# Shmyhal Government

The Shmyhal government (Ukrainian: Уряд Дениса Шмигаля, romanized: Uriad Denysa Shmyhalia) is the current government of Ukraine, formed on 4 March 2020 and led by Denys Shmyhal, who was previously serving as Deputy Prime Minister in the Honcharuk government, and the Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.

## History

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's first government was the Honcharuk Government, formed after the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election. However, Zelenskyy was dissatisfied with the government due to high ministerial salaries and poor performance. On 3 March 2020, Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk tendered his resignation, and by law this triggered the automatic resignation of the Honcharuk Government. In his 4 March 2020 address to the parliament, Zelenskyy expressed his hope for a stronger government, and that day Honcharuk was dismissed by the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) and Denys Shmyhal was appointed prime minister.
The transition from the Honcharuk government was treated in some local press as worrisome, with the Kyiv Post calling it "hasty" and "awkward".

### Appointment of Shmyhal as Prime Minister

The appointment of Shmyhal as the Prime Minister of Ukraine was approved by the Verkhovna Rada in a special session on 4 March 2020. Shmyhal was an acting vice prime minister at the time of his appointment; he had previously served as Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. 291 people's deputies voted for his candidacy, while the members of most of the other factions (Opposition Platform — For Life, European Solidarity, Batkivshchyna, and Holos) did not support it.
Appointment vote Denys Shmyhal (Independent) :
| Faction | Faction | Faction | For | Against | Abstained | Did not vote | Absent |
| | Servant of the People | 248 | 242 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| | Opposition Platform — For Life | 44 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | European Solidarity | 27 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| | Batkivshchyna | 24 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 3 |
| | For the Future | 22 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| | Independents | 21 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| | Holos | 20 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| | Dovira | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 423 | 291 | 59 | 46 | 9 | 18 |

