Groysman and new ministers take charge of government
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Ukraine’s parliament voted on April 14 to appoint Volodymyr Groysman as the country’s new prime minister, with 257 lawmakers – 31 votes more than needed – supporting his candidacy.
But the new coalition that was formed to back Groysman and his new government proved unstable even on its first day, immediately raising questions about how long it can last.
Twenty-one lawmakers from factions in the new coalition didn’t support Groysman for prime minister. Ten of them were absent, but 11 lawmakers deliberately didn’t vote.
Groysman’s appointment was passed, though, thanks to the support of 11 independent lawmakers, all 23 lawmakers of the Vidrodzhennya (Renaissance) faction, a group that is associated with oligarch Igor Kolomoisky, and 16 lawmakers from the Volya Narodu (People’s Will) faction.
But just hours later, it took the parliament three attempts to scrape together enough votes to pass the program of Groysman’s Cabinet.
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Meet the Cabinet
Groysman’s Cabinet was appointed with 239 votes in favor.
Several ministers from Yatsenyuk’s Cabinet kept their jobs, including Deputy Prime Minister Hennadiy Zubko, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak, and Minister of Sports and Youth Ihor Zhdanov. Ex-Social Policy Minister Pavlo Petrenko was promoted to deputy prime minister.
The position of health minister remains vacant, as the coalition is yet to agree on a candidate.
Former head of National Bank of Ukraine Stepan Kubiv was appointed economy minister. Deputy Head of President’s Administration Oleksandr Danyuliuk, who previously worked in the Yanukovych administration, is the new minister of finance. He replaced Ukrainian-American Jaresko.
As Groysman made his address as the new prime minister, his promises of hard work were barely audible above opposition chants of “Shame!” Opposition lawmakers were still outraged by the all-in-one vote that gave Groysman the premiership.
“I’m going to show you what it means to govern a country,” Groysman said at the end of his speech, looking irritated by the shouting.