Council of Ministers (Ukrainian State)
| Government of Ukraine Ukrainian: Уряд України Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Ukrainian: Кабінет Міністрів України |
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| State |
 Ukraine
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| Leader | Prime Minister |
| Appointed by |
Ukrainian parliament (Prime Minister's proposal) |
| Main organ | Cabinet of Ministers |
| Ministries | 17 |
| Responsible to | President and Parliament |
| Headquarters |
Government Building Hrushevsky Street, Kiev |
| Website | Official website |
Coordinates: 50°26′52.0″N 30°32′1.4″E / 50.447778°N 30.533722°E The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Кабінет Міністрів України, Kabinet ministriv Ukrayiny; shortened to CabMin), commonly referred to as the Government of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Уряд України, Uryad Ukrayiny), is the highest body of state executive power in Ukraine. As Cabinet of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR, it was formed on 18 April 1991 by the Law of Ukrainian SSR No.980-XII. Vitold Fokin was approved the first Prime Minister of Ukraine.
The Cabinet is a collegiate body consisting of the Cabinet's presidium composed of five individual and several ministries that are represented by their respective minister. Some ministries may be headed by members of the Cabinet presidium (Vice Prime Ministers). The presidium of Cabinet is composed of the Prime Minister of Ukraine presiding over the Cabinet and assisted by his First Vice Prime and other Vice Prime ministers. The Secretariat of Cabinet of Ministers ensures the operations of the cabinet.
The current Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is since 14 April 2016 the Groysman government.
The number of ministries in the cabinet has changed over time, some ministries were abolished, others combined with others or degraded to state committees or agencies. The Cabinet is responsible to the President of Ukraine and is under the control and being held accountable to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament). It consists of the Prime Minister, the First Vice-Prime Minister, three Vice-Prime Ministers, and other Ministers, who head their assigned Ministries (departments). At one point of time there also was an institute of "state ministries" that was majorly abolished on 25 February 1992 by the Presidential Decree (#98). The Secretariat of Cabinet of Ministers supports the effective operation of the government. Structural part of the secretariat is also the office of the Prime Minister of Ukraine.
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