53-643: The first government headed by Arseniy Yatsenyuk was created in Ukraine on 27 February 2014 in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity . The cabinet was formed as a coalition of the Batkivschyna , UDAR and Svoboda political parties, the Economic Development and Sovereign European Ukraine parliamentary factions, and a number of unaffiliated MPs. On 24 July 2014, UDAR, Svoboda and 19 independent MPs exited
106-540: A French teacher at area high schools and in the French Department of Foreign Languages at Chernivtsi University. Yatsenyuk speaks Ukrainian, Russian and English , and has some knowledge of Romanian as well. According to Yatsenyuk, he comes from a family of ethnic Ukrainians , and is a member of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church . He is of partly Romanian ancestry; one of his ancestors
159-470: A high post in the new cabinet after the Ukrainian parliament adopted an amendment on 9 March 2010, which enabled independent lawmakers to take part in forming a majority coalition, instead of only parliamentary factions; Yatsenyuk disapproved of this amendment. Instead he called for early parliamentary elections : "Unconstitutional attempts by parliamentarians to form a coalition and a government would deepen
212-606: A letter of resignation ("and in accordance with the Constitution , Yatsenyuk had to file the verbal statement"), parliament could not accept his resignation; Kovalchuk argued that hence Yatsenyuk was still Prime Minister. Nevertheless, (also on 25 June 2014) the Yatsenyuk government appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for Regional Policy – Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman as its acting Prime Minister. In
265-455: A smear campaign against Yatsenyuk and his government (in Onyshchenko’s own words, with “$ 30 million” of unclear origin). According to Onyshchenko, then-President Poroshenko has initiated this anti-Yatsenyuk defamation campaign, and benefited from it politically. In August 2017, Yatsenyuk acquired 30% of Goldberry LLC , the owner of Espreso TV . In December 2017, Yatsenyuk sold his share of
318-718: A student law firm . Yatsenyuk graduated from the university in 1996, and later attended the Chernivtsi Trade-Economics Institute of the Kyiv National Trade-Economics Institute in 2001. In addition to holding a law degree and a master's degree in accounting and auditing, Yatsenyuk also earned a Ph.D. in economics from the Ukrainian Academy of Banking of the National Bank of Ukraine . From December 1992 to September 1997, Yatsenyuk
371-412: A vote on his resignation resulting in Yatsenyuk being replaced by the new prime minister, Volodymyr Groysman , and his Groysman government . Yatsenyuk's party’s People's Front remains in the coalition because (according to Yatsenyuk) "today it is the only way to defend the state". On December 2, 2016 Oleksandr Onyshchenko , former Ukrainian MP, told The Independent that he had organized and funded
424-455: Is a Ukrainian politician, economist and lawyer who served two terms as Prime Minister of Ukraine – from 27 February 2014 to 27 November 2014 and from 27 November 2014 to 14 April 2016. The youngest foreign affairs minister in Ukraine's history. Yatsenyuk's first government post was as Minister of Economy from 2005 to 2006; subsequently he was Foreign Minister of Ukraine in 2007 and Chairman of
477-456: Is not set for constructive work in accordance with the will of the Ukrainian people". In addition, 15 independent deputies and eight Batkivschyna deputies also quit the coalition, soon followed by four more independent deputies. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced his resignation in the late afternoon on 24 July 2014. During his announcement of resignation in parliament Yatsenyuk hinted that
530-556: The European Union , Ukraine should have a visa-free regime with EU countries. Yatsenyuk stated on 20 April 2012 that it was clear to him that the European Union will not sign the association agreement "until fully fledged democracy is resumed in Ukraine, free and fair elections are held, and the political persecution of opponents is stopped in Ukraine". Constitution of Ukraine Too Many Requests If you report this error to
583-662: The Naftogaz supply. “Ukraine is still not a democracy” Yatsenyuk during the Yalta European Strategy conference 2011 In 2009 Yatsenyuk made clear that he does not want Russian to become the second state language in Ukraine. As early as 2012 Yatsenyuk wanted European Union membership for Ukraine . and he sees this "because this means standards and values – a [high] level of education, medical treatment, pensions, employment, freedoms, new technologies, and progress". Yatsenyuk stated late 2009 that in its relations with
