List of Prime Ministers of Ukraine

The Prime Minister of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Прем'єр-міністр України, Prem'ier-ministr Ukrayiny) is Ukraine's head of government presiding over the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which is the highest body of the executive branch of the Ukrainian government.

Since Ukrainian independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, there have been 16 Prime Ministers (19 counting acting PMs). Unlike the President of Ukraine, who is directly elected by popular vote every five years, the Prime Minister is appointed by the President upon the ratification of the candidate by the parliament, the Verkhovna Rada.

Volodymyr Groysman is the incumbent Prime Minister since 14 April 2016.^[1]

Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1921)

Presidents of the Council of People's Ministers (General Secretariat)

Political parties

  Independent
  Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party
  Ukrainian Socialist-Revolutionary Party
  Constitutional Democratic Party
  Union of October 17

№		Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party	Legislature (Election)	President (Term)
	1		Volodymyr Vynnychenko Володимир Винниченко (1880–1951)	1	28 June 1917	13 August 1917	Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party	Central Council[2] (Interim)		Mykhailo Hrushevskyi Михайло Грушевський (1917–1918)
				2	18 August 1917	31 January 1918[3]
	2		Vsevolod Holubovych Все́волод Голубо́вич (1885–1939)	•	31 January 1918	29 April 1918	Ukrainian Socialist-Revolutionary Party
	3		Mykola Vasylenko Микола Василенко (1886–1935)	•	30 April 1918	10 May 1918	Constitutional Democratic Party	None (Interim)		Pavlo Skoropadskyi Павло Скоропадський (1918)
	4		Fedir Lyzohub Федір Лизогуб (1851–1928)	•	10 May 1918	14 November 1918	Union of October 17
	5		Serhiy Gerbel Сергій Гербель (1856–?)	•	14 November 1918	14 December 1918	Union of October 17
	6		Volodymyr Chekhivsky Володимир Чехівський (1876–1937)	•	26 December 1918	13 February 1919	Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party	Labor Congress (Interim)		Volodymyr Vynnychenko Володимир Винниченко (1918–1919)
	7		Serhiy Ostapenko Сергій Остапенко (1881–1937)	•	13 February 1919	9 April 1919	Independent			Symon Petliura Си́мон Петлю́ра (1919–1921)
	8		Borys Mykolaiovych Martos Борис Мартос (1879–1977)	•	9 April 1919	27 August 1919	Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party
	9		Isaak Mazepa Ісаак Мазепа (1884–1952)	•	27 August 1919	26 May 1920	Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party
	10		Vyacheslav Prokopovych В'ячеслав Прокопович (1881–1942)	•	26 May 1920	14 October 1920	Independent

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1991)

Chairmen of People's Commissars

Political parties

  Communist Party of Ukraine

№		Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party	Legislature (Election)	Leaders of the Republic
									Chairmen of Presidium (Term)		1st Secretary (Term)
	2 (11)		Christian Rakovsky Христиа́н Рако́вский (1873–1941)	•	19 February 1920	15 July 1923	Communist Party of Ukraine	Soviets		Grigory Petrovsky Григо́рий Петро́вский (1920–1938)	Nikolay Bestchetvertnoi Николай Бесчетвертной (1920)
											Stanislav Kosior (temporary) Станисла́в Косио́р (1920)
											Vyacheslav Molotov Вячесла́в Мо́лотов (1920–1921)
											Feliks Kon (acting) Феликс Кон (1921)
											Dmitry Manuilsky Дми́трий Мануи́льский (1921–1923)
	3 (12)		Vlas Chubar Влас Чубар (1891–1939)	•	15 July 1923	28 April 1934	Communist Party of Ukraine				Emanuel Kviring Эммануи́л Кви́ринг (1923–1925)
											Lazar Kaganovich Ла́зарь Кагано́вич (1925–1928)
											Stanislav Kosior Станисла́в Косио́р (1928-1934)
	4 (13)		Panas Lyubchenko Панас Любченко (1897–1937)	•	28 April 1934	30 August 1937	Communist Party of Ukraine				Stanislav Kosior Станисла́в Косио́р (1934-1938)
	5 (14)		Mikhail Bondarenko Михаи́л Бондаре́нко (1903–1938)	•	30 August 1937	13 October 1937	Communist Party of Ukraine
	6 (15)		Nikolai Marchak Никола́й Марча́к (1904–1938)	•	13 October 1937	21 February 1938	Communist Party of Ukraine
	7 (16)		Demyan Korotchenko Демья́н Коро́тченко (1894–1969)	1	21 February 1938	6 August 1939	Communist Party of Ukraine	I (1937)		Demyan Korotchenko Демья́н Коро́тченко (1938–1939)	Nikita Khrushchev Никита Хрущёв (1938-1947)
	8 (17)		Leonid Korniyets Леони́д Корни́ец (1901–1969)	•	6 August 1939	16 February 1944	Communist Party of Ukraine	II (1939)		Mikhail Grechukha Михаи́л Гречу́ха (1939–1947)
	9 (18)		Nikita Khrushchev Никита Хрущёв (1894–1971)	•	16 February 1944	4 March 1947	Communist Party of Ukraine

