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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.

Denys Shmyhal is the current Prime Minister of Ukraine since 4 March 2020.

List of officeholders[]

Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1918)[]

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office Duration		Party	Government	Cabinet Composition	President
		Volodymyr Vynnychenko Володимир Винниченко Head of the General Secretariat (1880–1951)	—	28 June 1917	26 August 1917	USDP	Vynnychenko I	USDRP • UPSR • Fareynikte • Bund • AKP • UPSF	Mykhailo Hrushevsky Михайло Грушевський (1917–1918)
				1 month and 29 days
		Dmytro Doroshenko Дмитро Дорошенко Head of the General Secretariat (1882–1951)	—	27 August 1917	31 August 1917	UPSF	Doroshenko	USDRP • UPSR • Fareynikte • Bund • AKP • UPSF
				4 days
		Volodymyr Vynnychenko Володимир Винниченко Head of the General Secretariat (1880–1951)	—	3 September 1917	22 January 1918	USDRP	Vynnychenko II	USDRP • UPSF • UPSR • Fareynikte • UPSI • Bund • AKP • NSP
				4 months and 19 days
		Vsevolod Holubovych Всеволод Голубович Chairman of the Council of People's Ministers (1885–1939)	—	31 January 1918	29 April 1918	UPSR	Holubovych	UPSR • UPSI • USDRP
				2 months and 29 days

Ukrainian State (1918)[]

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office Duration		Party	Government	Cabinet Composition	Hetman
		Mykola Vasylenko Микола Василенко Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1866–1935)	—	30 April 1918	4 May 1918	K-D	Vasylenko	K-D	Pavlo Skoropadskyi Павло Скоропадський (1918)
				4 days
		Fedir Lyzohub Федір Лизогуб Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1851–1928)	—	4 May 1918	14 November 1918	Octobrist	Lyzohub	Octobrist • K-D • UPSF
				6 months and 10 days
		Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1856–1936)	—	14 November 1918	14 December 1918	Independent	Gerbel	Octobrist • K-D • UPSF
				1 month

Ukrainian People's Republic (Restored; 1918–1921)[]

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office Duration		Party	Government	Cabinet Composition	Head of State
		Volodymyr Chekhivsky Володимир Чехівський Chairman of the Council of People's Ministers (1876–1937)	1918	26 December 1918	13 February 1919	USDRP	Chekhivsky	USDRP • UPSR • UNDO • UPSI • Poale Zion	The Directorate (collective) (1918–1921)
				1 month and 18 days
		Serhiy Ostapenko Сергій Остапенко Chairman of the Council of People's Ministers (1881–1937)	—	13 February 1919	9 April 1919	Independent	Ostapenko	UPSF • UPSI • UNDO
				1 month and 27 days
		Borys Martos Борис Мартос Chairman of the Council of People's Ministers (1879–1977)	—	9 April 1919	27 August 1919	USDRP	Martos	USDRP • UPSR • URP • Poale Zion
				4 months and 18 days
		Isaak Mazepa Ісаак Мазепа Chairman of the Council of People's Ministers (1884–1952)	—	29 August 1919	26 May 1920	USDRP	Mazepa	USDRP
				8 months and 27 days
		Vyacheslav Prokopovych В'ячеслав Прокопович Head of the General Secretariat (1881–1942)	—	26 May 1920	18 March 1921	UPSF	Prokopovych	USDRP • UPSF
				9 months and 20 days

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1922–1991)[]