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#1732863296359636-681: The Prelude to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , Yatsenyuk called Russia the "biggest threat" and criticized Zelenskyy's handling of the crisis. On the July 2022 signing of the Black Sea Grain Initiative , Yatsenyuk told Times Radio that "I don't trust any kind of deal signed with the Russian Federation, we had dozens of different deals, and they always violate them." And within hours after Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu 's signature on
689-450: The President of Ukraine , Petro Poroshenko , asked Yatsenyuk to resign saying he had lost the support of the coalition and the same day, the Ukrainian parliament voted the cabinet's work unsatisfactory but rejected a call for a vote of no confidence. On 10 April 2016, Yatsenyuk announced that he would report to parliament on 12 April and resign as prime minister. On 14 April 2016, Yatsenyuk
742-637: The World Trade Organization . For example he signed the U.S. – Ukraine WTO Bilateral Market Access Agreement , a precursor agreement that paved the way to the full accession of Ukraine on 16 May 2008. From 20 September 2006, he served as the first vice-president of the Head of Secretariat of the President of Ukraine , and the representative of the president in the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine . Yatsenyuk
795-555: The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and the Party of Regions were "almost a single whole". In late November 2009, he stated he was not interested in "using his votes as bargaining material" for a high political post. On 21 February 2010, President Yanukovych offered three candidates for Prime Minister of Ukraine : Serhiy Tihipko , Yatsenyuk and Party of Regions lawmaker Mykola Azarov . However, Yatsenyuk declined this proposal to hold
848-623: The 22 February 2014 dismissal of President Viktor Yanukovych . The government was first presented at Kyiv 's main Euromaidan protest camp at Maidan Nezalezhnosti on 26 February 2014. The government was then voted on by the Verkhovna Rada on 27 February 2014. There were no government posts for the UDAR party, led by one of the Euromaidan leaders, Vitali Klitschko . UDAR declined offers to participate in
901-660: The August 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election . Yatsenyuk was confirmed as prime minister at the first session of the new parliament by 341 votes. In July 2015 Yatsenyuk announced with Canadian prime minister Steven Harper the successful conclusion of the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement . February 2016 saw the start of Yatsenyuk's downfall as the Prime Minister of Ukraine after economy minister Aivaras Abromavičius announced his resignation claiming
954-519: The Espresso TV channel to an American company. In 2020, using the Index for Monitoring Reforms, VoxUkraine [ uk ] compared the performance of the last four Ukrainian Cabinets. VoxUkraine claimed that Yatsenyuk’s second government had made the most progress in governmental reforms, including anti-corruption ones, as laws on a number of anti-corruption bodies were adopted at that time. During
1007-659: The October 2012 parliamentary elections. During the election, this list won 62 seats (25.55% of the votes) under the proportional party-list system and another 39 by winning 39 simple-majority constituencies; a total of 101 seats in Parliament. Yatsenyuk headed this election list because "Fatherland"-leader Yulia Tymoshenko was imprisoned. Yatsenyuk was elected leader of the parliamentary faction of "Fatherland" on 12 December 2012. On 15 June 2013, his Front for Change (party) merged into "Fatherland". On 25 January 2014, Yatsenyuk
1060-712: The UN-brokered deal to resume Ukraine’s Black Sea grain exports, a missile had hit the Port of Odesa . In his August 2022 Times Radio interview Yatsenyuk alleged that the Russian Armed Forces intended to use the winter weather against Ukraine. At the time, Russia controlled almost half of the Ukrainian energy supply when the Russian seizure of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was added to their control of
1113-445: The Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on 4 March 2014 and met with Yatsenyuk. He was followed by members of the European Union , who met with members of his government prior to a EU summit on 6 March 2014. Russia, however, denounced the events that led to the previous government's ouster as an illegitimate coup and considered the Yatsenyuk government illegitimate. Arseniy Yatsenyuk Arseniy Petrovych Yatsenyuk (born 22 May 1974)
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#17328632963591166-419: The Verkhovna Rada (parliament) from 2007 to 2008. Yatsenyuk was one of the leaders of Ukraine's second biggest party All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" , and former leader of its parliamentary faction. He became the prime minister of Ukraine following the 2014 revolution that removed Viktor Yanukovych from power. In September 2014, Yatsenyuk started the new party People's Front . On 16 February 2016,
