Second Yanukovych Government
| Second Yanukovych Government | |
|---|---|
| 12th cabinet of Ukraine (since 1990) | |
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| Date formed | August 4, 2006 |
| Date dissolved | December 18, 2007 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of government | Viktor Yanukovych |
| Deputy head of government | Mykola Azarov |
| Head of state | Viktor Yushchenko |
| No. of ministers | 26 |
| Member party |
Party of Regions Communist Party of Ukraine Socialist Party of Ukraine |
| Status in legislature | Coalition of National Unity |
| Opposition party |
Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc NUNS |
| Opposition leader | Yulia Tymoshenko |
| History | |
| Legislature term(s) | 5 years |
| Predecessor | Yekhanurov government |
| Successor | Second Tymoshenko government |
Second Yanukovych Government was a governing coalition of the Party of Regions, the Communist Party and the Socialist Party in Ukraine after the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2006 and the 2006 Ukrainian political crisis. Until 24 March 2007, it was known as Anti-Crisis Alliance (Ukrainian: Антикризова коаліція).
Initially the Our Ukraine Bloc intended to join the coalition and five of its ministers were initially appointed into Cabinet of Ministers of the coalition; Justice Minister Roman Zvarych, Family and Sports Minister Yuriy Pavlenko, Emergency Situations Minister Viktor Baloha, Culture Minister Ihor Likhovyy, and Health Minister Yuriy Polyachenko. By November 2006 these five ministers were dismissed by parliament or withdrawn by Our Ukraine Bloc.
Before the crisis which sparked the 2007 parliamentary election, the coalition consisted of the following 249 members of parliamentary parties:
At its highest point the Alliance consisted of 260 members, and the trend was that opposition members were willing to join the Alliance, and thereby undermine the authority of the President and move towards the 300-member constitutional majority.
On April 6, 2007 the coalition's members count was reduced to 238 members:
President of Ukraine Yushchenko dissolved parliament on 2 April 2007 because he believed the government was acting illegally during the 2007 Ukrainian political crisis. Yushchenko argued that the constitution only allows whole parliamentary blocs to change sides, not individuals deputies. Yushchenko, Yanukovych and parliamentary speaker Oleksandr Moroz agreed in late May 2007 that the election would be held on 30 September, provided that at least 150 opposition and pro-president MPs formally gave up their seats, thereby creating the legal grounds for dissolving parliament. This happened.
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