List of prime ministers of Ukraine

The prime minister of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Прем'єр-міністр України, Prem'ier-ministr Ukrayiny) is Ukraine's head of government presiding over the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which is the highest body of the executive branch of the Ukrainian government.

Since Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, there have been 18 prime ministers.^[1]

Unlike the president of Ukraine, who is directly elected by popular vote every five years, the prime minister is appointed by the president upon the ratification of the candidate by the parliament, the Verkhovna Rada.

Denys Shmyhal is the current prime minister of Ukraine since 4 March 2020.^[2]^[1]

Originally a parliamentary republic without a head of state, in 1918 a post of head of state was introduced in the form of a dictatorship. For a brief period there existed a collective head of state (Directory) which was soon phased away. During the Soviet period, a post of head of state was in a shadow of the Communist Party leader (see First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine).

List of officeholders

Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1918)

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Party	Government	Cabinet Composition	President
Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Start of term	End of term	Tenure	Party	Government	Cabinet Composition	President
	Volodymyr Vynnychenko Володимир Винниченко Head of the General Secretariat (1880–1951)	—	28 June 1917	26 August 1917	59 days	USDP	Vynnychenko I	USDRP • UPSR • Fareynikte • Bund • AKP • UPSF	Mykhailo Hrushevsky Михайло Грушевський (1917–1918)
	Dmytro Doroshenko Дмитро Дорошенко Head of the General Secretariat (1882–1951)	—	27 August 1917	31 August 1917	4 days	UPSF	Doroshenko	USDRP • UPSR • Fareynikte • Bund • AKP • UPSF
	Volodymyr Vynnychenko Володимир Винниченко Head of the General Secretariat (1880–1951)	—	3 September 1917	22 January 1918	141 days	USDRP	Vynnychenko II	USDRP • UPSF • UPSR • Fareynikte • UPSI • Bund • AKP • NSP
	Vsevolod Holubovych Всеволод Голубович Chairman of the Council of People's Ministers (1885–1939)	—	31 January 1918	29 April 1918	88 days	UPSR	Holubovych	UPSR • UPSI • USDRP

Ukrainian State (1918)

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Party	Government	Cabinet Composition	Hetman
Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Start of term	End of term	Tenure	Party	Government	Cabinet Composition	Hetman
	Mykola Vasylenko Микола Василенко Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1866–1935)	—	30 April 1918	4 May 1918	4 days	K-D	Vasylenko	Constitutional Democratic Party	Pavlo Skoropadskyi Павло Скоропадський (1918)
	Fedir Lyzohub Федір Лизогуб Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1851–1928)	—	4 May 1918	14 November 1918	194 days	Octobrist	Lyzohub	Octobrist • K-D • UPSF
	Sergey Gerbel Сергій Гербель Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1856–1936)	—	14 November 1918	14 December 1918	30 days	Independent	Gerbel	Octobrist • K-D • UPSF

Ukrainian People's Republic (restored; 1918–1921)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Party	Government	Cabinet Composition	Head of State
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Start of term	End of term	Tenure	Party	Government	Cabinet Composition	Head of State
		Volodymyr Chekhivsky Володимир Чехівський Chairman of the Council of People's Ministers (1876–1937)	1918	26 December 1918	13 February 1919	49 days	USDRP	Chekhivsky	USDRP • UPSR • UNDO • UPSI • Poale Zion	The Directorate (collective) (1918–1921)
		Serhiy Ostapenko Сергій Остапенко Chairman of the Council of People's Ministers (1881–1937)	—	13 February 1919	9 April 1919	55 days	Independent	Ostapenko	UPSF • UPSI • UNDO
		Borys Martos Борис Мартос Chairman of the Council of People's Ministers (1879–1977)	—	9 April 1919	27 August 1919	140 days	USDRP	Martos	USDRP • UPSR • URP • Poale Zion
		Isaak Mazepa Ісаак Мазепа Chairman of the Council of People's Ministers (1884–1952)	—	29 August 1919	26 May 1920	271 days	USDRP	Mazepa	USDRP
		Viacheslav Prokopovych В'ячеслав Прокопович Head of the General Secretariat (1881–1942)	—	26 May 1920	18 March 1921	296 days	UPSF	Prokopovych	USDRP • UPSF

