First Azarov government

First Azarov Government

15th Cabinet of Ukraine (since 1990)
Date formedMarch 11, 2010
Date dissolvedDecember 3, 2012
People and organisations
Head of stateViktor Yanukovych
Head of governmentMykola Azarov
Deputy head of governmentValeriy Khoroshkovskyi
No. of ministers18
Member partyParty of Regions
Communist Party of Ukraine
Lytvyn Bloc
Status in legislatureCoalition "Stability and reforms"
Opposition cabinetDictatorship Resistance Committee
Opposition partyYulia Tymoshenko Bloc
NUNS
Opposition leaderSerhiy Sobolev (head of shadow government)
History
Legislature term5 years
PredecessorSecond Tymoshenko government
SuccessorSecond Azarov government

The first Azarov government (Ukrainian: Перший уряд Миколи Азарова, Russian: Первое правительство Николая Азарова) was Ukraine's cabinet from its appointment on March 11, 2010 until its dissolution on December 3, 2012. It continued to serve as a caretaker government[1] until 24 December 2012, when the second Azarov government was appointed by president Viktor Yanukovych.[2]

The cabinet was formed as part of the "Stability and Reform" coalition between the Party of Regions, Lytvyn Bloc and the Communist Party of Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament. The government was led by prime minister Mykola Azarov, who succeeded the ousted second Tymoshenko government led by ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. The Azarov government worked in cooperation with President Yanukovych.

A November 2010 Razumkov Centre nationwide survey showed that only 13.2 percent of respondents fully supported the Azarov Government while 45 percent stated they did not.[3]

Its composition was reshuffled by Yanukovych early in 2012.[4]