Yekhanurov government

Yekhanurov Government
11th Cabinet of Ukraine (since 1990)
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Date formed	September 22, 2005
Date dissolved	January 10, 2006
People and organisations
Head of state	Viktor Yushchenko
Head of government	Yuriy Yekhanurov
Deputy head of government	Stanislav Stashevsky
No. of ministers	23
Member party	NUNS Socialist Party of Ukraine
Opposition party	Communist Party of Ukraine
Opposition leader	Petro Symonenko
History
Legislature term	5 years
Predecessor	First Tymoshenko government
Successor	Second Yanukovych government

The first Yekhanurov Government was appointed after the first Tymoshenko Government was sacked amid resignations and corruption claims.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3] This shortly after a "Memorandum Of Understanding Between The Authorities And The Opposition" was signed by Yekhanurov, Yushchenko and Yanukovych.^[4][5][6]

Yekhanurov government lost a vote of no confidence on January 10, 2006^[7] but stayed in power until the parliamentary election two months later.