Prime ministers of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office Duration		Party	Notes	Head of State
	Andriy Livytskyi Андрій Лівицький (1879–1954)	18 Nov 1920	24 May 1921	USDRP	Resided in Paris	Symon Petliura (as chairman of the Directorate of Ukraine)
	Viacheslav Prokopovych В'ячеслав Прокопович (1881–1942)	24 May 1921	5 August 1921	Independent	Resided in Paris
	Pylyp Pylypchuk Пилип Пилипчук (1879–1940)	5 August 1921	14 January 1922	USDRP	Resided in Paris
	Andriy Livytskyi Андрій Лівицький (1879–1954)	14 January 1922	25 May 1926	USDRP	Resided in Paris
	Viacheslav Prokopovych В'ячеслав Прокопович (1881–1942)	25 May 1926	October 1939	Independent	Resided in Paris	Andriy Livytskyi (as chairman of the Directorate of Ukraine)
	Oleksandr Shulhyn Олександр Шульгин (1889–1960)	October 1939	May 1940	Independent	Resided in Paris
	Andrii Yakovliv Андрій Яковлів (1872–1955)	1944	1945	Independent	Resided in Prague
	Kost Pankivskiy Кость Паньківський (1897–1973)	1945	1948	Ukrainian National State Union	Resided in Munich
	Isaak Mazepa Ісаак Мазепа (1884–1952)	19 June 1948	18 March 1952	Ukrainian Socialist Party	Resided in Munich; died in office	Andriy Livytskyi (as president of Ukrainian People's Republic in exile
	Stepan Baran Степан Баран (1879–1953)	18 March 1952	4 June 1953	UNDO	Resided in Munich; died in office
Vacant (4 June 1953 – 1954)
	Spyrydon Dovhal Спиридон Довгаль (1896–1975)	1954	1954	Ukrainian Socialist Party	Resided in Munich	Stepan Vytvytskyi
	Symon Sozontiv Симон Созонтів (1898–1980)	1954	1957	Independent	Resided in Munich
	Mykola Livytskyi Микола Лівицький (1907–1989)	1957	22 March 1967	Ukrainian National State Union	Resided in Munich
	Atanas Figol Атанас Фіґоль (1908–1993)	22 March 1967	1969	Independent	Resided in Munich	Mykola Livytskyi
	Spyrydon Dovhal Спиридон Довгаль (1896–1975)	1969	1972	Ukrainian Socialist Party	Resided in Munich
	Vasyl Fedoronchuk Василь Федорончук (1915–1984?)^[3]	1972	1974	UNDO	Resided in Munich
	Teofil Leontiy Теофіль Леонтій (?–?)	1974	1980	Independent	Resided in Munich
	Jaroslav Rudnyckyj Ярослав Рудницький (1910–1995)	1980	1989	Independent	Resided in Munich
	Ivan Samiylenko Іван Самійленко (1912–2006)	1989	22 August 1992	Ukrainian National State Union	Resided in Munich; transferred his duties to Vitold Fokin as prime minister of independent Ukraine.^[4]	Mykola Plaviuk

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1922–1991)

Key: Acting/unrecognised government; Resistance government against Reichskommissariat Ukraine (Nazi-occupied Ukraine); † Died in office

During the Soviet period a head of state in Ukraine (as in any other union republic) was a chair-person of the Central Executive Committee and after 1938 a chair-person of Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (Verkhovna Rada).

