The prime minister of Ukraine is the head of government of Ukraine. The prime minister presides over the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which is the highest body of the executive branch of the Ukrainian government. Following the 1991 Declaration of Independence of Ukraine the position replaced the Soviet post of chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR, which was established on March 25, 1946.
Pavlo Ivanovych Lazarenko is a Ukrainian convicted criminal, international fugitive, and a former politician who served as Prime Minister of Ukraine from 1996 to 1997.
Yevhen Kyrylovych Marchuk was a Ukrainian politician, intelligence officer, and general who served as the fourth Prime Minister of Ukraine after its independence in 1991.
Kostyantyn Ivanovych Gryshchenko is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician.
Viktor Ivanovych Baloha is a Ukrainian politician and the former emergency situations minister.
The Embassy of Ukraine in Minsk is the diplomatic mission of Ukraine in Belarus.
Mykhailo Mykolayovych Kutsyn is a former Chief of the General Staff and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He was appointed Chief of the General Staff by acting president Oleksandr Turchynov on 28 February 2014. Kutsyn was relieved of this post by president Petro Poroshenko on 3 July 2014. Poroshenko thanked Kutsyn for his service and stated he had been shell-shocked on 2 July 2014 while combating the 2014 insurgency in Donbass. He had suffered a concussion and was recovering at a hospital.
Leonid Vasyliovych Derkach was a Soviet and Ukrainian politician, intelligence officer, and general who was Head of the Security Service of Ukraine from 22 April 1998 to 10 February 2001. Called the "Ukrainian Sorge", he headed one of the five groups in the Dnipropetrovsk Mafia. The Derkach family maintains very close relationships with Oleg Deripaska, Mikhail Fridman's Moscow-based Alfa Group and Petr Aven's Alfa-Bank.
Events in the year 1996 in Ukraine.
Volodymyr Tymofiiovych Lanovyi is a Ukrainian statesman, politician, economical scientist.
Valeriy Vasylyovych Malikov was a Ukrainian statesman, and former Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (1994–1995). Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine (1995–1996).
Pavlo Stepanovych Kachur is a Ukrainian politician who served as Governor of Sumy Oblast on the appointment of President Viktor Yushchenko, serving from 2006 to 2008. Prior to this, he served as Minister of Construction, Architecture, and Public Housing and Utilities in the Yekhanurov government from September 2005 to April 2006, and as a People's Deputy of Ukraine for Ukraine's 117th electoral district between 2002 and 2005. He is a member of the People's Movement of Ukraine, and held office as a member of the Our Ukraine Bloc.
The Honcharuk government was formed on 29 August 2019, and was led by Oleksiy Honcharuk. It was the fourth Ukrainian cabinet formed since the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, following the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.
The Dnipropetrovsk Mafia, also known as the Dnipropetrovsk clan or simply Dnipropetrovtsi, is a group of Ukrainian oligarchs, politicians, and organised crime figures, and formerly Soviet politicians. While two separate groups, both iterations of the Dnipropetrovsk Mafia have been linked by their powerful influence on Ukraine and base in the southern Ukrainian city of Dnipro.
The Embassy of Ukraine in Japan is the official representative office of Ukraine in Japan. Located in the prestigious Minato district of Tokyo, where the embassies of most foreign countries in Japan are. Registered in September 1994. It was opened on March 23, 1995, with the participation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Hennadiy Udovenko during the official visit of the President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma to Japan. It is headed by an extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador.
Leonid Kozachenko is a Ukrainian politician, People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 8th convocation, President of the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation. Former Vice Prime Minister of Agrarian Policy, Academician of the Ukrainian Academy of Technology.
Events in the year 1995 in Ukraine.
Mykhailo Mykhailovych Tsymbaliuk is a Ukrainian retired lieutenant general of the Militsiya, politician, and legal professor currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine on the party list of Batkivshchyna since 29 August 2019. Previously, he served as Governor of Lviv Oblast from 21 December 2010 to 2 November 2011 and as Governor of Ternopil Oblast on two occasions, first from 17 July 2004 to 19 January 2005 and later from 16 June to 21 December 2010.
Serhiy Fedorovych Yermilov is a Ukrainian politician who became the fifth Minister of Fuel and Energy from 2002 to 2004.
Ivan Vasylovych Hlukh is a Ukrainian politician, Deputy of Ukraine of the 2nd Convocation of Verkhovna Rada (1994–1998).