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office Duration		Party	Government	Cabinet Composition	Head of State
		Christian Rakovsky Християн Раковський Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1873–1941)	—	16 January 1919	30 December 1922	KPU	Rakovsky I	KPU	Grigory Petrovsky Григорій Петровський (1919–1938)
				30 December 1922	15 July 1923		Rakovsky II
				4 years, 5 months and 29 days
		Vlas Chubar Влас Чубар Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1891–1939)	—	15 July 1923	28 April 1934	KPU	Chubar	KPU
				10 years, 9 months and 13 days
		Panas Lyubchenko Панас Любченко Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1897–1937)	—	28 April 1934	30 August 1937	KPU	Lyubchenko	KPU
				3 years, 4 months and 2 days [†]
		Mykhailo Bondarenko Михайло Бондаренко Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1903–1938)	—	31 August 1937	13 October 1937	KPU	Bondarenko	KPU
				1 month and 13 days
After Bondarenko's arrest for conspiracy, Mykola Marchak became acting Chairman, from 13 October 1937 to 21 February 1938, until his arrest.
		Demyan Korotchenko Дем’ян Коротченко Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1894–1969)	1937	21 February 1938	6 August 1939	KPU	Korotchenko I	KPU	Leonid Korniyets Леонід Корнієць (1938–1939)
				1 year, 5 months and 16 days
		Leonid Korniyets Леонід Корнієць Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1901–1969)	1939	6 August 1939	20 August 1941	KPU	Korniyets	KPU	Mykhailo Hrechukha Михайло Гречуха (1939–1954)
				20 August 1941	16 February 1944
				4 years, 6 months and 10 days
		Nikita Khrushchev Микита Хрущов Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1894–1971)	—	16 February 1944	29 August 1944	KPU	Khrushchev	KPU
				29 August 1944	4 March 1947
				3 years and 16 days
		Demyan Korotchenko Дем’ян Коротченко Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1894–1969)	1947	4 March 1947	15 January 1954	KPU	Korotchenko II	KPU
			1951
				6 years, 10 months and 11 days
		Nikifor Kalchenko Никифор Кальчекно Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1906–1989)	1955	15 January 1954	28 February 1961	KPU	Kalchenko	KPU	Demyan Korotchenko Дем’ян Коротченко (1954–1969)
			1959
				7 years, 1 month and 13 days
		Volodymyr Shcherbytsky Володимир Щербицький Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1918–1990)	—	28 February 1961	28 June 1963	KPU	Shcherbytsky I	KPU
				2 years and 4 months
		Ivan Kazanets Іван Казанець Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1918–2013)	1963	28 June 1963	22 October 1965	KPU	Kazanets	KPU
				2 years, 3 months and 24 days
		Volodymyr Shcherbytsky Володимир Щербицький Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1918–1990)	1967	22 October 1965	8 June 1972	KPU	Shcherbytsky II	KPU
			1971						Oleksandr Liashko Олександр Ляшко (1969–1972)
				6 years, 7 months and 17 days
		Oleksandr Liashko Олександр Ляшко Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1915–2002)	1975	8 June 1972	10 July 1987	KPU	Liashko I	KPU	Ivan Hrushetsky Іван Грушецький (1972–1976)
			1980
			1985				Liashko II		Oleksiy Vatchenko Олексій Ватченко (1976–1984)
				15 years, 1 month and 2 days					Valentyna Shevchenko Валентина Шевченко (1984–1990)
		Vitaliy Masol Віталій Масол Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1928–2018)	—	10 July 1987	23 October 1990	KPU	Masol I	KPU
				3 years, 3 months and 13 days
		Vitold Fokin Вітольд Фокін Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1932)	1990	23 October 1990	18 April 1991	KPU	Fokin	KPU	Vacant (1990–1991)
				5 months and 26 days

Ukraine (1991–present)[]

