Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine

Ministry of Education and Science
Міністерство освіти і науки
Agency overview
Formed12 December 1991 (28 June 1917[1])
Preceding agency
  • Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports
JurisdictionGovernment of Ukraine
Headquarters10 Beresteiskyi Avenue, Kyiv
Minister responsible
Child agency
  • Service for intellectual property
WebsiteOfficial website (in English) Official website (in Ukrainian)
Headquarters of the Ministry in Kyiv

The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Міністерство освіти і науки України) is the main body in the system of central bodies of the executive power of Ukraine.

History

On 28 June 1917 Ivan Steshenko was appointed Secretary of Education in the First Vynnychenko government of the Ukrainian People's Republic.[1] The 1921 Treaty of Riga formerly ended the existence of the Ukrainian People's Republic as its former territory became part of Poland and the Soviet Union.[3]

The modern Ministry of Education was created on 8 July 1992 by merging two major organs of the Ukrainian SSR: the Ministry of Higher and Middle Specialized Education and State Committee on Vocational-Technical Education. In 1991 there were two ministries of education — National and Higher (formerly Higher and Middle Specialized).[4]

From 9 December 2010 until 28 February 2013 the Ministry of Education and Science (at the time led by Dmytro Tabachnyk) was merged with the Ministry of Youth and Sports.[5]

On 28 February 2013 President Viktor Yanukovych reorganized the Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports and the State Service for Youth and Sports, creating the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the Ministry of Youth and Sports.[6]

Structure

Source:[7]

The ministry consists of the central body headed by the minister,[8] first deputy, and other deputies to assist the minister. Part of ministry elects several state administrations representatives that are specialized in certain field and coordinate operation of government companies.

State agencies

  • State Service for intellectual property of Ukraine

Former agencies

List of ministers

Ukrainian People's Republic (1917-1918)

Title Name of minister Term of office
Start End
General Secretary of Educational Affairs Ivan Steshenko 15 June 1917 11 January 1918
Minister of Education Ivan Steshenko 11 January 1918 18 January 1918
Nykyfor Hryhoriiv 18 January 1918 29 January 1918
Pavlo Khrystiuk 29 January 1918 10 March 1918
Viacheslav Prokopovych 10 March 1918 2 May 1918

Ukrainian State (1918)

Title Name of minister Term of office
Start End
Minister of Science and Arts Mykola Vasylenko 3 May 1918 25 October 1918
Petro Stebnytsky 24 October 1918 14 November 1918
Volodymyr Naumenko 14 November 1918 14 December 1918

West Ukrainian People's Republic

Title Name of minister Term of office
Start End
State Secretary of Education and Religion Oleksander Barvinsky 9 November 1918 4 January 1919

Ukrainian People's Republic (Directorate)

Title Name of minister Term of office
Start End
Head of the Department of Education Yukhym Shchyrytsia 5 December 1918 26 December 1918
Minister of Education Petro Kholodnyi 26 December 1918 2 January 1919
Ivan Ohienko 5 January 1919 9 April 1919
Antin Krushelnytskyi 27 April 1919 25 July 1919
vacant
Petro Kholodnyi 26 May 1920 late 1920

Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic (1919-1946)

Name of Ministry Name of minister Term of office
Start End
People's Commissariat for Popular Education Volodymyr Zatonsky 8 January 1919 May 1919
Hnat Mykhailychenko 12 May 1919 3 July 1919
Mykhailo Panchenko 3 July 1919 10 July 1919
Oleksandr Shumsky 10 July 1919 August 1919
vacant
Volodymyr Zatonsky December 1919 20 April 1920
Hryhoriy Hrynko 16 February 1920 20 September 1923
Volodymyr Zatonsky 30 October 1922 14 March 1924
Oleksandr Shumsky 29 September 1924 2 February 1927
Mykola Skrypnyk 7 March 1927 22 February 1933
Volodymyr Zatonsky 22 February 1933 22 December 1937
Hryhoriy Khomenko 5 May 1938 19 December 1938
Fedir Redko 2 April 1939 28 May 1940
Serhiy Bukhalo 28 May 1940 5 March 1943
Pavlo Tychyna 5 March 1943 15 March 1946

