Ministry of Ecology (Ukraine)

Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources (Ukraine)

Міністерство екології та природних ресурсів України
Agency overview
Formed	December 9, 2010
Preceding agency	*Ministry of Ecology (?-2010)
Jurisdiction	Ukraine
Headquarters	vul.Mytropolyta Lypkivskoho 35, Kiev
Employees	241
Minister responsible	Ostap Semerak, Minister , First Deputy Minister
Parent agency	Cabinet of Ministers
Child agencies	State Service of Geology and Resources State Agency of Water Resources State Agency of Ecological Investments State Ecological Inspection
Website	Official website

The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Міністерство екології та природних ресурсів України) is the main body in the system of central bodies of the executive power.

This government institution was established back in 1967 as the State Committee in Nature Protection (Derzhkompryrody). In 1978 it was merged into the All-Union State Committee under the same name centered in Moscow. With the fall of the Soviet Union on 19 June 1991 the state committee was reorganized into the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Ukraine. In 1995-2000 the ministry also supervised the nuclear safety as Ministry of Environmental Protection and Nuclear Safety of Ukraine. In 2000 it switched to its current name until 2003 and recovered it again in 2010. In 2003-2010 it carried the name Ministry of Environmental Protection of Ukraine.

The ministry consists of the central body of ministry headed by its leadership composed of a minister, his/hers first deputy, and other deputies in assistance to the minister. Part of ministry compose several state administrations that are specialized in certain field and coordinate operations of government companies.

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