Chairmen of Council of Ministers

№		Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party	Legislature (Election)	Leaders of the Republic
									Chairmen of Presidium (Term)		1st Secretary (Term)
	10 (19)		Demyan Korotchenko Демья́н Коро́тченко (1894–1969)	2	4 March 1947	15 January 1954	Communist Party of Ukraine	III (1947) to IV (1951)		Mikhail Grechukha Михаи́л Гречу́ха (1947–1954)	Lazar Kaganovich Ла́зарь Кагано́вич (1947)
											Nikita Khrushchev Никита Хрущёв (1947-1949)
											Leonid Melnikov Леонид Мельников (1949-1953)
											Alexei Kirichenko Алексе́й Кириче́нко (1953-1954)
	11 (20)		Nikifor Kalchenko Никифор Ка́льченко (1906–1989)	•	15 January 1954	28 February 1961	Communist Party of Ukraine	V (1955)		Demyan Korotchenko Демья́н Коро́тченко (1954–1965)	Alexei Kirichenko Алексе́й Кириче́нко (1954-1957)
											Nikolai Podgorny Никола́й Подго́рный (1957-1961)
	12 (21)		Vladimir Shcherbitskiy Влади́мир Щерби́цкий (1918–1990)	1	28 February 1961	28 June 1963	Communist Party of Ukraine	VI (1959)			Nikolai Podgorny Никола́й Подго́рный (1961-1963)
	13 (22)		Ivan Kazanets Ива́н Казане́ц (1918–2013)	•	28 June 1963	22 October 1965	Communist Party of Ukraine	VII (1963)			Petr Shelest Пётр Ше́лест (1963–1972)
	14 (23)		Vladimir Shcherbitskiy Влади́мир Щерби́цкий (1918–1990)	2	22 October 1965	8 June 1972	Communist Party of Ukraine	VIII (1967) to IX (1971)		Demyan Korotchenko Демья́н Коро́тченко (1965–1969)
										Aleksandr Lyashko Алекса́ндр Ляшко́ (1969–1972)
	15 (24)		Aleksandr Lyashko Алекса́ндр Ляшко (1915–2002)	1	8 June 1972	10 July 1987	Communist Party of Ukraine	X (1975) to XI (1985)		Ivan Grushetskiy Ива́н Груше́цкий (1972–1989)	Vladimir Shcherbitskiy Влади́мир Щерби́цкий (1972–1987)
				2
	16 (25)		Vitaliy Masol Вита́лий Масо́л (1928–)	•	10 July 1987	23 October 1990	Communist Party of Ukraine				Vladimir Shcherbitskiy Влади́мир Щерби́цкий (1987–1989)
										Valentina Shevchenko Валентина Шевченко (1989–1990)	Vladimir Ivashko Владимир Ивашко́ (1989–1990)
	17 (26)		Vitold Fokin Витольд Фокин (1932–)	•	14 November 1990	18 April 1991	Independent	I (XII) (1990)		post liquidated	Stanislav Gurenko Станисла́в Гуре́нко (1990–1991)

Ukraine (1991–present)

Prime Ministers

Political parties

  Independent
  Social Democratic Party of Ukraine
  All-Ukrainian Association "Community"
  People's Democratic Party
  Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
  Party of Regions
  All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"
  People's Union "Our Ukraine"
  People's Front
  Petro Poroshenko Bloc

№		Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party (Political Coalition)	Legislature (Election)	President (Term)
	1 (26)		Vitold Fokin Вітольд Фокін (1932–)	•	14 November 1990	2 October 1992	Independent	I (1990)		Leonid Kravchuk Леонід Кравчук (1991–1994)
	2 (27)		Leonid Kuchma Леонід Кучма (1938–)	•	13 October 1992	22 September 1993	Independent
	3 (28)		Vitaliy Masol Віталій Масол (1928–)	•	16 June 1994	1 March 1995	Independent	II (1994)		Leonid Kuchma Леонід Кучма (1994–2005)
	4 (29)		Yevhen Marchuk Євген Марчук (1941–)	•	1 March 1995	28 May 1996	Social Democratic Party of Ukraine
	5 (30)		Pavlo Lazarenko Павло Лазаренко (1953–)	•	28 May 1996	2 July 1997	All-Ukrainian Association "Community"
	6 (31)		Valeriy Pustovoitenko Валерій Пустовойтенко (1947–)	•	30 July 1997	22 December 1999	People's Democratic Party
	7 (32)		Viktor Yushchenko Віктор Ющенко (1954–)	•	22 December 1999	29 May 2001	Independent	III (1998)
	8 (33)		Anatoliy Kinakh Анатолій Кінах (1954–)	•	29 May 2001	21 November 2002	Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
	9 (34)		Viktor Yanukovych Віктор Янукович (1950–)	1	21 November 2002	5 January 2005	Party of Regions (For United Ukraine)	IV (2002)
	10 (35)		Yulia Tymoshenko Юлія Тимошенко (1960–)	1	24 January 2005	8 September 2005	All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" (Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc)			Viktor Yushchenko Віктор Ющенко (2005–2010)
	11 (36)		Yuriy Yekhanurov Юрій Єхануров (1948–)	•	8 September 2005	4 August 2006	People's Union "Our Ukraine" (Our Ukraine Bloc)
	12 (37)		Viktor Yanukovych Віктор Янукович (1950–)	2	4 August 2006	18 December 2007	Party of Regions (Anti-Crisis Alliance)	V (2006)
	13 (38)		Yulia Tymoshenko Юлія Тимошенко (1960–)	2	18 December 2007	4 March 2010	All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" (Coalition of Democratic Forces)	VI (2007)
	14 (39)		Mykola Azarov Микола Азаров (1947–)	1	11 March 2010	28 January 2014	Party of Regions (Stability and Reforms)			Viktor Yanukovych Віктор Янукович (2010–2014)
				2				VII (2012)
	15 (40)		Arseniy Yatsenyuk Арсеній Яценюк (1974–)	1	27 February 2014	14 April 2016	People's Front[4] (European Ukraine)	VIII (2014)		Petro Poroshenko Петро Порошенко (2014–)
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	16 (41)		Volodymyr Groysman Володимир Гройсман (1978–)	•	14 April 2016	Incumbent	Petro Poroshenko Bloc (European Ukraine)

Acting Prime Ministers

• Valentyn Symonenko (Валентин Симоненко; born 1940): 2 October 1992 – 13 October 1992 (Independent)
• Yukhym Zvyahilsky (Юхим Звягільський; born 1933): 22 September 1993 – 16 June 1994 (Independent)
• Vasyl Durdynets (Василь Дурдинець; born 1937): 2 July 1997 – 30 July 1997 (Independent)
• Mykola Azarov (Мико́ла Аза́ров; born 1947): 7 December 2004 – 28 December 2004 (Party of Regions)
• Mykola Azarov (Мико́ла Аза́ров; born 1947): 5 January 2005 – 24 January 2005 (Party of Regions)
• Oleksandr Turchynov (Олександр Турчинов; born 1964): 4 March 2010 – 11 March 2010 (All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland")
• Serhiy Arbuzov (Сергій Арбузов; born 1976): 28 January 2014 – 22 February 2014 (Party of Regions)
• Oleksandr Turchynov (Олександр Турчинов; born 1964): 22 February 2014 – 27 February 2014 (All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland")

Note: Concept of "government coalition" was reverted in 2014 by reestablishment of the 2004 constitutional amendments. Before 2004 and between 2010 and 2014, government was based on "parliamentary majority".

Timeline

See also

• List of Ukrainian rulers
• President of Ukraine
  • List of Presidents of Ukraine

References

1. New Cabinet formed in Ukraine, UNIAN (April 14th 2016)
2. Constituent Assembly never took place as the 1918 elections were paused due to the 1919 Russian invasion.
3. The government was confirmed by the Russian Provisional Government on September 1, but was selected and acted prior to that.
4. Yatsenyuk was a member of the All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" until September 10, 2014.