Prime Minister of Crimea

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Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Republic of Crimea
Emblem of Crimea.svg
Yury Gotsanyuk (2019-08-09).jpg
Incumbent
Yury Gotsanyuk
since 20 September 2019
Nominator Head of the Republic of Crimea
Appointer State Council of Crimea
Term length 5 years
Inaugural holderVitaliy Kurashyk
FormationMarch 22, 1991 (as Prime Minister of Autonomous Republic of Crimea (in Ukraine))
March 18, 2014 (as Prime Minister of Republic of Crimea (in Russia))
DeputyDeputy Prime Minister of Crimea

The Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea [1] is the head of government of the Republic of Crimea (previously the Autonomous Republic of Crimea located in the southern region of Ukraine).

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Until 2014, the Prime Minister, whose nomination was proposed by the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea (Crimean parliament) with the approval of the President of Ukraine and then the Crimean parliament, presided over the Council of Ministers of Crimea. [2] [3]

Following the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in 2014, the Prime Minister has been appointed by the Head of the Republic of Crimea, once a candidate for Prime Minister has been approved by the State Council of Crimea (Crimean parliament). The Head of the Republic of Crimea could lead the Council of Ministers of Crimea, but he must also be approved by the State Council. [4]

List

Autonomous Republic of Crimea

   Independent
   Republican Party of Crimea
   Agrarian Party of Ukraine
  People's Party of Crimea
   People's Democratic Party
   Ukrainian Platform "Sobor"
   Our Ukraine
   Party of Regions
   Labour Ukraine

#PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical PartyLegislature
(Election)
Presidential representative
1 NDU 1 Kurashik Vitalii Volodimirovich.jpg Vitaliy Kurashyk
(born in 1939)
22 March 199120 May 1993 Independent I
(1991)
Vacant
(1992–1994)
2 No image.svg Borys Samsonov
(1938–2014)
20 May 19934 February 1994 Independent
3 Yuriy Meshkov
(1945–2019)
4 February 19946 October 1994 [lower-alpha 1] Republican Party of Crimea
(Electoral Bloc "Rossiya")
II
(1994)
Valeriy Horbatov
(1994–1996)
4 NDU 3 Franchuk Anatolii Romanovich.jpg Anatoliy Franchuk
(1935–2021)
6 October 199422 March 1995People's Party of Crimea
(Electoral Bloc "Rossiya")
5 NDU 2 Drobotov Anatolii Ivanovich.jpg Anatoliy Drobotov
(born in 1951)
22 March 199531 March 1995 [lower-alpha 2] Republican Party of Crimea
(Electoral Bloc "Rossiya")
6 NDU 3 Franchuk Anatolii Romanovich.jpg Anatoliy Franchuk
(1935–2021)
31 March 199526 January 1996People's Party of Crimea
(Electoral Bloc "Rossiya")
7 No image.svg Arkadiy Demydenko
(1950–2005)
26 January 19964 June 1997 Independent Dmytro Stepanyuk
(1996–1997)
Vasyl Kiselyov
(1997–1999)
8 NDU 3 Franchuk Anatolii Romanovich.jpg Anatoliy Franchuk
(1935–2021)
4 June 199727 May 1998People's Party of Crimea
(Electoral Bloc "Rossiya")
Vasyl Kiselyov
(1997–1999)
9 Serhiy Kunitsyn.jpg Serhiy Kunitsyn
(born in 1960)
27 May 199825 July 2001 People's Democratic Party
(Electoral Bloc of Kunitsyn)
II
(1998)
Vasyl Kiselyov
(1997–1999)
Anatoliy Korniychuk
(1999–2002)
10 NDU 3 Gorbatov Valerii Mironovich.jpg Valeriy Horbatov
(born in 1955)
25 July 200129 April 2002 Independent Anatoliy Korniychuk
(1999–2002)
11 Serhiy Kunitsyn.jpg Serhiy Kunitsyn
(born in 1960)
29 April 200220 April 2005 People's Democratic Party
(Electoral Bloc of Kunitsyn)
III
(2002)
Oleksandr Didenko
(2002–2005)
12 Anatoliy Matviyenko.jpg Anatoliy Matviienko [5]
(1953-2020)
20 April 200521 September 2005 Ukrainian Platform "Sobor" [5]
13 No image.svg Anatoliy Burdiuhov
(born in 1958)
23 September 20052 June 2006 Our Ukraine Volodymyr Kulish
(2005–2006)
14 Plakida, Viktor Tarasovich.jpg Viktor Plakida [6]
(born in 1956)
2 June 200617 March 2010 [7] [8] [9] Party of Regions [10] IV
(2006)
Hennadiy Moskal
(2006–2007)
Vacant
(2007)
Viktor Shemchuk
(2007)
Volodymyr Khomenko
(2007)
Vacant
(2008)
Leonid Zhunko
(2008–2010)
15 NDU 6 Dzharti Vasil' Georgiiovich.jpg Vasyl Dzharty
(1958–2011)
17 March 2010 [11] 17 August 2011 [12] Party of Regions V
(2010)
Serhiy Kunitsyn
(2010)
Vacant
(2010)
Volodymyr Yatsuba
(2011)
Viktor Plakida
(acting in 2011)
- Burlakov P N.jpg Pavlo Burlakov
(born in 1963)
17 August 20118 November 2011 Party of Regions Viktor Plakida
(acting in 2011)
16 Anatoliy Mohyliov.jpg Anatolii Mohyliov [2]
(born in 1955)
8 November 2011 [13] [14] 27 February 2014 Party of Regions Viktor Plakida
(acting in 2011–2012)
Viktor Plakida
(2012–2014)

Russian annexation of Crimea ("independent Crimea")

   Russian Unity

#PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical Party
- Sergey Aksyonov (2018).jpg Sergey Aksyonov [lower-alpha 3]
(born in 1972)
27 February 2014 [15] 17 March 2014 Russian Unity

Republic of Crimea

   United Russia

#PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical PartyLegislature
(Election)
Head of Republic
1
(17)
Sergey Aksyonov (2018).jpg Sergey Aksyonov
(born in 1972)
17 March 20149 September 2014 United Russia Vacant Sergey Aksyonov
(since 2014)
9 September 2014 [16] 20 September 2019I
(2014)
2
(18)
Yury Gotsanyuk (2019-08-09).jpg Yury Gotsanyuk
(born in 1966)
20 September 20191 October 2019 United Russia II
(2019)
1 October 2019 [17] Incumbent

Notes

  1. Promoted himself to become the President of Crimea.
  2. Not recognized by Ukraine.
  3. Installed during the 2014 Crimean crisis and not approved by the President of Ukraine.

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References

  1. Ukrainian : Голова Ради міністрів Республіки Крим; Russian : Председатель Совета министров Республики Крым; Crimean Tatar : Qırım Cumhuriyetiniñ Baş Naziri/Къырым Джумхурийетининъ Баш Назири
  2. 1 2 Crimean parliament to decide on appointment of autonomous republic's premier on Tuesday, Interfax Ukraine (November 7, 2011)
  3. (in Ukrainian) The new prime minister is the leader of Russian Unity, Ukrayinska Pravda (27 February 2014)
  4. Constitution of Crimea
  5. 1 2 (in Russian)/(website has automatic Google Translate option) Small biography of Anatoliy Matviyenko, LIGA
  6. Regions and territories: Crimea, BBC News
  7. Crimean parliament dismisses speaker, head of government, Kyiv Post (March 17, 2010)
  8. Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian)
  9. E-Crimea.info Archived April 9, 2010, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  10. Viktor Tarasovych Plakida (ПЛАКИДА ВИКТОР ТАРАСОВИЧ). Krym Politicheskiy. 8 December 2013
  11. Vasyl Dzharty of Regions Party heads Crimean government, Kyiv Post (March 17, 2010)
  12. Помер прем’єр-міністр Криму Василь Джарти (in Ukrainian)
  13. Former Interior Minister Mohyliov heads Crimean government, Interfax Ukraine (November 8, 2011)
  14. Yanukovych appoints Mohyliov to Crimean post, Kyiv Post (November 7, 2011)
  15. "Crimean Parliament Dismisses Cabinet and Sets Date for Autonomy Referendum". The Moscow Times . February 27, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  16. Аксенов будет совмещать должность главы Крыма и премьера
  17. Премьер-министром Крыма стал Юрий Гоцанюк