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Party	Government	Cabinet Composition	Central Executive Committee
Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Start of term	End of term	Tenure	Party	Government	Cabinet Composition	Central Executive Committee
	Christian Rakovsky Християн Раковський Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1873–1941)	—	16 January 1919	30 December 1922	4 years, 180 days	KPU	Rakovsky I	Communist Party of Ukraine	Grigory Petrovsky Григорій Петровський (1919–1938)
		—	30 December 1922	15 July 1923	4 years, 180 days	KPU	Rakovsky II	Communist Party of Ukraine
	Vlas Chubar Влас Чубар Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1891/1881–1939)	—	15 July 1923	28 April 1934	10 years, 287 days	KPU	Chubar	Communist Party of Ukraine
	Panas Liubchenko Панас Любченко Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1897–1937)	—	28 April 1934	30 August 1937 ^[†]	3 years, 124 days	KPU	Liubchenko	Communist Party of Ukraine
	Mykhailo Bondarenko Михайло Бондаренко Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1903–1938)	—	31 August 1937	13 October 1937^[a]	43 days	KPU	Bondarenko	Communist Party of Ukraine
	Mykola Marchak Микола Марчак Acting Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1904–1938)	—	13 October 1937	21 February 1938	131 days	KPU	Bondarenko	Communist Party of Ukraine
	Demyan Korotchenko Дем’ян Коротченко Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1894–1969)	1937	21 February 1938	6 August 1939	1 year, 166 days	KPU	Korotchenko I	Communist Party of Ukraine	Leonid Korniyets Леонід Корнієць (1938–1939)
	Leonid Korniyets Леонід Корнієць Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1901–1969)	1939	6 August 1939	20 August 1941	4 years, 194 days	KPU	Korniyets	Communist Party of Ukraine	Mykhailo Hrechukha Михайло Гречуха (1939–1954)
		1939	20 August 1941	16 February 1944	4 years, 194 days	KPU	Korniyets	Communist Party of Ukraine
	Nikita Khrushchev Микита Хрущов Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1894–1971)	—	16 February 1944	29 August 1944	3 years, 16 days	KPU	Khrushchev	Communist Party of Ukraine
		—	29 August 1944	4 March 1947	3 years, 16 days	KPU	Khrushchev	Communist Party of Ukraine
	Demyan Korotchenko Дем’ян Коротченко Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1894–1969)	1947	4 March 1947	15 January 1954	6 years, 317 days	KPU	Korotchenko II	Communist Party of Ukraine
		1951	4 March 1947	15 January 1954	6 years, 317 days	KPU	Korotchenko II	Communist Party of Ukraine
	Nikifor Kalchenko Никифор Кальченко Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1906–1989)	—	15 January 1954	28 February 1961	7 years, 44 days	KPU	Kalchenko	Communist Party of Ukraine	Demyan Korotchenko Дем’ян Коротченко (1954–1969)
		1955
		1959
	Volodymyr Shcherbytsky Володимир Щербицький Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1918–1990)	—	28 February 1961	28 June 1963	2 years, 120 days	KPU	Shcherbytsky I	Communist Party of Ukraine
	Ivan Kazanets Іван Казанець Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1918–2013)	1963	28 June 1963	22 October 1965	2 years, 116 days	KPU	Kazanets	Communist Party of Ukraine
	Volodymyr Shcherbytsky Володимир Щербицький Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1918–1990)	—	22 October 1965	8 June 1972	6 years, 230 days	KPU	Shcherbytsky II	Communist Party of Ukraine
		1967							Oleksandr Liashko Олександр Ляшко (1969–1972)
		1971							Oleksandr Liashko Олександр Ляшко (1969–1972)
	Oleksandr Liashko Олександр Ляшко Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1915–2002)	—	8 June 1972	10 July 1987	15 years, 32 days	KPU	Liashko I	Communist Party of Ukraine	Ivan Hrushetsky Іван Грушецький (1972–1976)
		1975					Liashko I		Ivan Hrushetsky Іван Грушецький (1972–1976)
		1980					Liashko II		Oleksiy Vatchenko Олексій Ватченко (1976–1984)
		1985					Liashko II		Valentyna Shevchenko Валентина Шевченко (1984–1990)
	Vitaliy Masol Віталій Масол Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1928–2018)	—	10 July 1987	23 October 1990	3 years, 105 days	KPU	Masol I	Communist Party of Ukraine	Valentyna Shevchenko Валентина Шевченко (1984–1990)
	Vitold Fokin Вітольд Фокін Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1932–2025)	1990	23 October 1990	18 April 1991	177 days	KPU	Fokin	Communist Party of Ukraine	Leonid Kravchuk Леонід Кравчук (1990–1991, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet)

Ukraine (1991–present)

Key: Acting/unrecognised government

The concept of "government coalition" was reverted in 2014 by reestablishment of the 2004 constitutional amendments. Before 2004 and between 2010 and 2014, the government was based on "parliamentary majority".

