Talk:Prime Minister of Ukraine

Is Yushchenko actually Prime Minister, or acting Prime Minister?
Is Yushchenko actually Prime Minister, or acting Prime Minister? I haven't seen any news that says other than Yanukovych quit. &mdash;Michael Z. 17:52, 2005 Jan 2 (UTC)


 * I don't know who wrote this, but if you ask me, it's utter nonsense! I've checked several sources, and nowhere it was mentioned that Yushchenko is prime minister at the moment, acting or not. Indeed, Yanukovych officially resigned on Dec. 31. My guess is that vice-premier Mykola Azarov is probably fulfilling the role of acting prime minister once again, a role he also played between Dec. 7 and Dec. 28. IJzeren Jan 19:23, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC).

CONSTITUTION says: The Prime Minister of Ukraine is appointed by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine upon the submission by the President of Ukraine —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.2.163.196 (talk) 21:38, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

No need to title the list "and acting Prime Minister"; it can be concise and self-explanatory. Haven't most of them been effectively "acting" until their appointment was ratified? &mdash;Michael Z. 2005-02-4 17:06 Z 
 * No, this is not the case. Most acting PMs were specifically appointed after the previous PM resigned and most acting PMs never became actual PMs Sashazlv 04:28, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * I'm not referring to the ones marked "acting" at the moment, but Tymoshenko appeared on the table in two entries, as Acting PM before her appointment's ratification, and as PM after that. Wouldn't most of the PMs be first appointed, then ratified by the Rada?  I'm just saying that none of these should be listed twice, so I changed Tymoshenko to one entry, with the ratification date.  Also shortened the redundant section heading.  &mdash;Michael Z. 2005-02-5 15:04 Z 

Not exactly so. By precedent, the consecutive order is: (1) for the President to name a candidate, (2) for the Rada to grant assent for appointment, (3) for the President to appoint the candidate.

Step (1) is accomplished by sending an official letter from the President to the Speaker. Step (2) is regulated by the parliamentary act N 287/96-&#1042;&#1056;, dated July 10, 1996. . Step (3) is accomplished by a presidential appointment edict.

Both Kuchma and Yushchenko followed the procedure. Incidentally, official translation of the Constitution gives the term: the Verkhovna Rada gives consent to the appointment of the Prime Minister. I don't know why someone changed the correct term to ... ratifies .... Ratifies may be understood as confirms or appoints. Presently, it is the President who appoints and unilaterally dismisses the Prime Minister. Besides, ratification is more commonly applied in the context of international treaty ratifications. So, I think that gives consent to the appointment is much less ambiguous.

Interestingly, Tymoshenko is the only PM who was acting PM before the official appointment. In my opinion, in appointing her as acting PM on January 23rd, President Yushchenko did not exactly follow part 5 of Article 115 of the Constitution. However, the Constitution says nothing about acting PMs and the Constitutional Court is unlikely to interpret the Constituion in this case.

Sashazlv 00:11, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the patient explanation. So then Tymoshenko was appointed acting PM on 01-24, and on 02-04 she was appointed PM along with the Rada's consent, right?  In that case perhaps I should have left her brief tenure as acting PM as a separate item on the list.  &mdash;Michael Z. 2005-02-6 00:17 Z 

PS: it just occurred to me to wonder whether rada comes from the same Latin root as ratify.

Regarding Tymoshenko -- yes, that's the case, but, frankly speaking, the Constitution does not give the President the right to appoint acting PM or any acting member of the Cabinet. This is rather done by precedent, since in Kravchuk's times the President was the head of the executive branch.

Rada. Merriam-Webster also says it may be related to a Gothic verb. It may be interesting to see whether there is something in Sanskrit. At this point, etymology is a bit clouded.

I am currently thinking how to reorganize the list to account for in office terms and acting terms. Maybe, it would be better to keep people who were only acting PMs: Symonenko, Durdynets, and Azarov in a separate list or in a footnote.

Sashazlv 01:18, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Prime Ministers of Ukraine
Feel free to improve the table. Sashazlv 19:09, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * Valentyn Symonenko: Acting Prime Minister (October 2, 1992 – October 13, 1992)
 * Vasyl Durdynets: Acting Prime Minister (July 2, 1997 – July 16, 1997)
 * Mykola Azarov: Acting Prime Minister (December 7, 2004 – December 28, 2004; January 5, 2005 – January 24, 2005)


 * I've reinstated the table, with naming changes. Would you mind if we removed the serving after and before confirmation columns - they make the table unsightly, and don't seem to add much information? Ambi 01:49, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * I am not particularly fond of having 3 columns instead of one with dates. However, there was some misunderstanding about Tymoshenko's tenure (you can see questions and answers above). Presently, I see no better way, but to keep the three columns. Maybe, someone comes up with a more appealing solution. The bottom line is that if the choice is between ugly and ambiguous, I would vote for ugly.
 * Incidentally, you can see that sometimes acting terms can be rather long (e.g., one month for Yushchenko). Legal maximum is 60 days. I have tried to correct the most important dates, but it is a very tedious job and I am not yet done. Sashazlv 06:01, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Is this information important, though? Most, if not all, of the other Prime Minister/President articles just list the dates they were in office. There may be other alternatives, too - perhaps (Date, Year - Date, Year (acting until Date)). Ambi 06:32, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * If we strive for perfection, why should we follow bad examples? Sashazlv 02:13, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Removed Russian name
According to Dilas25 "the Constitution of Ukraine (Art. 10) guarantees free development, use and protection of Russian language" but what the hell has that got to do with editing wikipedia? And why is not the Sorbian name of the German Bundestag included in that article? It is quite obvious the only reason Dilas 25 is editing wikipedia is to Russiafy Ukrainian articles. In my view this guy should be banned from wikipedia cause he is only here to push a political agenda. Let's have a propper discussion first and not let clowns like Dilas 25 (he added the Bellarussian name in Prime Minister of Ukraine...) take over wikipedia. —  Yulia Romero  • Talk to me!  13:59, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

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