Second Tymoshenko government
Second Tymoshenko Government | |
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13th Cabinet of Ukraine (since 1990) | |
| Date formed | 18 December 2007 |
| Date dissolved | 11 March 2010 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Viktor Yushchenko |
| Head of government | Yulia Tymoshenko |
| Deputy head of government | Oleksandr Turchynov |
| No. of ministers | 25 |
| Member party | Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc NUNS Lytvyn Bloc |
| Status in legislature | Coalition of Democratic Forces (2007–2008) 228 / 450 (51%)
Coalition of National Development, Stability and Order (2008–2010) 248 / 450 (55%)
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| Opposition cabinet | Yanukovych shadow government |
| Opposition party | Party of Regions Communist Party of Ukraine Lytvyn Bloc |
| Opposition leader | Viktor Yanukovych Petro Symonenko Volodymyr Lytvyn |
| History | |
| Legislature term | 5 years |
| Predecessor | Second Yanukovych government |
| Successor | First Azarov government |
| Ukraine portal |
The second Tymoshenko Government was appointed on 18 December 2007 as a coalition between Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT) and Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc (OU-PSD), OU-PSD is the party of then-President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, following the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election. The government program was named: "Ukrainian breakthrough: for people, not for politicians".
On 17 December 2008 Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko announced a reshuffle of the cabinet after the forming of a BYuT, OU-PSD and Bloc of Lytvyn coalition following the 2008 Ukrainian political crisis. On March 3, 2010 the Ukrainian Parliament passed a motion of no confidence in the second Tymoshenko Government. A day before that the coalition had already lost the parliamentary majority. On March 11, 2010 the First Azarov Government was elected.
Since its dismissal several Ministers of the second Tymoshenko Government have been involved in criminal proceedings against them; the most noticeable outcomes of this were the imprisonments of former Prime Minister Tymoshenko and Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko.