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Ministry of Energy (Ukraine)

The Ministry of Energy is responsible for energy in Ukraine.

Ministry of Energy
Міністерство енергетики України
Ministerial insignia
Agency overview
Formed1971
JurisdictionGovernment of Ukraine
Headquarters30, Khreshchatyk st., Kyiv[1]
Agency executive
Child agencies
WebsiteOfficial website

The government ministry was originally formed in the 1970s as the Ministry of Energy and Electrification.

Functions

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  • state governing of the Fuel-Energy Complex
  • ensuring the realization of the state policies in the Fuel-Energy Complex
  • ensuring energy security of the State
  • participation in the formation, regulation, and improvement of the fuel-energy resource market
  • developing proposals to improve economic incentives in stimulation of the Fuel-Energy Complex development

Vectors of specialization

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  • Power generation
  • Nuclear power
  • Oil and Gas industry
  • Coal mining

Fuel energy complex associations

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Headquarters of the Ministry in Kyiv

Power generation

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Oil/gas and oil refinery industries

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  • National Joint-Stock Company Naftogaz Ukrainy
    • Subsidiary Company Ukrgasproduction
    • Open Joint-Stock Company Ukrnafta (50% + 1)
    • Subsidiary Joint-Stock Company Chornomornaftogaz
    • Overseas branches
    • other enterprises

Small share participants

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Former members

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  • State Special Enterprise Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was created on July 11, 2001 on base of the former Energoatom's company of the same name. The company was basically recommissioned under a special jurisdiction for the further decommissioning of its nuclear power station. On July 15, 2005 the enterprise was transferred from under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy to the Ministry of Emergencies.[3]
  • National Joint-Stock Company Energy Company of Ukraine

History

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Previous names:

  • 1982–1997 Ministry of Energy and Electrification
  • 1997–1999 Ministry of Energy
  • 1999–2010 Ministry of Fuel and Energy
  • 2010–present Ministry of Energy and Coal Mining

The ministry also absorbed a separate Ministry of Coal Mining which existed since 1954 until 1999 and was revived in 2005-2010.

The Ministry was (as it turned out) temporally merged the ministry with the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources by Honcharuk Government (on 29 August 2019).[4] But the succeeding Shmyhal Government re-created the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources (on 27 May 2020).[5]

List of ministers

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Energy and electrification

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Prime Minister(s) Name Term of office
Start End
Oleksiy Makukhin 27 November 1971 11 May 1982
Vitaliy Skliarov 11 May 1982 3 January 1993
Anatoliy Hrytsenko 3 January 1993 17 August 1993
Vilen Semeniuk 17 August 1993 3 July 1995
Oleksiy Sheberstov 3 July 1995 13 June 1996
(acting) 13 June 1996 1 July 1996
Yuriy Bochkaryov 1 July 1996 6 May 1997
In 1997 it was replaced with Ministry of Energy

Energy

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Prime Minister(s) Name Term of office
Start End
In 1997 it was established in place of Ministry of Energy and Electrification
Pavlo Lazarenko Yuriy Bochkaryov 1997 1997
Valeriy Pustovoitenko Oleksiy Sheberstov 1997 1999
Ivan Plachkov[6] 1999 1999

Fuel and energy

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Prime Minister(s) Name Term of office
Start End
In 1999 it was established in place of Ministry of Energy
Viktor Yushchenko Serhiy Tulub 1999 2000
Serhiy Yermilov 2000 2001
Stanislav Stashevshkyi 2001 2001
Anatoliy Kinakh Vitaliy Haiduk 2001 2002
Viktor Yanukovych Serhiy Yermilov 2002 2004
Serhiy Tulub 2004 2005
Yuriy Yekhanurov Ivan Plachkov[6] September 2005 January 2006
Viktor Yanukovych Yuriy Boiko January 2006
(acting until August) 		December 2007
Yulia Tymoshenko Yuriy Prodan December 2007 March 2010
Mykola Azarov Yuriy Boiko March 2010 December 2010
In 2010 Ministry of Fuel and Energy was liquidated and merged

Coal mining

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Ministry of Coal Mining of Ukraine existed at least since 1954.

Prime Minister(s) Name Term of office
Start End
no information 1987 1994
Vitaliy Masol Viktor Poltavets 1994 1995
Yevhen Marchuk Serhiy Polyakov 1995 1996
Pavlo Lazarenko Yuriy Rusantsov 1996 1997
Valeriy Pustovoitenko Stanislav Yanko 1997 1998
Serhiy Tulub 1998 1999
no information 1999 2005
Yuriy Yekhanurov Viktor Topolov 2005 2006
Serhiy Tulub 2006 2007
Yulia Tymoshenko Viktor Poltavets 2007 2010
Mykola Azarov Yuriy Yashchenko 2010 2010
In 2010 Ministry of Coal Mining was liquidated and merged

Energy and coal mining

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Prime Minister(s) Name Term of office
Start End
In 2010 Ministry of Fuel and Energy merged with Ministry of Coal Mining
Mykola Azarov Yuriy Boiko December 2010 24 December 2012
Eduard Stavytsky[7] 24 December 2012 27 February 2014
Arseniy Yatsenyuk Yuriy Prodan[8] 27 February 2014 2 December 2014[9]
Volodymyr Demchyshyn 2 December 2014[9] 14 April 2016[10]
Volodymyr Groysman Ihor Nasalyk 14 April 2016[10] 29 August 2019
In 2020 Ministry of Energy and Coal Mining was liquidated and merged

Energy and environmental protection

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Prime Minister(s) Name Term of office
Start End
In 2019 ministry of Energy and Coal Mining merged with Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
Oleksiy Honcharuk Oleksiy Orzhel 29 August 2019[11] 4 March 2020[12]
Denys Shmyhal Vitaliy Shubin (acting minister) 11 March 2020 16 April 2020
Olha Buslavets (acting minister)[13] 16 April 2020 27 May 2020

Energy

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Prime Minister(s) Name Term of office
Start End
In 2020 Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources split into a Ministry of Energy and a separate ministry for Environmental Protection
Denys Shmyhal Olha Buslavets (acting minister)[13] 27 May 2020 20 November 2020[14]
Yuriy Boyko (acting minister)[13] 20 November 2020[14] 21 December 2020
Yuriy Vitrenko (acting minister) 21 December 2020[15] 29 April 2021
Herman Halushchenko[2] 29 April 2021[2] Incumbent

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Official Cabinet of Ministers website page of the Ministry. Contact Us". 2017.
  2. ^ a b c (in Ukrainian) The Rada appointed Galushchenko Minister of Energy, Ekononominska Pravda (29 April 2021)
  3. ^ (in Ukrainian) About the transfer of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to the Ministry of Emergencies (official document)
  4. ^ New Cabinet formed in Ukraine The Rada appointed the new Cabinet: Avakov and Markarova remained (РАДА ПРИЗНАЧИЛА НОВИЙ КАБМІН: АВАКОВ І МАРКАРОВА ЛИШИЛИСЬ), Ukrayinska Pravda (29 August 2019)
  5. ^ Govt backs separation of ecology ministry from Energy and Environmental Protection Ministry, Interfax-Ukraine (27 May 2020)
  6. ^ a b "How much does a minister's chair cost: new head of the Ministry of Energy as an irritant for Kolomoisky". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). April 17, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  7. ^ Yanukovych appoints new Cabinet of Ministers, Kyiv Post (24 December 2012)
  8. ^ РАДА ОБРАЛА НОВИЙ УРЯД | Українська правда
  9. ^ a b Rada supports coalition-proposed government lineup, Interfax-Ukraine (2 December 2014)
    Rada approves new Cabinet with three foreigners, Kyiv Post (2 December 2014)
    (in Ukrainian) Rada voted the new Cabinet, Ukrayinska Pravda (2 December 2014)
  10. ^ a b New Cabinet formed in Ukraine, UNIAN (14 April 2016)
  11. ^ "UNIAN: Ukraine's new energy minister voices priorities in office". Kyiv Post. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  12. ^ Ukraine’s new Cabinet of Ministers
  13. ^ a b c "Olha Buslavets Is Ukraine's New Acting Energy Minister". Hromadske.TV. April 17, 2020. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
    "Про тимчасове покладення виконання обов'язків Міністра енергетики та захисту довкілля України на Буславець О. А." Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  14. ^ a b Cabinet goes for top reshuffle in energy ministry, UNIAN (20 November 2020)
  15. ^ (in Ukrainian) The government appointed Vitrenko acting Minister of Energy, Ukrayinska Pravda (21 December 2020)
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