Second Yanukovych Government | |
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 12th Cabinet of Ukraine (since 1990) | |
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| Date formed | 4 August 2006 |
| Date dissolved | 18 December 2007 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Viktor Yushchenko |
| Head of government | Viktor Yanukovych |
| Deputy head of government | Mykola Azarov |
| No. of ministers | 26 |
| Member party | Party of Regions Communist Party of Ukraine Socialist Party of Ukraine |
| Status in legislature | Coalition of National Unity |
| Opposition party | Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc NUNS |
| Opposition leader | Yulia Tymoshenko |
| History | |
| Legislature term | 5 years |
| Predecessor | Yekhanurov government |
| Successor | Second Tymoshenko government |
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TheSecond Yanukovych Government was a governing coalition of theParty of Regions, theCommunist Party and theSocialist Party inUkraine[1] after the2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election and the2006 Ukrainian political crisis. Until 24 March 2007, it was known as theAnti-Crisis Alliance (Ukrainian:Антикризова коаліція).[2]
Initially theOur Ukraine Bloc intended to join the coalition and five of its ministers were initially appointed intoCabinet of Ministers of the coalition; Justice MinisterRoman Zvarych, Family and Sports MinisterYuriy Pavlenko, Emergency Situations MinisterViktor Baloha, Culture MinisterIhor Likhovyy, and Health MinisterYuriy Polyachenko.[3] By November 2006 these five ministers were dismissed by parliament or withdrawn by Our Ukraine Bloc.[4][5][6]
Before the crisis which sparked the2007 parliamentary election, the coalition consisted of the following 249 members ofparliamentary parties:
At its highest point the Alliance consisted of 260 members, and the trend was that opposition members were willing to join the Alliance, and thereby undermine the authority of the President and move towards the 300-memberconstitutional majority.
On 6 April 2007 the coalition's members count was reduced to 238 members:[7][8]
President of UkraineYushchenko dissolved parliament on 2 April 2007 because he believed the government was acting illegally during the2007 Ukrainian political crisis. Yushchenko argued that the constitution only allows whole parliamentary blocs to change sides, not individuals deputies. Yushchenko, Yanukovych andparliamentary speakerOleksandr Moroz agreed in late May 2007 that the election would be held on 30 September, provided that at least 150 opposition and pro-president MPs formally gave up their seats, thereby creating the legal grounds for dissolving parliament. This happened.[9]
| Faction[10] | Number of deputies | For | Against | Abstained | Didn't vote | Absent |
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| Party of Regions Faction | 186 | 179 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc | 129 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124 |
| Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc | 80 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 40 |
| Socialist Party of Ukraine | 33 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Communist Party of Ukraine | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All factions | 449 | 269 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 167 |
TheCabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of the Alliance of National Unity was appointed on August 4, 2006;[11] it served until the twelfth Cabinet andSecond Tymoshenko Government was chosen on December 18, 2007.[12] Its composition was:
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