Yanukovych shadow government

The shadow government of Viktor Yanukovych was formed on 21 December 2007 as a result of the formation of the second Tymoshenko government, following the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[1]

Yanukovych shadow government

Shadow cabinet of Ukraine
2007–2010
Viktor Yanukovych in 2007
Date formed21 December 2007
Date dissolved25 February 2010
People and organisations
President of UkraineViktor Yushchenko
Shadow Prime MinisterViktor Yanukovych
Prime Minister being shadowedYulia Tymoshenko (Tymoshenko II)
No. of ministers18
Total no. of members24
Member party  Party of Regions
Status in legislature
175 / 450
History
Election2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election
Legislature terms6th Verkhovna Rada
PredecessorTymoshenko shadow government (1998)
SuccessorSobolyev shadow government

Background

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Shadow governments are not officialised in Ukraine, nor do they hold any real power and significance. However, a few of them have been formed or tried to be formed before: Yulia Tymoshenko has previously led an opposition shadow government of the Hromada party in 1998,[2] Our Ukraine had proposed to form shadow governments twice: in 2002[3] and 2006.[4]

By the 2007, when after a long-lasting political crisis, which led to the snap 2007 parliamentary election, the "orange coalition" blocs, BYuT and NUNS, agreed to form a coalition government,[5] largest opposition party in the Verkhovna Rada, Party of Regions, pledged to form a shadow cabinet, if party becomes the opposition.[6] Despite Yanukovych's wishes to form a "united opposition government", other two opposition factions, Lytvyn Bloc and Communist Party of Ukraine stated that they would not join the shadow cabinet.[7]

On 21 December 2007, the shadow cabinet of Viktor Yanukovych gathered for their first meeting in the former headquarters of Yanukovych's presidential campaign team, the Zoryanyi cinema building. Later that day, PR representative, Serhiy Lyovochkin refused to call the cabinet a "shadow" one, and preferred for it to be called "an opposition cabinet".[8] Lyovochkin also added that there would be vacant positions inside the cabinet, like the culture and health ministries, which are available for the other opposition parties, in case of the opposition coalition expansion.[8]

Composition

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The shadow cabinet is composed of the shadow prime minister, 20 ministers, and four other members without portfolio (National Bank governor, heads of the Security Service, the State Tax Administration and the State Customs Service).[1]

Portfolio Name Party Took office Left office
Shadow Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych PR 21 December 2007 25 February 2010
Shadow Minister of Finance Mykola Azarov PR 21 December 2007 25 February 2010
Shadow Minister of Economy Iryna Akimova PR 21 December 2007 25 February 2010
Shadow Minister of Defense Oleksandr Kuzmuk PR 21 December 2007 25 February 2010
Shadow Minister of Internal Affairs Mykola Dzhyha PR 21 December 2007 25 February 2010
Shadow Minister of Fuel and Energy Yuriy Boyko PR 21 December 2007 25 February 2010
Shadow Minister of Coal Industry Serhiy Tulub PR 21 December 2007 25 February 2010
Shadow Ministry of Transport and Communication Volodymyr Kozak PR 21 December 2007 25 February 2010
Shadow Minister of Labour and Social Policy Mykhailo Papiyev PR 21 December 2007 25 February 2010
Shadow Minister of Education and Science Dmytro Tabachnyk PR 21 December 2007 25 February 2010
Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs Kostyantyn Hryshchenko PR 21 December 2007 25 February 2010
Shadow Minister of Justice Oleksandr Lavrynovych PR 21 December 2007 25 February 2010
Shadow Minister of Environmental Protection Anatoliy Tolstoukhov PR 21 December 2007 25 February 2010
Shadow Minister of Agrarian Policy Viktor Slauta PR 21 December 2007 25 February 2010
Shadow Minister of Public Housing and Utilities Oleksandr Popov PR 21 December 2007 25 February 2010
Shadow Minister of Family, Youth, and Sports Affairs Viktor Korzh PR 21 December 2007 25 February 2010
Shadow Minister of Industry Anatoliy Kinakh PR 21 December 2007 25 February 2010
Shadow Minister of Emergency Situations Nestor Shufrych PR 21 December 2007 25 February 2010
Shadow Minister of Building and Regional Development Volodymyr Yatsuba PR 21 December 2007 25 February 2010
Shadow Minister of Health Vacant (reserved for other opposition parties)
Shadow Minister of Culture and Tourism Vacant (reserved for other opposition parties)
Members without portfolio
Shadow Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine Serhiy Lyovochkin PR 21 December 2007 25 February 2010
Shadow Head of the State Tax Administration Inna Bohoslovska PR 21 December 2007 25 February 2010
Shadow Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Vacant (reserved for other opposition parties)
Shadow Head of the State Customs Service Vacant (reserved for other opposition parties)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Януковичу сформували Кабмін. Шуфричу дали стару роль". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-06-09.
  2. ^ "Технології опозиції". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  3. ^ "У "Нашої України" вже готові тіньовий уряд та обласні адміністрації". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  4. ^ Свобода, Радіо (2008-02-05). ""Наша Україна" має намір створити "тіньовий уряд"". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  5. ^ Свобода, Радіо (2008-02-05). "БЮТ і НУНС підписали коаліційну угоду. Демократичну коаліцію у складі 228 депутатів створено офіційно у Верховній Раді". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  6. ^ "Регіони попереджають, що навіть у опозиції матимуть свій уряд". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  7. ^ "Литвин і Симоненко не підуть у "тінь" з Януковичем. Буде "віртуалка"?". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  8. ^ a b "Янукович припас кілька портфелів у себе в уряді тим, хто пристане до нього". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-06-10.