1219-451: The Verkhovna Rada accepted the 21 August 2014 resignation of Pavlo Sheremeta , until then Minister of Economic Development and Trade . On 24 July 2014, the coalition supporting the Yatsenyuk government collapsed after UDAR and Svoboda announced that they had left the coalition to pave the way for early parliamentary elections . UDAR faction leader Vitaliy Kovalchuk explained his party's actions with his observation that "the Verkhovna Rada
1272-449: The Yatsenyuk government introduced draft tax reform legislation that would reduce the number of taxes and fees from 22 to 9. The government drew criticism over the repeal of a law that protected the official use of the Russian language in Ukraine . On 12 November 2014, the ministers of Svoboda resigned and became acting ministers until the formation of a new government. A majority of
1325-590: The campaign. On 13 January 2010, Yatsenyuk stated that his election campaign had cost ₴80 million and that "The number of my advertising posters is ten times less than that of all of my political opponents"; Yatsenyuk claimed that funds from his election budget were mainly spent on his appearances on television. After the elections, Yatsenyuk wanted to dissolve the Verkhovna Rada because, in his view, it would prevent him from working. He also stated in November 2009 that
1378-403: The coalition became 5 deputies short of the 226 needed. On 10 April 2016, Yatsenyuk announced that he would report to parliament on 12 April and resign as prime minister. But parliament did not hold a vote on his resignation that day because (Yatsenyuk's party) People's Front and Petro Poroshenko Bloc could not agree on the forming of a new government. On 14 April 2016, parliament did hold
1431-456: The coalition had collapsed because politicians did not want to be seen involved in making budget cuts and had thus placed "political interest above the fate of the country"; according to him this was "a moral and an ethical crime". However, his resignation had yet to be officially accepted by parliament and they did not do this the day after his resignation. Instead MPs decided that their next meeting will be on 31 July 2014. On 25 July 2014,
1484-532: The coalition had collapsed because politicians did not want to be seen involved in making budget cuts and had thus placed "political interest above the fate of the country"; according to him, this was "a moral and an ethical crime". Yatsenyuk's resignation had to be officially accepted by the parliament and it did not do this the next day; parliament's next chance to accept his resignation would be at its following session on 31 July 2014. UDAR faction leader Vitaliy Kovalchuk stated that since Yatsenyuk had not written
1537-485: The coalition supporting his Yatsenyuk Government had collapsed, after parliament failed to pass legislation to increase military financing and regulate energy matters. Yatsenyuk had told parliament "History will not forgive us ... how are we to pay wages, how are we tomorrow morning going to send fuel for armoured vehicles, how will we pay those families who have lost soldiers, to look after the army?" During his announcement of resignation in parliament Yatsenyuk hinted that
1590-466: The coalition to pave the way for the early parliamentary elections of late October 2014. Prime Minister Yatsenyuk announced his resignation the same day, but the Verkhovna Rada declined his resignation on 31 July 2014. After the 26 October 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election , the second Yatsenyuk government was formed. The Yatsenyuk government took office in the wake of the anti-government Euromaidan protests that began in 2013 and culminated in
1643-530: The contemporary politicians. Polls held in the last months of 2008 suggested a political party led by Yatsenyuk would pass the 3 percent election threshold in a Ukrainian parliamentary election . On 5 April 2009, Yatsenyuk announced his candidacy for President of Ukraine in the next presidential election . During the election, campaign fellow candidate Serhiy Ratushniak repeatedly insulted Yatsenyuk because of his alleged Jewish roots. Among other things, Ratushniak called Yatsenyuk an "impudent little Jew" who
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1696-400: The evening of 25 July, the parliamentary press service stated that the body had "received the statement of the Prime Minister of Ukraine of his resignation". The Verkhovna Rada declined his resignation on 31 July 2014, with only 16 out of 450 MPs voted for his resignation. In March 2014, the government stated that it did not intend to make Ukraine a member of NATO . In early August 2014,
