The shadow government of Viktor Yanukovych was formed on 21 December 2007 as a result of the formation of the second Tymoshenko government, following the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[1]
Yanukovych shadow government | |
|---|---|
 Shadow cabinet of Ukraine | |
| 2007–2010 | |
 Viktor Yanukovych in 2007 | |
| Date formed | 21 December 2007 |
| Date dissolved | 25 February 2010 |
| People and organisations | |
| President of Ukraine | Viktor Yushchenko |
| Shadow Prime Minister | Viktor Yanukovych |
| Prime Minister being shadowed | Yulia Tymoshenko (Tymoshenko II) |
| No. of ministers | 18 |
| Total no. of members | 24 |
| Member party | Party of Regions |
| Status in legislature | 175 / 450 |
| History | |
| Election | 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election |
| Legislature terms | 6th Verkhovna Rada |
| Predecessor | Tymoshenko shadow government (1998) |
| Successor | Sobolyev shadow government |
Background
editShadow governments are not officialised in Ukraine, nor do they hold any real power and significance. However, a few of them have been formed or tried to be formed before: Yulia Tymoshenko has previously led an opposition shadow government of the Hromada party in 1998,[2] Our Ukraine had proposed to form shadow governments twice: in 2002[3] and 2006.[4]
By the 2007, when after a long-lasting political crisis, which led to the snap 2007 parliamentary election, the "orange coalition" blocs, BYuT and NUNS, agreed to form a coalition government,[5] largest opposition party in the Verkhovna Rada, Party of Regions, pledged to form a shadow cabinet, if party becomes the opposition.[6] Despite Yanukovych's wishes to form a "united opposition government", other two opposition factions, Lytvyn Bloc and Communist Party of Ukraine stated that they would not join the shadow cabinet.[7]
On 21 December 2007, the shadow cabinet of Viktor Yanukovych gathered for their first meeting in the former headquarters of Yanukovych's presidential campaign team, the Zoryanyi cinema building. Later that day, PR representative, Serhiy Lyovochkin refused to call the cabinet a "shadow" one, and preferred for it to be called "an opposition cabinet".[8] Lyovochkin also added that there would be vacant positions inside the cabinet, like the culture and health ministries, which are available for the other opposition parties, in case of the opposition coalition expansion.[8]
Composition
editThe shadow cabinet is composed of the shadow prime minister, 20 ministers, and four other members without portfolio (National Bank governor, heads of the Security Service, the State Tax Administration and the State Customs Service).[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Януковичу сформували Кабмін. Шуфричу дали стару роль". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ "Технології опозиції". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- ^ "У "Нашої України" вже готові тіньовий уряд та обласні адміністрації". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- ^ Свобода, Радіо (2008-02-05). ""Наша Україна" має намір створити "тіньовий уряд"". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- ^ Свобода, Радіо (2008-02-05). "БЮТ і НУНС підписали коаліційну угоду. Демократичну коаліцію у складі 228 депутатів створено офіційно у Верховній Раді". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- ^ "Регіони попереджають, що навіть у опозиції матимуть свій уряд". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- ^ "Литвин і Симоненко не підуть у "тінь" з Януковичем. Буде "віртуалка"?". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- ^ a b "Янукович припас кілька портфелів у себе в уряді тим, хто пристане до нього". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-06-10.