Ukrainian State (1941)

Title Name of minister Term of office
Start End
Minister of Education and Creed Volodymyr Radzykevych July 1941

Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic (1946-1991)

Name of Ministry Name of minister Term of office
Start End
Ministry of Popular Education Pavlo Tychyna 15 March 1946 8 August 1948
Mykola Savchuk 18 August 1948 23 August 1949
Hryhoriy Pinchuk 23 August 1949 18 February 1957
Ivan Bilodid 18 February 1957 20 April 1962
Alla Bondar 22 April 1962 3 January 1967
Petro Udovychenko 21 January 1967 2 March 1971
Oleksandr Marynych 2 March 1971 3 July 1979
Mykhailo Fomenko 3 July 1979 3 August 1990

Ukraine (since 1991)

Name of Ministry Name of minister Term of office
Start End
Ministry of National Education Ivan Zyazyun 3 August 1990 May 1992
Ministry of Education Petro Talanchuk February 1992 6 July 1994
Mykhailo Zghurovskyi 18 November 1994 14 January 1999
Valentyn Zaichuk 1999 1999
Ministry of Education and Science Vasyl Kremen 30 December 1999 3 February 2005
Stanislav Nikolayenko February 2005 18 December 2007
Ivan Vakarchuk 18 December 2007 11 March 2010
Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports Dmytro Tabachnyk 11 March 2010 23 February 2014
Ministry of Education and Science Serhiy Kvit 27 February 2014 14 April 2016[9]
Liliya Hrynevych 14 April 2016[9] 29 August 2019
Hanna Novosad 29 August 2019 4 March 2020
Liubomyra Mandziy (Acting Minister) 25 March 2020[10] 25 June 2020
Serhiy Shkarlet (Acting Minister,[11] Minister) 25 June 2020; 17 December 2020[12] 20 March 2023[13]
Oksen Lisovyi 21 March 2023[2] Until now
Name of Ministry Name of minister Term of office
Start End
Ministry on issues of Science and Technologies Volodymyr Semynozhenko 28 August 1996 21 April 1998
Stanislav Dovhyi 23 August 1998 1 April 1999

See also

References

  1. ^ a b (in Ukrainian) 100 years ago the Central Rada formed the first government of Ukraine (infographics) 100 років тому Центральна Рада створила перший уряд України (інфографіка), Radio Free Europe (28 June 2017)
  2. ^ a b "The Verkhovna Rada appointed two ministers and a deputy prime minister". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  3. ^ Przemyslaw Zurawski, professor, advisor to Polish foreign minister The peoples of our region are interested in the collapse of the Russian Empire, Ukrinform (4 May 2020)
  4. ^ Official document, Ukrainian gov. list of ministries
  5. ^ Declaration of Cabinet of Ministers
  6. ^ (in Russian) Short bio of Ravil Safiullin, Информационно-аналитический центр "ЛІГА"
  7. ^ "Official website of the Ministry. FAQ (In Ukrainian)". 2014.
  8. ^ "Official website of the Ministry. Lilia Hrynevych (In Ukrainian)". 2014.
  9. ^ a b New Cabinet formed in Ukraine, UNIAN (14 April 2016)
  10. ^ Cabinet appoints acting education minister, Ukrinform (25 March 2020)
  11. ^ (in Ukrainian) Plagiarist and lover of expensive cars at public expense Scarlett became acting Minister of Education and Science, Ukrayinska Pravda (25 June 2020)
  12. ^ "Shkarlet appointed Ukraine's education minister". UkrInform. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Verkhovna Rada dismisses three ministers". Ukrayinska Pravda. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.