1749-454: The government did not have a real commitment to fight corruption . On 16 February 2016, President Petro Poroshenko asked Yatsenyuk to resign and later on the same day, the Ukrainian parliament voted to find the work the Ukrainian cabinet was doing under Yatsenyuk unsatisfactory, but rejected calls for a vote of no confidence. On 17 and 18 February 2016, Fatherland and Self Reliance left the coalition supporting Yatsenyuk's government, meaning
1802-452: The new government. On its first day 250 MPs joined the coalition, including Batkivshchyna, UDAR, Svoboda, Economic Development and Sovereign European Ukraine . 371 members of parliament voted to elect Arseniy Yatsenyuk as Prime Minister of Ukraine , only two votes short of the record-high 373 votes won by Yulia Tymoshenko in 2005. On 1 March 2014, the Ministry of Revenues and Duties
1855-609: The parliamentary regulations. After his dismissal Yatsenyuk told journalists that he will form a new political force "for change in the country." On 21 November 2008, Yatsenyuk was also dismissed by President Viktor Yushchenko from the National Security and Defense Council . On 16 December 2008, Yatsenyuk announced plans to create a political party on basis of the Front of Changes public initiative. In an interview with Den on 4 February 2009, he claimed to have no allies among
1908-513: The political crisis and the crisis of statehood as such". To be premier in a coalition with communists was unacceptable for Yatsenyuk. Yatsenyuk formed an oppositional government in March 2010, next to another oppositional government headed by Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko , opposing the Azarov Government. In April 2010, Yatsenyuk was officially chosen as party leader of Front for Change ; by that time
1961-534: The political part of the Association Agreement with European Union with the economical part of the treaty to be signed after the presidential election in May 2014 . The day before, Yatsenyuk was replaced (due to his new position) as his party's faction leader in parliament by Sergei Sobolev . On 24 July 2014, Yatsenyuk announced that he was resigning from the post of prime minister immediately. Earlier that day
2014-591: The public initiative had become a political party also. During the October 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election , Yatsenyuk competed on a party list based on the party All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" . Yatsenyuk stressed in April 2012 "Front of Changes existed and will exist" but also hinted the same month the alliance could lay basis for one single party. The party competed on one single party under "umbrella" party "Fatherland" , together with several other parties, during
2067-446: The remainder of Cabinet had appointed Deputy Prime Minister for Regional Policy – Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine Volodymyr Hroisman as acting prime minister. On 31 July 2014, the Verkhovna Rada declined his resignation because only 16 (of the 450) MPs voted for his resignation. In September 2014, Yatsenyuk started the new party People's Front . The party won 82 seats in
2120-569: The same year until January 2003, served as the official Minister of Economy of Crimea. After Vasyl Tsushko was appointed as the new Governor of Odesa Oblast , Tsushko asked Yatsenyuk to serve as his vice-governor, which he served from 9 March to September 2005. From 27 September 2005 to 4 August 2006, he served as the Minister of Economy of Ukraine in the Yekhanurov Government . Yatsenyuk then headed talks about Ukrainian membership in
2173-607: The voting). In early 2008, Yatsenyuk co-wrote along with Tymoshenko and Yushchenko the so-called "letter of three" to NATO, in which they asked for a Membership Action Plan with a view to joining the Alliance. At the beginning of 2008 the work of the Rada was blocked for two months due, according to at least one observer, to this letter. During the Ukrainian political crises of September 2008 Yatsenyuk offered his resignation on 17 September 2008. A vote on his dismissal on 11 November 2008,
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2226-579: The west recognized the government, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel , Prime Minister of Latvia Laimdota Straujuma , President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko , and Prime Minister of Lithuania Algirdas Butkevičius . On 27 February 2014, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told Yatsenyuk that his interim government had the full support of the United States. A few days later, the United States Secretary of State John Kerry visited
2279-459: Was "successfully serving the thieves who are in power in Ukraine and is using criminal money to plough ahead towards Ukraine's presidency." Yatsenyuk's presidential campaign was estimated to cost about $ 60–$ 70 million. When Yatsenyuk billboards first appeared around Ukraine at the end of June 2009, Yatsenyuk was depicted as a military-style leader, while his previous image was that of a "young liberal". Some analysts think that this did not help
