  the prime minister of ukraine () 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. the position replaced the soviet post of the chairman of council of ministers of the ukrainian ssr, which was established on march 25, 1946. since ukrainian independence from the soviet union in 1991, there have been fifteen prime ministers,eugenia tymoshenko: the fight to save my mother yulia, the guardian (23 september 2012) or nineteen, counting acting pms. yatsenyuk is the first prime minister who has come from western ukraine. two prime ministers were born in the russian sfsr. current prime minister is arseniy yatsenyuk since he was sworn on 27 february 2014 (as a member of batkivshchynaukraine opposition leader urges west to act, bbc news (1 february 2014)), following the ousting of former president viktor yanukovych of 22 february 2014.ukraine crisis timeline, bbc newsverkhovna rada approved composition of new government, itar-tass (27 february 2014) yatsenyuk continued as prime minister following the 2014 ukrainian parliamentary election (this time as member of people's frontukraine's new parliament re-elects yatsenyuk as pm, deutsche welle (27 november 2014)).ukrainian parliament appoints yatseniuk prime minister, interfax-ukraine (27 november 2014) ==appointment== the prime minister is appointed by the president with the consent of the verkhovna rada. the consent is deemed granted by the parliament when a simple majority of its constitutional membership votes in favour of the candidate nominated by th
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