Shmyhal Government

On 3 March 2020 Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk tendered his resignation and according to Ukrainian law the Prime Minister's resignation meant the automatic resignation of the/his Honcharuk Government.[2] The following day Honcharuk was dismissed by the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) and his government was replaced by the Shmyhal Government.[3][4]

The transition from the Honcharuk government was treated in some local press as worrisome.[5][6] In his 4 March address to Parliament, President Volodymyr Zelensky hoped for a stronger government.[7]

At the time of appointment of the government five minister seats remained vacant at the following ministries: the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Culture, and the Ministry of Education.[3] Four ministers kept the same post as they had in the previous Honcharuk government: the Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, Justice Minister Denys Maliuska, Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Krykliy, and Interior Minister Arsen Avakov.[3] Two ministers switched posts: Vadym Prystaiko left the Foreign Ministry and became the Deputy Prime Minister for Eurointegration while Dmytro Kuleba did the complete opposite, taking on the post of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.[3]

All the ministerial posts — apart from those of the Ministers of Defense and Minister of Foreign Affairs that were put forward for voting by President Zelensky as these post are Presidential nominations[10] — were voted in by a package vote, with the support of 277 People's deputies.[3]

Health Minister Illia Yemets and Finance Minister Ihor Umansky were dismissed by Parliament on 30 March 2020.[11]

Initially the government did not have a separate Environmental Minister (the Ministry of Energy and Environmental Protection was at first responsible for environmental policies), but on 19 June 2020 Roman Abramovsky was appointed Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources.[12]

On 4 July 2020 President Zelensky announced that a (new post of) Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Policy could appear in the government in a week.[13] On 16 July 2020 Oleh Urusky was appointed Vice Prime Minister responsible for the new Ministry of Strategic Industries of Ukraine.[14][15]

Since the start of the Honcharuk government the Ministry responsible for agricultural policies is the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture.[16] But in January 2020 President Zelensky stated the need to split the agriculture part of this Ministry.[17] When the Shmyhal government was formed the Minister (in the Honcharuk government) of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture, Tymofiy Mylovanov refused to head a newly reestablish Ministry of Agriculture.[18] On 9 July 2020 Zelensky predicted that "at maximum in September" Ukraine would have a separate Minister of Agriculture again.[17] On 17 December 2020 Roman Leshchenko was apppointed as Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food.[19]

Veteran Minister Serhiy Bessarab resigned on 16 December 2020 for health reasons.[20] He was replaced two days later with Yulia Laputina.[21]

Logo	Office	Incumbent[3]
	Prime Minister		Denys Shmyhal
	Vice Prime Minister (European integration)		Vadym Prystaiko (4 March 2020 – 4 June 2020) Olha Stefanyshyna (since 4 June 2020)[22]
	Vice Prime Minister		Oleh Urusky (since 16 July 2020)[14]
	Minister of Strategic Industries[15]
	Vice Prime Minister		Mykhailo Fedorov[lower-alpha 1]
	Minister of Digital Transformation
	Vice Prime Minister		Oleksii Reznikov
	Minister on issues of Reintegration of Occupied Territories
	Minister of Internal Affairs		Arsen Avakov
	Minister of Foreign Affairs		Dmytro Kuleba
	Ministry for Veterans Affairs		Serhiy Bessarab (until 16 December 2020[20]) Yulia Laputina (since 18 December 2020[21])
	Ministry of Youth and Sports		Vadym Hutsait
	Minister of Finance		Ihor Umansky (4 March 2020 – 30 March 2020) Serhiy Marchenko (since 30 March 2020)
	Minister of Infrastructure		Vladyslav Krykliy[lower-alpha 2]
	Minister of Social Policy		Maryna Lazebna
	Minister of Justice		Denys Maliuska[lower-alpha 3]
	Minister of Defence		Andriy Taran
	Minister of Healthcare		Illia Yemets (4 March 2020 – 30 March 2020) Maksym Stepanov (since 30 March 2020)
	Minister of Education and Science		Yuriy Poliukhovych (acting 4 March 2020 – 25 March 2020) Liubomyra Mandziy (acting 25 March 2020 – 25 June 2020) Serhiy Shkarlet (acting to 17 December 2020[26][27])
	Ministry of Energy Generation		Vitaliy Shubin (acting 11 March 2020 – 16 April 2020)[28] Olha Buslavets (acting minister 16 April 2020 – 20 November 2020)[28] Yuriy Boyko (acting minister 20 November 2020 – 21 December 2020)[29] Yuriy Vitrenko (acting minister since 21 December 2020)[30]
	Ministry of Protection of the Environment		Roman Abramovsky (since 19 June 2020)[12]
	Minister of Economic Development and Trade		Pavlo Kukhta (acting 4 March 2020 – 17 March 2020) Ihor Petrashko (since 17 March 2020)
	Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food		Roman Leshchenko (since 17 December 2020[19])
	Minister of Development of Communities and Territories		Oleksiy Chernyshov
	Minister of Culture and Information Policy		Svitlana Fomenko (acting 10 March 2020 – 4 June 2020) Oleksandr Tkachenko (since 4 June 2020)[31]
	Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers		Oleh Nemchinov

• 9th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada