First Tymoshenko Government | |
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 10th Cabinet of Ukraine (since 1990) | |
 | |
| Date formed | February 4, 2005 |
| Date dissolved | September 8, 2005 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Viktor Yushchenko |
| Head of government | Yulia Tymoshenko |
| Deputy head of government | Anatoliy Kinakh |
| No. of ministers | 22 |
| Member party | Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc NUNS Socialist Party of Ukraine PPPU |
| Opposition party | Communist Party of Ukraine |
| Opposition leader | Petro Symonenko |
| History | |
| Predecessor | First Yanukovych government |
| Successor | Yekhanurov government |
The first Tymoshenko Government was appointed on February 4, 2005, by 373 Parliamentarians of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament). It was supported (also by) opposition factions' Parliamentarians, including three Communists, 18 Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) members, 46 Regions faction members.[1][2]
On September 8, 2005, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko sacked the entire government after both Deputy Prime Minister Mykola Tomenko and presidential chief of staff Oleksandr Zinchenko spoke out that the government was "riddled with corruption".[3]
- ^ "PRESS RELEASE OF THE EMBASSY OF UKRAINE TO THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
- ^ SDPU(U) faction will support Yulia Tymoshenko's appointment Prime Minister Archived 2010-12-06 at the Wayback Machine, Radio Ukraine (February 2, 2005)
- ^ Ukraine leader sacks government, BBC News (September 8, 2005)