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The Pustovoitenko Government was created after the Ukrainian parliament had ousted the previous Cabinet of Pavlo Lazarenko (officially Lazarenko left the post of Prime Minister of Ukraine for health reasons).[1]
On July 16, 1997, 226 deputies voted for the appointment of Valeriy Pustovoitenko, chairman of the People's Democratic Party, as Prime Minister of Ukraine.[2][3] His new government was Ukraine's eighth since Ukraine gained its independence in August 1991.
On November 30, 1999 the Cabinet resign due to reelection of President Kuchma in 1999.[4]