# Ministry of Economy (Ukraine)

The Ministry for Development of Economy and Trade (Ukrainian: Міністерство економрозвитку і торгівлі України) is the main authority in the system of central government of Ukraine responsible for formation and realization of state economic and social development policies (business economics); regulation of consumer prices; industrial, investment and trade economic policies; development of entrepreneurship; technical regulation and security of consumer rights; inter-agency coordination of economic and social cooperation of Ukraine with the European Union. In 2019-2020 it also encompassed functions of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.
The ministry is based on the former Ministry of Economy, taking its origin from the Planning Commission of the Ukrainian SSR. Over the years it included such former ministries as Ministry of Trade and Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations. Activities of the current ministry are coordinated by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

## Structure

The ministry consists of the central body of ministry headed by its leadership composed of a minister, first deputy and other deputies to assist the minister. Ministry elects several state administrations representatives to coordinate operations of the government companies.
Between September and mid-December 2020 the ministry was also responsible for Ukraine's agricultural policy. On 29 August 2019 the Honcharuk Government merged the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food into the ministry. On 17 December 2020 the agricultural ministry was resurrected when Roman Leshchenko was appointed as Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food of the Shmyhal Government.

### State agencies

* State Agency of Ukraine in governing the state corporate rights and properties
* State Agency of Reserves of Ukraine
* State Agency in investments and national projects of Ukraine (Ukrproject)
* State Agency in energy efficiency and energy conservation of Ukraine
* State Service of Statistics of Ukraine
* State Service of Export Control of Ukraine
* State Inspection in Protection of Consumers' Rights
* National Accreditation Agency of Ukraine
    (until 2011 State Committee for Technical Regulation and Consumer Policy)

## List of ministers
### Trade

| Name of ministry | Name of minister | Term of office | Term of office |
| Name of ministry | Name of minister | Start | End |
| Ministry of Trade | Volodymyr Tymofyeyev | December 1991 | February 1992 |

### Foreign relations

| Name of ministry | Name of minister | Term of office | Term of office |
| Name of ministry | Name of minister | Start | End |
| Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations | Valeriy Kravchenko | June 1991 | March 1992 |
| Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade | Anatoliy Voronkov | March 1992 | October 1992 |
| Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade | Ivan Herts | October 1992 | September 1993 |
| Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade | Oleh Slyepichev | September 1993 | August 1994 |
| Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations | Serhiy Osyka | August 1994 | July 1995 |
| Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade | Serhiy Osyka | July 1995 | January 1999 |
| Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade | Andriy Honcharuk | January 1999 | January 2000 |

### Economy

| Name of ministry | Name of minister | Term of office | Term of office |
| Name of ministry | Name of minister | Start | End |
| Ministry of Economy of UkrSSR | Anatoliy Minchenko | May 21, 1991 | August 24, 1991 |
| Ministry of Economy | Anatoliy Minchenko | August 24, 1991 | March 5, 1992 |
| Ministry of Economy | Volodymyr Lanovyi | March 5, 1992 | July 11, 1992 |
| Ministry of Economy | Viktor Pynzenyk | October 27, 1992 | April 13, 1993 |
| Ministry of Economy | Yuriy Bannikov | April 13, 1993 | August 30, 1993 |
| Ministry of Economy | Roman Shpek | August 30, 1993 | July 3, 1995 |
| Ministry of Economy | Vasyl Hureyev | July 3, 1995 | February 25, 1997 |
| Ministry of Economy | Yuriy Yekhanurov | February 26, 1997 | July 25, 1997 |
| Ministry of Economy | Viktor Suslov | July 25, 1997 | April 21, 1998 |
| Ministry of Economy | Vasyl Rohovyi | April 24, 1998 | December 31, 1999 |
| Ministry of Economy | Serhiy Tyhipko | December 31, 1999 | July 5, 2000 |
| Ministry of Economy | Vasyl Rohovyi | August 9, 2000 | June 25, 2001 |
| Ministry of Economy | Oleksandr Shlapak | July 10, 2001 | August 30, 2001 |
| Ministry of Economy and European Integration | Oleksandr Shlapak | August 30, 2001 | November 30, 2002 |
| Ministry of Economy and European Integration | Valeriy Khoroshkovskiy | November 30, 2002 | January 11, 2004 |
| Ministry of Economy and European Integration | Mykola Derkach | January 11, 2004 | February 3, 2005 |
| Ministry of Economy and European Integration | Serhiy Teryokhin | February 4, 2005 | May 16, 2005 |
| Ministry of Economy | Serhiy Teryokhin | May 16, 2005 | September 27, 2005 |
| Ministry of Economy | Arseniy Yatsenyuk | September 27, 2005 | August 4, 2006 |
| Ministry of Economy | Volodymyr Makukha | August 4, 2006 | March 21, 2007 |
| Ministry of Economy | Anatoliy Kinakh | March 21, 2007 | December 18, 2007 |
| Ministry of Economy | Bohdan Danylyshyn | December 18, 2007 | March 11, 2010 |
| Ministry of Economy | Vasyl Tsushko | March 11, 2010 | December 9, 2010 |
| Ministry of Economic Development and Trade | Andriy Klyuyev | December 9, 2010 | February 14, 2012 |
| Ministry of Economic Development and Trade | Petro Poroshenko | March 23, 2012 | December 24, 2012 |
| Ministry of Economic Development and Trade | Ihor Prasolov | December 24, 2012 | February 27, 2014 |
| Ministry of Economic Development and Trade | Pavlo Sheremeta | February 27, 2014 | September 2, 2014 |
| Ministry of Economic Development and Trade | Aivaras Abromavičius | December 2, 2014 | February 3, 2016 |
| Ministry of Economic Development and Trade | Stepan Kubiv | April 14, 2016 | August 29, 2019 |
| Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture | Tymofiy Mylovanov | August 29, 2019 | 14 March 2020 |
| Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture | Ihor Petrashko | 17 March 2020 | 18 May 2021 |
| Minister of Economy | Oleksiy Liubchenko | 20 May 2021 | 3 November 2021 |
Yulia Svyrydenko is since 4 November 2021 simultaneous First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Economic Development.