2332-428: Was a citizen of Romania from the region around Chernivtsi . Some sources state he was born to a family of ethnic Romanian-Jewish-Ukrainians . However, Yaakov Bleich , a chief rabbi of Ukraine stated, "Arseniy Yatsenyuk is not Jewish." Furthermore, Anna Rudnitskaya said, "[Yatsenyuk's] hypothetical Jewishness was never established." After Yatsenyuk began studying at Chernivtsi University in 1992, he set up
2385-436: Was declared invalid by the counting commission of the Parliament (the vote was proposed by opposition party Party of Regions ). On 12 November 2008, a total of 233 of 226 required deputies satisfied the resignation statement of Yatsenyuk and thus dismissed him from his post of Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada. The voting was carried out through the parliaments voting system and not by means of secret ballots, as stipulated by
2438-414: Was liquidated. Its agencies were transferred to the Ministry of Finance. On 23 March 2014, the Ministry of Industrial Policy was merged with the Ministry of Economy and Trade. On 19 June 2014, First Vice Prime Minister Vitaly Yarema was appointed General Prosecutor of Ukraine . The same day, Pavlo Klimkin was appointed as Ukrainian foreign minister, replacing Andrii Deshchytsia . On 2 September 2014,
2491-449: Was nominated for the position of the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada from the democratic coalition formed from the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc and Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc. On 4 December 2007, Yatsenyuk was elected the chairman of the Parliament. His candidacy was the only one in the ballot, and he obtained 227 votes in favor (from the democratic coalition; opposition abstained from
2544-492: Was offered the post of prime minister by President Viktor Yanukovych but refused due to unmet demands. Yatsenyuk said the people should be making a decision for the future of Ukraine, not the present government officials. Yatsenyuk was designated as the new prime minister of the Yatsenyuk Government following the 2014 Ukrainian revolution that removed former president Viktor Yanukovych from power. The new government
2597-463: Was proposed for the post of Foreign Minister by the President of Ukraine , Viktor Yushchenko . Yatsenyuk was confirmed by the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) on 21 March 2007 with 426 votes (from 450 maximum). In his April 2007 remarks made to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace he commented that the Ukrainian transition to a market economy was a success. In July 2007 while he
2650-721: Was replaced by new prime minister Volodymyr Groysman . Chairman of the Kyiv Security Forum and the founder of Open Ukraine Foundation. He holds the diplomatic rank of extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador. Yatsenyuk was born on 22 May 1974, in the Ukrainian SSR 's Chernivtsi . His father, historian Petro Ivanovich Yatsenyuk, was a professor at the Faculty of History at Chernivtsi National University and has since become deputy dean of its history faculty. Arseniy's mother, Maria Grigoriievna Yatsenyuk (née Bakaj), has long been
2703-490: Was still Foreign Minister, Yatsenuk started the Open Ukraine Foundation, which he intended to become an international foundation for the "strengthening and development of Ukraine's reputation in the world." In the early parliamentary elections held on 30 September 2007, Yatsenyuk was elected to the parliament from Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc (number 3 in the bloc's member list). On 3 December 2007, he
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#17328632963592756-412: Was sworn in on 27 February 2014. After his appointment, Yatsenyuk started to distance himself and his government from Russia , which accepted Crimea as an integral part of the Russian Federation after a disputed referendum there in response to the insurrection on Maidan Square and the ouster of Yanukovych. He described his government as being on a "kamikaze" mission. On 21 March 2014, Ukraine signed
2809-708: Was the president of Yurek Ltd., a law firm based in Chernivtsi . From January 1998 until September 2001, Yatsenyuk worked in the Aval bank, based in Kyiv . From November 2003 to February 2005, Yatsenyuk served as the first vice-president of the National Bank of Ukraine under Serhiy Tihipko . After Tihipko left the National Bank, Arseniy Yatsenyuk was put in charge of it. From September until November 2001, Yatsenyuk served as an acting Minister of Economy of Crimea , and from November of
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