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Party	Government	Cabinet Composition	President
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Start of term	End of term	Tenure	Party	Government	Cabinet Composition	President
1		Vitold Fokin Вітольд Фокін Prime Minister of Ukraine (1932–2025)	—	18 April 1991	2 October 1992	1 year, 167 days	Independent	Fokin	Independents	Leonid Kravchuk Леонід Кравчук (1991–1994)
—		Valentyn Symonenko Валентин Симоненко Acting Prime Minister (born 1940)	—	2 October 1992	13 October 1992	11 days	Independent	Symonenko Caretaker	Caretaker government
2		Leonid Kuchma Леонід Кучма Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1938)	—	13 October 1992	22 September 1993	344 days	Independent	Kuchma	Independents
—		Yukhym Zvyahilsky Юхим Звягільський Acting Prime Minister (1933–2021)	—	22 September 1993	16 June 1994	267 days	Independent	Zvyahilsky Caretaker	Caretaker government
3		Vitaliy Masol Віталій Масол Prime Minister of Ukraine (1928–2018)	1994	16 June 1994	1 March 1995	258 days	Independent	Masol II	Independents	Leonid Kuchma Леонід Кучма (1994–2005)
4		Yevhen Marchuk Євген Марчук Prime Minister of Ukraine (1941–2021)	—	1 March 1995	28 May 1996	1 year, 88 days	Independent	Marchuk	Independents
5		Pavlo Lazarenko Павло Лазаренко Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1953)	—	28 May 1996	2 July 1997	1 year, 35 days	Independent	Lazarenko I	Independents
5			—	28 May 1996	2 July 1997	1 year, 35 days	Independent	Lazarenko II	Independents
—		Vasyl Durdynets Василь Дурдинець Acting Prime Minister (born 1937)	—	2 July 1997	30 July 1997	28 days	Independent	Durdynets Caretaker	Caretaker government
6		Valeriy Pustovoitenko Валерій Пустовойтенко Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1947)	1998	30 July 1997	22 December 1999	2 years, 145 days	People's Democratic Party	Pustovoitenko	NDP • Hromada • PRP
7		Viktor Yushchenko Віктор Ющенко Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1954)	—	22 December 1999	29 May 2001	1 year, 158 days	People's Democratic Party	Yushchenko	NDP • Batkivshchyna • PRP
8		Anatoliy Kinakh Анатолій Кінах Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1954)	—	29 May 2001	21 November 2002	1 year, 176 days	Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs	Kinakh	NDP • Batkivshchyna • PR • PPPU • NP • TU
9		Viktor Yanukovych Віктор Янукович Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1950)	2002	21 November 2002	5 January 2005	2 years, 45 days	Party of Regions	Yanukovych I	For United Ukraine! (PR • NDP • PPPU • NP • TU)
—		Mykola Azarov Микола Азаров Acting Prime Minister (born 1947)	—	5 January 2005	24 January 2005	19 days	Party of Regions	Azarov Caretaker	Caretaker government
10		Yulia Tymoshenko Юлія Тимошенко Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1960)	—	24 January 2005	8 September 2005	227 days	All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"	Tymoshenko I	Our Ukraine Bloc • Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc • PPPU • SPU	Viktor Yushchenko Віктор Ющенко (2005–2010)
11		Yuriy Yekhanurov Юрій Єхануров Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1948)	—	8 September 2005	4 August 2006	330 days	Our Ukraine	Yekhanurov	Our Ukraine Bloc • SPU
12		Viktor Yanukovych Віктор Янукович Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1950)	2006	4 August 2006	18 December 2007	1 year, 136 days	Party of Regions	Yanukovych II	Government of National Unity (PR • SPU • KPU • Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc • Our Ukraine Bloc)^[b]
13		Yulia Tymoshenko Юлія Тимошенко Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1960)	2007	18 December 2007	4 March 2010	2 years, 76 days	All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"	Tymoshenko II	Fatherland • Our Ukraine • PRP • Rukh • PPNS
—		Oleksandr Turchynov Олександр Турчинов Acting Prime Minister (born 1964)	—	4 March 2010	11 March 2010	7 days	All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"	Turchynov Caretaker I	Caretaker government	Viktor Yanukovych Віктор Янукович (2010–2014)
14		Mykola Azarov Микола Азаров Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1947)	2012	11 March 2010	28 January 2014	3 years, 323 days	Party of Regions	Azarov I	PR • Lytvyn Bloc • SU • YT • SPU
14			2012	11 March 2010	28 January 2014	3 years, 323 days	Party of Regions	Azarov II	PR • U-V
—		Serhiy Arbuzov Сергій Арбузов Acting Prime Minister (born 1976)	—	28 January 2014	22 February 2014	25 days	Party of Regions	Arbuzov Caretaker	Caretaker government
—		Oleksandr Turchynov Олександр Турчинов Acting Prime Minister (born 1964)	—	22 February 2014	27 February 2014	5 days	All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"	Turchynov Caretaker II	Caretaker government
15		Arseniy Yatsenyuk Арсеній Яценюк Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1974)	2014	27 February 2014	14 April 2016	2 years, 47 days	All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" (Feb–Sep 2014)	Yatsenyuk I	Fatherland • Svoboda	Petro Poroshenko Петро Порошенко (2014–2019)
15			2014	27 February 2014	14 April 2016	2 years, 47 days	People's Front (2014–2016)	Yatsenyuk II	Solidarity • PF • Self Reliance • RP • Fatherland
16		Volodymyr Groysman Володимир Гройсман Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1978)	—	14 April 2016	29 August 2019	3 years, 137 days	Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity"	Groysman	Solidarity • PF
16			—	14 April 2016	29 August 2019	3 years, 137 days	Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity"	Groysman	Solidarity • PF	Volodymyr Zelenskyy Володимир Зеленський (2019–present)
17		Oleksiy Honcharuk Олексій Гончарук Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1984)	2019	29 August 2019	4 March 2020	213 days	Servant of the People	Honcharuk	SP
18		Denys Shmyhal Денис Шмигаль Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1975)	—	4 March 2020	17 July 2025	5 years, 135 days	Independent	Shmyhal	SP • Independents
19		Yulia Svyrydenko Юлія Свириденко Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1985)	—	17 July 2025	Incumbent	229 days	Independent	Svyrydenko	SP • Independents

Timeline

Notes

^ Arrested for conspiracy
^ The "Yulia Tymoshenko" and "Our Ukraine" Blocs left the government on 6 April 2007.

References

^ ^a ^b "Denys Shmyhal - 18th Prime Minister of Ukraine". Ukrinform (in Ukrainian). 4 March 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
^ "Yulia-prime minister or Shmyhal's holding. Will replace Zelenskyy's longest government in history". Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 10 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
^ Sobhan, Shamil (2 Jan 2023). "Ukraine". Worldstatesmen.
^ "22 серпня: Яке сьогодні свято" [22 August: How to celebrate today]. Interfax (in Ukrainian). 22 August 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2023.

[5] Arrested for conspiracy

[6] The "Yulia Tymoshenko" and "Our Ukraine" Blocs left the government on 6 April 2007.

[2889793DenysShmyhalLPM-1] "Denys Shmyhal - 18th Prime Minister of Ukraine". Ukrinform (in Ukrainian). 4 March 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

[Shmyhal7464901LPM-2] "Yulia-prime minister or Shmyhal's holding. Will replace Zelenskyy's longest government in history". Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 10 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

[3] Sobhan, Shamil (2 Jan 2023). "Ukraine". Worldstatesmen.

[4] "22 серпня: Яке сьогодні свято" [22 August: How to celebrate today]. Interfax (in Ukrainian). 22 August 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2023.

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List of prime ministers of Ukraine
Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1920)	Volodymyr Vynnychenko Vsevolod Holubovych Mykola Sakhno-Ustymovych¹ Mykola Vasylenko¹ Fedir Lyzohub Serhii Gerbel Volodymyr Chekhivskyi Serhii Ostapenko Borys Martos Isaak Mazepa Vyacheslav Prokopovych
Council of Ministers	Yevgenia Bosch¹ Mykola Skrypnyk Georgy Pyatakov Christian Rakovsky Vlas Chubar Panas Liubchenko Mykhailo Bondarenko Mykola Marchak¹ Demyan Korotchenko Leonid Korniyets Nikita Khrushchev Demyan Korotchenko Nikifor Kalchenko Volodymyr Shcherbytsky Ivan Kazanets Volodymyr Shcherbytsky Oleksandr Liashko Vitaliy Masol Kostyantyn Masyk¹ Vitold Fokin
Government (in exile)	Andriy Livytskyi Pylyp Pylypchuk Andriy Livytskyi Vyacheslav Prokopovych Oleksander Shulhyn Vyacheslav Prokopovych Andriy Yakovliv Kostiantyn Pankivskyi Isaak Mazepa Stepan Baran Spyrydon Dovhal Symon Sozontiv Mykola Livytskyi Spyrydon Dovhal Atanas Figol Spyrydon Dovhal Vasyl Fedoronchuk Teofil Leontiy Ivan Kedryn-Rudnytskyi Teofil Leontiy Yaroslav-Bohdan Rudnytsky Ivan Samiylenko
Cabinet of Ministers	Vitold Fokin Valentyn Symonenko¹ Leonid Kuchma Yukhym Zvyahilsky¹ Vitaliy Masol Yevhen Marchuk Pavlo Lazarenko Vasyl Durdynets¹ Valeriy Pustovoitenko Viktor Yushchenko Anatoliy Kinakh Viktor Yanukovych Mykola Azarov¹ Viktor Yanukovych Mykola Azarov¹ Yulia Tymoshenko Yuriy Yekhanurov Viktor Yanukovych Yulia Tymoshenko Oleksandr Turchynov¹ Mykola Azarov Serhiy Arbuzov¹ Oleksandr Turchynov¹ Arseniy Yatsenyuk Volodymyr Groysman Oleksiy Honcharuk Denys Shmyhal Yulia Svyrydenko
¹ denotes acting