The Second Yanukovych Government was a governing coalition of the

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, the Communist Party and the

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after the

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and the 2006 Ukrainian political crisis. Until 24 March 2007, it was known as the Anti-Crisis Alliance ().

History

Initially the Our Ukraine Bloc intended to join the coalition and five of its ministers were initially appointed into Cabinet of Ministers of the coalition; Justice Minister Roman Zvarych, Family and Sports Minister Yuriy Pavlenko, Emergency Situations Minister Viktor Baloha, Culture Minister Ihor Likhovyy, and Health Minister Yuriy Polyachenko. By November 2006 these five ministers were dismissed by parliament or withdrawn by Our Ukraine Bloc. Before the crisis which sparked the 2007 parliamentary election, the coalition consisted of the following 249 members of parliamentary parties: *

(186) *

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(31) *

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(21) * Yulia Tymoshenko Electoral Bloc (6) * Our Ukraine Bloc (5) At its highest point the Alliance consisted of 260 members, and the trend was that opposition members were willing to join the Alliance, and thereby undermine the authority of the President and move towards the 300-member constitutional majority. On 6 April 2007 the coalition's members count was reduced to 238 members: *

(186) *

(31) *

(21)

Fall of cabinet

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Yushchenko dissolved parliament on 2 April 2007 because he believed the government was acting illegally during the

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. Yushchenko argued that the constitution only allows whole parliamentary blocs to change sides, not individuals deputies. Yushchenko, Yanukovych and parliamentary speaker

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agreed in late May 2007 that the election would be held on 30 September, provided that at least 150 opposition and pro-president MPs formally gave up their seats, thereby creating the legal grounds for dissolving parliament. This happened.

Creation

Composition

The

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of the Alliance of National Unity was appointed on August 4, 2006; it served until the twelfth Cabinet and Second Tymoshenko Government was chosen on December 18, 2007. Its composition was: *

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—

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(Party of Regions) * First Vice Prime Minister, Finance Minister —

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(Party of Regions) * Vice Prime Minister in affairs of Building, Architecture and Housing and Communal Services — Volodymyr Rybak * Vice Prime Minister — Andriy Klyuyev (Party of Regions) * Vice Prime Minister — Dmytro Tabachnyk (Party of Regions) * Vice Prime Minister — Viktor Slauta * Vice Prime Minister — Volodymyr Radchenko (January 12 — May 25, 2007) replaced with Oleksandr Kuzmuk * Minister of Internal Affairs — Vasyl Tsushko (Socialist Party of Ukraine) * Minister for Foreign Affairs — Borys Tarasyuk (dismissed on December 1, 2006)(Yushchenko issued a decree that Tarasyuk must keep his job. Despite a court order and a presidential decree, he was not allowed to enter cabinet meetings. Tarasyuk resigned at the end of January 2007) replaced with

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* Minister of Coal Mining Industry — Serhiy Tulub (Party of Regions) * Minister of Culture — Yuriy Bohutsky * Minister of Defense — Anatoliy Hrytsenko * Minister of Economy — Volodymyr Makukha replaced with Anatoliy Kinakh (Industrials and Entrepreneurs) * Minister of Education and Science — Stanislav Nikolaenko * Fuel and Energy Minister — Yuriy Boyko * Minister of Labor and Social Policy — Mykhailo Papiev * Health Minister — Yuriy Polyachenko * Minister of Agro-Industrial Complex — Yuriy Melnyk (Ukrainian People's Party) * Minister of Industrial Policy — Anatoliy Holovko * Minister of Environmental Protection — Vasyl Dzharty * Minister of Transport and Communications — Mykola Rudkovsky * Minister of Emergencies — Nestor Shufrych * Minister for Family, Youth and Sport — Viktor Korzh * Minister of Justice —

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* Minister in connections with Verkhovna Rada and other state authorities — Ivan Tkalenko * Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers — Anatoliy Tolstoukhov

References

External links

Governmental Portal of Ukraine
- official site of the Cabinet of Ministers {{DEFAULTSORT:Yanukovych, Viktor Ukrainian governments 2006 establishments in Ukraine 2007 disestablishments in Ukraine Cabinets established in 2006 Cabinets disestablished in 2007 Viktor Yanukovych