Ministry of Energy (Ukraine)

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Ministry of Energy
Міністерство енергетики України
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Formed1971
Jurisdiction Government of Ukraine
Headquarters30, Khreshchatyk st., Kyiv [1]
Agency executive
Child agencies
Website Official website

The Ministry of Energy is responsible for energy in Ukraine.

Contents

The government ministry was originally formed in the 1970s as the Ministry of Energy and Electrification.

Functions

Vectors of specialization

Fuel energy complex associations

Headquarters of the Ministry in Kyiv Kreshchatik 30 drob' 1 Kiev 2012 01.JPG
Headquarters of the Ministry in Kyiv

Power generation

Oil/gas and oil refinery industries

Small share participants

Former members

History

Previous names:

The ministry also absorbed a separate Ministry of Coal Mining which existed since 1954 until 1999 and was revived in 2005-2010.

The Ministry was (as it turned out) temporally merged the ministry with the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources by Honcharuk Government (on 29 August 2019). [4] But the succeeding Shmyhal Government re-created the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources (on 27 May 2020). [5]

List of ministers

Energy and electrification

Prime Minister(s)NameTerm of office
StartEnd
Oleksiy Makukhin 27 November 197111 May 1982
Vitaliy Skliarov 11 May 19823 January 1993
Anatoliy Hrytsenko 3 January 199317 August 1993
Vilen Semeniuk 17 August 19933 July 1995
Oleksiy Sheberstov 3 July 199513 June 1996
(acting)13 June 19961 July 1996
Yuriy Bochkaryov 1 July 19966 May 1997
In 1997 it was replaced with Ministry of Energy

Energy

Prime Minister(s)NameTerm of office
StartEnd
In 1997 it was established in place of Ministry of Energy and Electrification
Pavlo Lazarenko Yuriy Bochkaryov 19971997
Valeriy Pustovoitenko Oleksiy Sheberstov 19971999
Ivan Plachkov [6] 19991999

Fuel and energy

Prime Minister(s)NameTerm of office
StartEnd
In 1999 it was established in place of Ministry of Energy
Viktor Yushchenko Serhiy Tulub 19992000
Serhiy Yermilov 20002001
Stanislav Stashevshkyi 20012001
Anatoliy Kinakh Vitaliy Haiduk 20012002
Viktor Yanukovych Serhiy Yermilov 20022004
Serhiy Tulub 20042005
Yuriy Yekhanurov Ivan Plachkov [6] September 2005January 2006
Viktor Yanukovych Yuriy Boiko January 2006
(acting until August)		December 2007
Yulia Tymoshenko Yuriy Prodan December 2007March 2010
Mykola Azarov Yuriy BoikoMarch 2010December 2010
In 2010 Ministry of Fuel and Energy was liquidated and merged

Coal mining

Ministry of Coal Mining of Ukraine existed at least since 1954.

Prime Minister(s)NameTerm of office
StartEnd
no information19871994
Vitaliy Masol Viktor Poltavets 19941995
Yevhen Marchuk Serhiy Polyakov 19951996
Pavlo Lazarenko Yuriy Rusantsov 19961997
Valeriy Pustovoitenko Stanislav Yanko 19971998
Serhiy Tulub 19981999
no information19992005
Yuriy Yekhanurov Viktor Topolov 20052006
Serhiy Tulub 20062007
Yulia Tymoshenko Viktor Poltavets 20072010
Mykola Azarov Yuriy Yashchenko 20102010
In 2010 Ministry of Coal Mining was liquidated and merged

Energy and coal mining

Prime Minister(s)NameTerm of office
StartEnd
In 2010 Ministry of Fuel and Energy merged with Ministry of Coal Mining
Mykola Azarov Yuriy BoikoDecember 201024 December 2012
Eduard Stavytsky [7] 24 December 201227 February 2014
Arseniy Yatsenyuk Yuriy Prodan [8] 27 February 20142 December 2014 [9]
Volodymyr Demchyshyn 2 December 2014 [9] 14 April 2016 [10]
Volodymyr Groysman Ihor Nasalyk 14 April 2016 [10] 29 August 2019
In 2020 Ministry of Energy and Coal Mining was liquidated and merged

Energy and environmental protection

Prime Minister(s)NameTerm of office
StartEnd
In 2019 ministry of Energy and Coal Mining merged with Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
Oleksiy Honcharuk Oleksiy Orzhel 29 August 2019 [11] 4 March 2020 [12]
Denys Shmyhal Vitaliy Shubin (acting minister)11 March 202016 April 2020
Olha Buslavets (acting minister) [13] 16 April 202027 May 2020

Energy

Prime Minister(s)NameTerm of office
StartEnd
In 2020 Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources split into a Ministry of Energy and a separate ministry for Environmental Protection
Denys Shmyhal Olha Buslavets (acting minister) [13] 27 May 202020 November 2020 [14]
Yuriy Boyko (acting minister) [13] 20 November 2020 [14] 21 December 2020
Yuriy Vitrenko (acting minister)21 December 2020 [15] 29 April 2021
Herman Halushchenko [16] 29 April 2021 [16] 17 July 2025 [17]
Yulia Svyrydenko Svitlana Hrynchuk 17 July 2025incumbent

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Official Cabinet of Ministers website page of the Ministry. Contact Us". 2017.
  2. ↑ "Міністр енергетики України" . Retrieved 2025-08-13.
  3. ↑ (in Ukrainian) About the transfer of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to the Ministry of Emergencies (official document)
  4. ↑ New Cabinet formed in Ukraine The Rada appointed the new Cabinet: Avakov and Markarova remained (РАДА ПРИЗНАЧИЛА НОВИЙ КАБМІН: АВАКОВ І МАРКАРОВА ЛИШИЛИСЬ), Ukrayinska Pravda (29 August 2019)
  5. ↑ Govt backs separation of ecology ministry from Energy and Environmental Protection Ministry, Interfax-Ukraine (27 May 2020)
  6. 1 2 "How much does a minister's chair cost: new head of the Ministry of Energy as an irritant for Kolomoisky". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). April 17, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  7. ↑ Yanukovych appoints new Cabinet of Ministers, Kyiv Post (24 December 2012)
  8. ↑ РАДА ОБРАЛА НОВИЙ УРЯД | Українська правда
  9. 1 2 Rada supports coalition-proposed government lineup, Interfax-Ukraine (2 December 2014)
    Rada approves new Cabinet with three foreigners, Kyiv Post (2 December 2014)
    (in Ukrainian) Rada voted the new Cabinet, Ukrayinska Pravda (2 December 2014)
  10. 1 2 New Cabinet formed in Ukraine, UNIAN (14 April 2016)
  11. ↑ "UNIAN: Ukraine's new energy minister voices priorities in office". Kyiv Post. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  12. ↑ Ukraine’s new Cabinet of Ministers
  13. 1 2 3 "Olha Buslavets Is Ukraine's New Acting Energy Minister". Hromadske.TV . April 17, 2020. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
    "Про тимчасове покладення виконання обов'язків Міністра енергетики та захисту довкілля України на Буславець О. А." Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  14. 1 2 Cabinet goes for top reshuffle in energy ministry, UNIAN (20 November 2020)
  15. ↑ (in Ukrainian) The government appointed Vitrenko acting Minister of Energy, Ukrayinska Pravda (21 December 2020)
  16. 1 2 (in Ukrainian) The Rada appointed Galushchenko Minister of Energy, Ekononominska Pravda (29 April 2021)
  17. ↑ "Генератор випадкових міністерств. Як постійне переформатування уряду шкодить Україні". 2025-08-13. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
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