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office Duration		Party	Government	Cabinet Composition	President
1		Vitold Fokin Вітольд Фокін Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1932)	—	18 April 1991	2 October 1992	Independent	Fokin	Independents	Leonid Kravchuk Леонід Кравчук (1991–1994)
				1 year, 5 months and 14 days
After Fokin's resignation, Valentyn Symonenko became acting Prime Minister, from 2 to 13 October 1992.
2		Leonid Kuchma Леонід Кучма Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1938)	—	13 October 1992	22 September 1993	Independent	Kuchma	Independents
				11 months and 9 days
After Kuchma's resignation, Yukhym Zvyahilsky became acting Prime Minister, from 22 September 1993 to 16 June 1994.
3		Vitaliy Masol Віталій Масол Prime Minister of Ukraine (1928–2018)	1994	16 June 1994	1 March 1995	Independent	Masol II	Independents	Leonid Kuchma Леонід Кучма (1994–2005)
				8 months and 13 days
4		Yevhen Marchuk Євген Марчук Prime Minister of Ukraine (1941–2021)	—	1 March 1995	28 May 1996	Independent	Marchuk	Independents
				1 year, 2 months and 27 days
5		Pavlo Lazarenko Павло Лазаренко Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1953)	—	28 May 1996	2 July 1997	Independent	Lazarenko I	Independents
							Lazarenko II
				1 year, 1 month and 4 days
After Lazarenko's dismissal, Vasyl Durdynets became acting Prime Minister, from 2 to 30 July 1997.
6		Valeriy Pustovoitenko Валерій Пустовойтенко Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1947)	1998	30 July 1997	22 December 1999	People's Democratic Party	Pustovoitenko	NDP • Hromada • PRP
				2 years, 4 months and 22 days
7		Viktor Yushchenko Віктор Ющенко Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1954)	—	22 December 1999	29 May 2001	People's Democratic Party	Yushchenko	NDP • Batkivshchyna • PRP
				1 year, 5 months and 7 days
8		Anatoliy Kinakh Анатолій Кінах Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1954)	—	29 May 2001	21 November 2002	Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs	Kinakh	NDP • Batkivshchyna • PR • PPPU • NP • TU
				1 year, 5 months and 23 days
9		Viktor Yanukovych Віктор Янукович Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1950)	2002	21 November 2002	5 January 2005	Party of Regions	Yanukovych I	For United Ukraine! (PR • NDP • PPPU • NP • TU)
				2 years, 1 month and 15 days
After Yanukovych's resignation, Mykola Azarov became acting Prime Minister, from 5 to 24 January 2005.
10		Yulia Tymoshenko Юлія Тимошенко Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1960)	—	24 January 2005	8 September 2005	All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"	Tymoshenko I	Our Ukraine Bloc • Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc • PPPU • SPU	Viktor Yushchenko Віктор Ющенко (2005–2010)
				8 months
11		Yuriy Yekhanurov Юрій Єхануров Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1948)	—	8 September 2005	4 August 2006	Our Ukraine	Yekhanurov	Our Ukraine Bloc • SPU
				11 months
12		Viktor Yanukovych Віктор Янукович Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1950)	2006	4 August 2006	18 December 2007	Party of Regions	Yanukovych II	Government of National Unity (PR • SPU • KPU • Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc • Our Ukraine Bloc)[a]
				1 year, 4 months and 14 days
13		Yulia Tymoshenko Юлія Тимошенко Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1960)	2007	18 December 2007	4 March 2010	All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"	Tymoshenko II	Fatherland • Our Ukraine • PRP • Rukh • PPNS
				2 years and 3 months					Viktor Yanukovych Віктор Янукович (2010–2014)
After Tymoshenko's resignation, Oleksandr Turchynov became acting Prime Minister, from 4 to 11 March 2010.
14		Mykola Azarov Микола Азаров Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1947)	2012	11 March 2010	28 January 2014	Party of Regions	Azarov I	PR • Lytvyn Bloc • SU • YT • SPU
							Azarov II	PR • U-V
				3 years, 10 months and 17 days
After Azarov's resignation, Serhiy Arbuzov became acting Prime Minister, from 28 January to 22 February 2014. Then Oleksandr Turchynov succeeded him until 27 February 2014.
15		Arseniy Yatsenyuk Арсеній Яценюк Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1974)	2014	27 February 2014	14 April 2016	All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"[b]	Yatsenyuk I	Fatherland • Svoboda	Petro Poroshenko Петро Порошенко (2014–2019)
15						People's Front	Yatsenyuk II	Solidarity • PF • Self Reliance • RP • Fatherland
				2 years and 2 months
16		Volodymyr Groysman Володимир Гройсман Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1978)	—	14 April 2016	29 August 2019	Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity"	Groysman	Solidarity • PF
				3 years, 4 months and 15 days
									Volodymyr Zelensky Володимир Зеленський (2019–present)
17		Oleksiy Honcharuk Олексій Гончарук Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1984)	2019	29 August 2019	4 March 2020	Servant of the People	Honcharuk	SP
				7 months
18		Denys Shmyhal Денис Шмигаль Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1975)	—	4 March 2020	Incumbent	Independent	Shmyhal	SP • Independents
				1 year, 11 months and 5 days

Timeline[]

See also[]

• List of Ukrainian rulers
• President of Ukraine
  • List of presidents of Ukraine

Notes[]

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".

References[]