First Yanukovych government

The first Yanukovych Government was the Ukrainian cabinet of ministers between 21 November 2002 and 5 January 2005, led by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych. Yanukovych had been elected Prime Minister of Ukraine with 234 votes, only 8 more than needed.

On December 1, 2004 (during the Orange Revolution) the Ukrainian Parliament passed a vote of no-confidence. The government supported NATO membership of Ukraine (2002) and sent Ukrainian troops to Iraq in 2003.

Composition
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 * Viktor Yanukovych – Prime Minister
 * Mykola Azarov – First Deputy Prime Minister
 * Vitaly Hayduk – Deputy Prime Minister for fuel and energy complex
 * Ivan Kyrylenko – Deputy Prime Minister
 * Dmytro Tabachnyk – Deputy Prime Minister for humanitarian issues
 * Serhy Ryzhuk – Agricultural Policy
 * Yury Smirnov – Interior Affairs
 * Vasyl Shevchuk – Environment and Natural Resources
 * Valery Khoroshkovsky – Economy and European Integration
 * Anatoliy Zlenko – Foreign Affairs
 * Hryhory Reva – Emergency Situations and Chernobyl Cleanup
 * Yury Bohutsky – Culture and the Regions
 * General Volodymyr Shkidchenko – Defence
 * Vasyl Kremen – Education and Science
 * Andry Pidayev – Health
 * Oleksandr Lavrynovych – Justice
 * Serhy Yermilov – Fuel and Energy
 * Mikhail Papiyev – Labour and Social Policy
 * Anatoliy Myalytsya – Industrial Policy
 * Heorhiy Kirpa – Transport