Ukraine has new government

Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - 10:09 (EET) Section: Latest news

The Verkhovna Rada has approved candidates for the posts of members of the Cabinet of Ministers.
A total of 288 MPs on Tuesday evening supported the decision to vote for government resolution No. 1008 as a basis and as a whole.
Thus, the Verkhovna Rada approved:
Valeriy Voshchevsky as deputy prime minister,
Viacheslav Kyrylenko as deputy prime minister and culture minister,
Hennadiy Zubko as deputy prime minister and minister of regional development, construction, housing and utilities,
Hanna Onyshchenko as minister of the Cabinet of Ministers,
Oleksiy Pavlenko as minister of agricultural policy and food,
Arsen Avakov as interior minister,
Ihor Shevchenko as minister of environment and natural resources,
Aivaras Abromavicius as minister of economic development and trade,
Volodymyr Demchyshyn as minister of energy and coal industry,
Andriy Pyvovarsky as minister of infrastructure,
Yuriy Stets as minister of information policy,
Ihor Zhdanov as minister of youth and sports,
Serhiy Kvit as minister of education and science,
Alexander Kvitashvili as health minister,
Pavlo Rozenko as minister of social policy,
Natalie Jaresko as finance minister,
and Pavlo Petrenko as justice minister.