## Composition

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. 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. 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. On 18 May 2021 parliament dismissed Krykliy as Minister.
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 — were voted in by a package vote, with the support of 277 people's deputies.
Health Minister Illia Yemets and Finance Minister Ihor Umanskyi were dismissed by the parliament on 30 March 2020.
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.
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. On 16 July 2020 Oleh Urusky was appointed Vice Prime Minister responsible for the new Ministry of Strategic Industries of Ukraine.
In the (previous government installed in August 2019) Honcharuk government the ministry responsible for agricultural policies was the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture. But in January 2020 President Zelensky stated the need to split the agriculture part of this Ministry. 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. On 9 July 2020 Zelensky predicted that "at maximum in September" Ukraine would have a separate Minister of Agriculture again. On 17 December 2020 Roman Leshchenko was appointed as Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food. Mykola Solskyi replaced him on 24 March 2022.
Veteran Minister Serhiy Bessarab resigned on 16 December 2020 for health reasons. He was replaced two days later with Yulia Laputina.
On 18 May 2021 the Ukrainian parliament dismissed Ihor Petrashko as Minister of Economic Development and Trade. Two days later his successor became Oleksiy Liubchenko, who was also appointed First Deputy Prime Minister. Liubchenko was dismissed by Parliament on 3 November 2021.
On 12 July 2021 Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov announced that he had submitted his resignation as Interior Minister, and his resignation was accepted by parliament two days later. On 16 July 2021 Denys Monastyrsky was appointed Avakov's successor. Following his January 2023 death in a helicopter crash, Monastyrsky was succeeded by Ihor Klymenko on 7 February 2023.
Environmental minister Roman Abramovsky and minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine Oleh Urusky and Minister of Defence Andriy Taran were dismissed by Parliament on 3 November 2021.
On 2 December 2022 the Ministry of Communities and Territories Development and the Ministry of Infrastructure were merged, creating the Ministry of Development of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure. Infrastructure minister Oleksandr Kubrakov took over as head of the combined ministry.
Three Ministers were dismissed by parliament on 20 March 2023; Minister of Education and Science Serhiy Shkarlet, Minister of Strategic Industries Pavlo Riabikin and the Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov. The same day parliament received Prime Minister Shmyhal's submissions on the appointment of three ministers; Mykhailo Fedorov as Deputy Prime Minister for Innovation, Development of Education, Science and Technology, Minister of Digital Transformation, Oksen Lisovyi as Minister of Education and Science and Oleksandr Kamyshin as Minister of Strategic Industries. On 21 March 2023 all three were appointed to these posts.
On 27 July 2023 Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko was dismissed by parliament after criticism, also by President Zelensky, of government spending on Ukrainian culture during wartime.
On 6 September 2023 Rustem Umierov replaced Oleksii Reznikov as defense minister of Ukraine.
On 19 November 2024 President Zelensky announced the creation of a new (to be formed) ministry, the Ministry of Unification of Ukrainians. Zelensky claimed this new ministry was necessary for the "institutional strengthening of the policy towards Ukrainians abroad, towards our people from all waves of migration."
On 3 December 2024 Oleksiy Chernyshov was appointed as the Minister of National Unity of Ukraine. He was also appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine. The Ministry of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories was renamed to the Ministry of National Unity of Ukraine.
| Office | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Party |
| Prime Minister | Denys Shmyhal | 4 March 2020 | Incumbent | | Independent (SN) |
| Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Digital Transformation | Mykhailo Federov | 4 March 2020 | 20 March 2023 | | SN |
| Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories | Oleksii Reznikov | 4 March 2020 | 3 November 2021 | | Independent (SN) |
| Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine | Vadym Prystaiko | 4 March 2020 | 4 June 2020 | | Independent (SN) |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Dmytro Kuleba | 4 March 2020 | 5 September 2024 | | Independent |
| Minister of Defence | Andrii Taran | 4 March 2020 | 3 November 2021 | | Independent |
| Minister of Justice | Denys Maliuska | 4 March 2020 | 4 September 2024 | | SN |
| Minister of Finance | Ihor Umanskyi | 4 March 2020 | 30 March 2020 | | Independent (SN) |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | Arsen Avakov | 4 March 2020 | 15 July 2021 | | NF |
| Minister of Infrastructure | Vladyslav Kryklii | 4 March 2020 | 18 May 2021 | | SN |
| Minister of Social Policy | Maryna Lazebna | 4 March 2020 | 18 July 2022 | | Independent (SN) |
| Minister of Communities and Territories Development | Oleksii Chernyshov | 4 March 2020 | 3 November 2022 | | SN |
| Minister of Youth and Sports | Vadym Huttsait | 4 March 2020 | 9 November 2023 | | Independent (SN) |
| Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports | Anatolii Maksymchuk (acting) | 4 March 2020 | 10 March 2020 | | Independent (SN) |
| Minister of Health | Illia Yemets | 4 March 2020 | 30 March 2020 | | Independent (SN) |
| Minister of Veterans Affairs | Serhii Bessarab | 4 March 2020 | 16 December 2020 | | Independent (SN) |
| Minister of Cabinet of Ministers | Oleh Nemchinov | 4 March 2020 | Incumbent | | Independent (SN) |
| Changes March 2020 ||||||
| Office | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Party |
| Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture | Pavlo Kukhta (acting) | 10 March 2020 | 17 March 2020 | | Holos |
| Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports | Svitlana Fomenko (acting) | 10 March 2020 | 23 March 2020 | | Independent (SN) |
| Minister of Education and Science | Yurii Poliukhovych (acting) | 10 March 2020 | 25 March 2020 | | Independent (SN) |
| Minister of Energy and Environment | Vitalii Shubin (acting) | 10 March 2020 | 16 April 2020 | | Independent (SN) |
| Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture | Ihor Petrashko | 17 March 2020 | 18 May 2021 | | Independent (SN) |
| Minister of Culture and Information Policy | Svitlana Fomenko (acting) | 23 March 2020 | 4 June 2020 | | Independent (SN) |
| Minister of Education and Science | Lubomyra Mandzii (acting) | 25 March 2020 | 25 June 2020 | | Independent (SN) |
| Minister of Finance | Serhii Marchenko | 30 March 2020 | Incumbent | | Independent (SN) |
| Minister of Health | Maksym Stepanov | 30 March 2020 | 18 May 2021 | | SN |
| Changes April 2020 ||||||
| Office | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Party |
| Minister of Energy and Environment | Olha Buslavets (acting) | 16 April 2020 | 3 June 2020 | | Independent (SN) |
| Changes June 2020 ||||||
| Office | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Party |
| Minister of Energy | Olha Buslavets (acting) | 3 June 2020 | 20 November 2020 | | Independent (SN) |
| Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine | Olha Stefanishyna | 4 June 2020 | 4 September 2024 | | SN |
| Minister of Culture and Information Policy | Oleksandr Tkachenko | 4 June 2020 | 27 July 2023 | | SN |
| Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources | Roman Abramovskyi | 19 June 2020 | 3 November 2021 | | Independent (SN) |
| Minister of Education and Science | Serhii Shkarlet | 25 June 2020 | 20 March 2023 | | Independent (SN) |
| Changes July 2020 ||||||
| Office | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Party |
| Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Strategic Industries | Oleh Uruskyi | 16 July 2020 | 3 November 2021 | | Independent (SN) |
| Changes November 2020 ||||||
| Office | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Party |
| Minister of Energy | Yurii Boiko (acting) | 20 November 2020 | 21 December 2020 | | Independent (SN) |
| Changes December 2020 ||||||
| Office | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Party |
| Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food | Roman Leshchenko | 17 December 2020 | 24 March 2022 | | Independent (SN) |
| Minister of Veterans Affairs | Yulia Laputina | 18 December 2020 | 7 February 2024 | | Independent (SN) |
| Minister of Energy | Yurii Vitrenko (acting) | 21 December 2020 | 28 April 2021 | | Independent (SN) |
| Changes April 2021 ||||||
| Office | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Party |
| Minister of Energy | Herman Halushchenko | 29 April 2021 | Incumbent | | Independent (SN) |
| Changes May 2021 ||||||
| Office | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Party |
| Minister of Health | Viktor Liashko | 20 May 2021 | Incumbent | | Independent (SN) |
| Minister of Infrastructure | Oleksandr Kubrakov | 20 May 2021 | 1 December 2022 | | SN |
| First Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Economy | Oleksii Liubchenko | 20 May 2021 | 3 November 2021 | | Independent (SN) |
| Changes July 2021 ||||||
| Office | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Party |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | Denys Monastyrsky | 16 July 2021 | 18 January 2023 | | SN |
| Changes November 2021 ||||||
| Office | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Party |
| First Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Economy | Yulia Svyrydenko | 4 November 2021 | Incumbent | | Independent (SN) |
| Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories | Iryna Vereshchuk | 4 November 2021 | 5 September 2024 | | SN |
| Minister of Defence | Oleksii Reznikov | 4 November 2021 | 5 September 2023 | | Independent |
| Minister of Strategic Industries | Pavlo Riabikin | 4 November 2021 | 20 March 2023 | | Independent (SN) |
| Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources | Ruslan Strilets | 4 November 2021 | 4 September 2024 | | Independent (SN) |
| Changes March 2022 ||||||
| Office | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Party |
| Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food | Mykola Solskyi | 24 March 2022 | 9 May 2024 | | SN |
| Changes July 2022 ||||||
| Office | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Party |
| Minister of Social Policy | Oksana Zholnovych | 19 July 2022 | Incumbent | | Independent (SN) |
| Changes December 2022 ||||||
| Office | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Party |
| Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development | Oleksandr Kubrakov | 1 December 2022 | 9 May 2024 | | SN |
| Changes January 2023 ||||||
| Office | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Party |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | Ihor Klymenko | 18 January 2023 | Incumbent | | Independent (SN) |
| Changes March 2023 ||||||
| Office | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Party |
| Minister of Strategic Industries | Oleksandr Kamyshin | 21 March 2023 | 4 September 2024 | | Independent (SN) |
| Deputy Prime Minister for Innovation, Education, Science and Technology Development Minister of Digital Transformation | Mykhailo Fedorov | 21 March 2023 | Incumbent | | SN |
| Minister of Education and Science | Oksen Lisovyi | 21 March 2023 | Incumbent | | Independent (SN) |
| Changes July 2023 ||||||
| Office | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Party |
| Minister of Culture and Information Policy | Rostyslav Karandieiev (acting) | 28 July 2023 | 4 September 2024 | | Independent (SN) |
| Changes September 2023 ||||||
| Office | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Party |
| Minister of Defence | Rustem Umierov | 5 September 2023 | Incumbent | | Holos |
| Changes November 2023 ||||||
| Office | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Party |
| Minister of Youth and Sports | Matvii Bidnyi | 9 November 2023 | Incumbent | | Independent (SN) |
| Changes February 2024 ||||||
| Office | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Party |
| Minister of Veterans Affairs | Oleksandr Porkhun (acting) | 9 February 2024 | 5 September 2024 | | Independent (SN) |
| Changes May 2024 ||||||
| Office | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Party |
| Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development | Vasyl Shkurakov (acting) | 9 May 2024 | 5 September 2024 | | Independent (SN) |
| Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food | Taras Vysotskyi (acting) | 9 May 2024 | 5 September 2024 | | Independent (SN) |
| Changes September 2024 ||||||
| Office | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Party |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Andrii Sybiha | 5 September 2024 | Incumbent | | Independent |
| Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Minister of Justice | Olha Stefanishyna | 5 September 2024 | Incumbent | | SN |
| Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine Minister for Communities and Territories Development | Oleksii Kuleba | 5 September 2024 | Incumbent | | Independent (SN) |
| Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources | Svitlana Hrynchuk | 5 September 2024 | Incumbent | | Independent (SN) |
| Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications | Mykola Tochytskyi | 5 September 2024 | Incumbent | | Independent (SN) |
| Minister of Veterans Affairs | Natalia Kalmykova | 5 September 2024 | Incumbent | | Independent (SN) |
| Minister of Strategic Industries | Herman Smetanin | 5 September 2024 | Incumbent | | Independent (SN) |
| Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food | Vitalii Koval | 5 September 2024 | Incumbent | | SN |
| Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories | Taras Vysotskyi (acting) | 6 September 2024 | 3 December 2024 | | Independent (SN) |
| Changes December 2024 ||||||
| Office | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Party |
| Deputy Prime Minister Minister of National Unity of Ukraine | Oleksii Chernyshov | 3 December 2024 | Incumbent | | SN |