First Yanukovych government

First Yanukovych Government

9th Cabinet of Ukraine (since 1990)
Date formed21 November 2002
Date dissolved5 January 2005
People and organisations
Head of stateLeonid Kuchma
Head of governmentViktor Yanukovych
Deputy head of governmentMykola Azarov
No. of ministers20
Member partyParty of Regions
Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united)
Labour Ukraine
Status in legislatureMajority
Opposition partyOur-Ukraine
Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc
Opposition leaderViktor Yushchenko
Yulia Tymoshenko
History
Legislature term5 years
PredecessorKinakh government
SuccessorFirst Tymoshenko government

The first Yanukovych Government was the Ukrainian cabinet of ministers between 21 November 2002 and 5 January 2005, led by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych. Yanukovych had been elected Prime Minister of Ukraine with 234 votes, only 8 more than needed.[1]

On December 1, 2004 (during the Orange Revolution) the Ukrainian Parliament passed a vote of no-confidence.[2] The government supported NATO membership of Ukraine (2002) and sent Ukrainian troops to Iraq in 2003.[3]

  1. ^ Åslund, Anders (2009). How Ukraine became a market economy and democracy. Washington (D.C.): Peterson institute for international economics. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-88132-427-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  2. ^ "Ukraine's Parliament Passes Vote of No Confidence in Yanukovych Government". Archived from the original on 2009-08-27. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
  3. ^ http://www.taraskuzio.net/media20_files/Oxford_Analytica_tmp141.pdf [dead link]