# Yekhanurov government

The first Yekhanurov Government was appointed after the first Tymoshenko Government was sacked amid resignations and corruption claims. Twelve days later the Ukrainian Parliament rejecting Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko choice of Yuri Yekhanurov for Prime Minister. Yekhanurov was three votes short of the 226 needed for approval with three out of 52 deputies from the Regions faction voting for Yekhanurov. On September 22, 2005 the Ukrainian parliament did approved Yekhanurov appointment with 289 votes. This time all the Parliamentarians of the Party of Regions faction of losing presidential candidate (in 2004) Viktor Yanukovych backed the appointment. This shortly after a "Memorandum Of Understanding Between The Authorities And The Opposition" was signed by Yekhanurov, Yushchenko and Yanukovych.
Yekhanurov government lost a vote of no confidence on January 10, 2006 but stayed in power until the parliamentary election two months later.

## Composition

| Party key | Our Ukraine |
| Party key | Socialist Party of Ukraine |
| Office | Name minister | Appointment |
| Prime Minister | Yuriy Yekhanurov | 8 September / 22 September (approved) |
| First Vice Prime Minister | Stanislav Stashevsky | 28 September |
| First Vice Prime Minister — Industry | Anatoliy Kinakh (acting) | 8 September – 27 September |
| Vice Prime Minister (on Humanitarian and Social issues) | Viacheslav Kyrylenko | 28 September |
| Vice Prime Minister (on Agro-Industrial Complex) | Yuriy Melnyk | 5 October |
| Vice Prime Minister (on Administrative-Territorial reform) | Roman Bezsmertnyi | 8 September / 28 September – 27 November |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | Yuriy Lutsenko | 8 September / 28 September |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Borys Tarasyuk | 8 September / 28 September |
| Minister of Coal Industry | Viktor Topolov | 8 September / 27 September |
| Minister of Culture and Tourism | Ihor Likhovy | 5 October |
| Minister of Culture and Tourism | Oksana Bilozir (acting) | 8 September – 28 September |
| Minister of Defense | Anatoliy Hrytsenko | 8 September / 30 September |
| Minister of Economics | Arseniy Yatseniuk | 28 September |
| Minister of Economics | Serhiy Teryokhin (acting) | 8 September – 27 September |
| Minister of Education and Science | Stanislav Nikolaenko | 8 September / 27 September |
| Minister of Fuel and Energy | Ivan Plachkov | 8 September / 27 September |
| Minister of Labor and Social Policy | Ivan Sakhan | 27 September |
| Minister of Labor and Social Policy | Vyacheslav Kyrylenko (acting) | 8 September – 27 September |
| Minister of Construction, Architecture and Residential-Communal Farming | Pavlo Kachur | 28 September |
| Minister of Health Care | Yuriy Polyachenko | 14 October |
| Minister of Health Care | Mykola Polishchuk (acting) | 8 September – 28 September |
| Minister of Agro-Industrial Complex issues | Oleksandr Baranivsky | 8 September / 28 September |
| Minister of Industrial Policy | Volodymyr Shandra | 8 September / 28 September |
| Minister of Environmental Protection issues | Pavlo Ihnatenko | 8 September / 28 September |
| Minister of Transport and Communications | Viktor Bondar | 28 September |
| Minister of Transport and Communications | Yevhen Chervonenko (acting) | 8 September – 27 September |
| Minister of Emergency Situation issues | Viktor Baloha | 27 September |
| Minister of Emergency Situation issues | David Zhvaniya (acting) | 8 September – 27 September |
| Minister of Family, Youth and Sport | Yuriy Pavlenko | 8 September / 28 September |
| Minister of Finance | Viktor Pynzenyk | 8 September / 28 September |
| Minister of Justice | Serhiy Holovatyi | 6 October |
| Minister of Justice | Roman Zvarych (acting) | 8 September – 28 September |
| Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers | Bohdan Butsa | 27 September |
| Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers | Petro Krupko (acting) | 8 September – 27 September |