The Prime Minister of Ukraine is appointed by the President and ratified by the Verkhovna Rada.

Prime Ministers of Ukraine

Name	Dates of Acting Before Ratification	Dates in Office	Dates of Acting After Resignation	Details on Appointment, Tenure, and Resignation
Vitaliy Masol	–	June 28, 1990 – October 17, 1990	October 17, 1990 – October 23, 1990	Resigned as a result of student protests in Kyiv
Vitold Fokin	October 23, 1990 – November 14, 1990	November 14, 1990 – October 1, 1992	–	Resigned as a result of retirement
Valentyn Symonenko	October 2, 1992 – October 13, 1992	Acting Prime Minister
Leonid Kuchma	–	October 13, 1992 – September 21, 1993	–	Submitted resignation to the parliament
Yukhym Zvyahilsky	September 22, 1993 – ?	? – June 16, 1994	–	–
Vitaliy Masol	–	June 16, 1994 – March 1, 1995	–	–
Yevhen Marchuk	–	March 1, 1995 – May 28, 1996	–	–
Pavlo Lazarenko	–	May 28, 1996 – July 2, 1997	–	–
Valeriy Pustovoitenko	–	July 16, 1997 – December 22, 1999	–	–
Viktor Yushchenko	–	December 22, 1999 – April 26, 2001	April 28, 2001 – May 29, 2001	–
Anatoliy Kinakh	–	May 29, 2001 – November 21, 2002	–	–
Viktor Yanukovych	–	November 21, 2002 – December 7, 2004 December 28, 2004 – January 5, 2005	–	on leave: December 7, 2004 – December 27, 2004
Yuliya Tymoshenko	January 24, 2005 – February 4, 2005	February 4, 2005 – NA	NA	–

Acting Prime Ministers

• Vasyl Durdynets: (July 2, 1997 – July 16, 1997)
• Mykola Azarov: (December 7, 2004 – December 28, 2004; January 5, 2005 – January 24, 2005)

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