Shmyhal Government


The Shmyhal government is a government of Ukraine formed on 4 March 2020, and led by Denys Shmyhal.

Appointment of Shmyhal as Prime Minister

The appointment of Shmyhal as the Prime Minister of Ukraine was approved by the Verkhovna Rada on 4 March 2020. Shmyhal at the time of his appointment was an acting vice prime minister. The 291 People's deputies voted for his candidacy, while the members of most of the other factions did not support it.

Composition

At the time of appointment of the government five minister seats remained vacant at the following ministries: the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Culture, and the Ministry of Education. Four ministers kept the same post as they had in the previous Honcharuk government: the Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, Justice Minister Denys Maliuska, Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Krykliy, and Interior Minister Arsen Avakov. Two ministers switched posts: Vadym Prystaiko left the Foreign Ministry and became the Deputy Prime Minister for Eurointegration while Dmytro Kuleba did the complete opposite, taking on the post of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
All the ministerial posts — apart from those of the Ministers of Defense and Minister of Foreign Affairs that were put forward for voting by President Zelensky as these post are Presidential nominations — were voted in by a package vote, with the support of 277 People's deputies.
The transition from the Honcharuk government was treated in some local press as worrisome. In his 4 March address to Parliament, President Zelensky hoped for a stronger government.
Health Minister Illia Yemets and Finance Minister Ihor Umansky were dismissed by Parliament on 30 March 2020.
Initially the government did not have a separate Environmental Minister, but on 19 June 2020 Roman Abramovsky was apppointed Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources.
On 4 July 2020 President Zelensky announced that a Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Policy could appear in the government in a week. On 16 July 2020 Oleh Urusky was appointed Vice Prime Minister responsible for the new Ministry of Strategic Industries of Ukraine.
Since the start of the Honcharuk government the Ministry responsible for agricultural policies is the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture. But in January 2020 President Zelensky stated the need to split the agriculture part of this Ministry. When the Shmyhal government was formed the Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture, Tymofiy Mylovanov refused to head a newly reestablish Ministry of Agriculture. On 9 July 2020 Zelensky predicted that "at maximum in September" Ukraine would have a separate Minister of Agriculture again.
Nominating
party key		Servant of the People
Presidential nominationsPresident Volodymyr Zelensky