262532395

Parliamentary vote for the cabinet

FactionYes [8] NoAbstainedDid not voteTotal
Servant of the People 238016252
Opposition Platform — For Life 0003043
European Solidarity 0260027
Fatherland 0017524
For the Future 2200022
Voice 0017017
Non-affiliated21010237
All factions281264543395

Appointment of Prystaiko as Minister of Foreign Affairs

FactionYes [9] NoAbstainedDid not voteTotal
Servant of the People 250002252
Opposition Platform — For Life 0003443
European Solidarity 0025127
Fatherland 2100124
For the Future 2000222
Voice 0015217
Non-affiliated1909737
All factions31004949408

Appointment of Zahorodniuk as Minister of Defence

FactionYes [10] NoAbstainedDid not voteTotal
Servant of the People 248003252
Opposition Platform — For Life 0013643
European Solidarity 0250027
Fatherland 2200024
For the Future 2100122
Voice 009517
Non-affiliated2304737
All factions314251452405

Retention of Avakov in the new government

One of the most acute issues that were part of long discussions and negotiations was keeping the Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov who had held his post since the Revolution of Dignity. The newly elected prime minister Honcharuk noted that the decision to keep the minister was one of the most complex, yet for the Minister of Internal Affairs "drew certain red lines" which he could not cross. [11]

Fall

In early 2020, domestic media outlets reported that President Volodymyr Zelensky had lost confidence in Prime Minister Honcharuk due to the slow speed at which his government was carrying out reforms. [12] Ukrainian media expected this lack of confidence would culminate in a vote in the Verkhovna Rada on March 4 in which Zelensky would propose sweeping changes to the government, including the appointment of a new prime minister. [13] [12]

On 3 March 2020 Honcharuk tendered his resignation and according to Ukrainian law the Prime Minister's resignation meant the automatic resignation of the entire government. [14] Speaking before the vote on Honcharuk's dismissal, President Zelensky thanked him for his work, while blaming his government for an inefficient economic policy, a decline in industrial production and customs revenues, and accused them of poor communication with local authorities and the public, as well as failing to prepare for further reforms. [15] The following day the Honcharuk government was replaced by the Shmyhal Government. [16] [15]

Composition

The new government was cut to 17 ministers from the previous 25. [17] The new cabinet was cut to 15 ministers from the previous 19. [17]

Under the Constitution of Ukraine, the President of Ukraine submits nominations to parliament for the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defense.

According to Ukrayinska Pravda , President Volodymyr Zelensky continued to hold interviews with candidates for Minister of Healthcare on the day the cabinet was appointed. [18] On 31 August 2019, Servant of the People faction leader Davyd Arakhamia stated on ZIK channel that most likely the then current Healthcare Minister, Zoriana Skaletska, would be replaced by Mikhail Radutsky (who according to Arakhamia needed "about three months to prepare" for the post (in August 2019). [19]

Servant of the People appointed five of its members on the party election list (who are not actual members of the party) as ministers in the Honcharuk government.

On 4 February 2020 Minister of Regional Development Aliona Babak was replaced by Denys Shmygal at her own request. [20] [21]

Nominating
party key
Servant of the People
Presidential nominations President Volodymyr Zelensky
LogoOfficeIncumbent [17]
Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk
Vice Prime Minister (European integration) Dmytro Kuleba
Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov [lower-alpha 1]
Minister of Digital Transformation
Vice Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal (from February 2020)
Emblema MVD Ukrainy.svg Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov
Logo of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine with abbreviation in English.svg Minister of Foreign Affairs Vadym Prystaiko
Ministerstvo finansiv Ukrayini.png Minister of Finance Oksana Markarova
Emblem of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.svg Minister of Defence Andriy Zahorodniuk
Emblem of the Pension Fund of Ukraine.png Minister of Social Policy Yuliya Sokolovska
Logo of the Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine.svg Minister of Temporarily Occupied Territories, IDPs and veterans Oksana Koliada
Logo of Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.svg Minister of Justice Denys Maliuska [lower-alpha 2]
Emblem of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.svg
Minister of Healthcare Zoriana Skaletska
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (logo) 01.png Minister of Education Hanna Novosad [lower-alpha 3]
Logo of Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine.svg Ministry of Energy Generation and Protection of Environment Oleksiy Orzhel [lower-alpha 4]
Emblema DSBTU.svg Minister of Infrastructure Vladyslav Krykliy [lower-alpha 5]
Logo of Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine.svg Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture Tymofiy Mylovanov
Minister of Development of Communities and Territories Alyona Babak [lower-alpha 6] (until February 2020 [20] )
Denys Shmyhal (from February 2020 [21] )
MoYaSoUA.jpg Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Volodymyr Borodiansky
Cabinet of Ukraine.png Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Dmytro Dubilet

See also

Notes

  1. Fedorov is a non-partisan member of Ukrainian parliament and government. [22]
  2. Maliuska is a non-partisan member of Ukrainian parliament and government. [23]
  3. Novosad is a non-partisan member of Ukrainian parliament and government. [24]
  4. Orzhel is a non-partisan member of Ukrainian parliament and government. [25]
  5. Krykliy is a non-partisan member of Ukrainian parliament and government. [26]
  6. Babak is a former member of Self-Reliance, but in 2019 she ran to the parliament as member of Servant of People and later was appointed to the government. [27]

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