Second Tymoshenko government

Second Tymoshenko Government

13th Cabinet of Ukraine (since 1990)
Date formed18 December 2007
Date dissolved11 March 2010
People and organisations
Head of stateViktor Yushchenko
Head of governmentYulia Tymoshenko
Deputy head of governmentOleksandr Turchynov
No. of ministers25
Member partyYulia Tymoshenko Bloc
NUNS
Lytvyn Bloc
Status in legislatureCoalition of Democratic Forces (2007–2008)
228 / 450 (51%)





Coalition of National Development, Stability and Order (2008–2010)
248 / 450 (55%)





Opposition cabinetYanukovych shadow government
Opposition partyParty of Regions
Communist Party of Ukraine
Lytvyn Bloc
Opposition leaderViktor Yanukovych
Petro Symonenko
Volodymyr Lytvyn
History
Legislature term5 years
PredecessorSecond Yanukovych government
SuccessorFirst Azarov government
Politics of Ukraine
Constitution
Presidency
Executive
Legislature
Judiciary
Local government
Elections
Foreign relations
See also
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The second Tymoshenko Government was appointed on 18 December 2007 as a coalition between Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT) and Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc (OU-PSD), OU-PSD is the party of then-President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, following the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election. The government program was named: "Ukrainian breakthrough: for people, not for politicians".[1]

On 17 December 2008 Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko announced a reshuffle of the cabinet after the forming of a BYuT, OU-PSD and Bloc of Lytvyn coalition[2] following the 2008 Ukrainian political crisis.[3] On March 3, 2010 the Ukrainian Parliament passed a motion of no confidence in the second Tymoshenko Government.[4] A day before that the coalition had already lost the parliamentary majority.[5][6][7] On March 11, 2010 the First Azarov Government was elected.[8]

Since its dismissal several Ministers of the second Tymoshenko Government have been involved in criminal proceedings against them; the most noticeable outcomes of this were the imprisonments of former Prime Minister Tymoshenko and Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko.[9][10][11][12][13][14]

  1. ^ (in Ukrainian) Speech of the Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (Government Press service, January 16, 2008)
  2. ^ Three factions sign coalition agreement, Kyiv Post (December 16, 2008)
  3. ^ Ukraine's Cabinet will be reshuffled given coalition formation, says Tymoshenko, Interfax-Ukraine (17 December 2008)
  4. ^ Ukraine parliament votes out Tymoshenko's government Archived 2010-03-11 at the Wayback Machine, Kyiv Post (March 3, 2010)
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  8. ^ Ukraine's new government puts final nail in coffin of the Orange Revolution, The Guardian (March 11, 2010)
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  10. ^ Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych pardons Yulia Tymoshenko allies, BBC News (8 April 2013)
    Ukrainian leader Yanukovych pardons Tymoshenko ally, BBC News (7 April 2013)
    Ukrainian president pardons Lutsenko and Filipchuk – decree, Interfax-Ukraine (7 April 2013)
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