New Tymoshenko government in the Verkhovna Rada

New Tymoshenko government in the Verkhovna Rada

2005, 3 min

Kyiv, February 4, 2005.

In the video: the session hall of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the government box, newly elected ministers and deputies Mykola Tomenko, Oleh Rybachuk, Oksana Bilozir, Leonid Kadeniuk, Raisa Bohatyryova and others. President Viktor Yushchenko, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, and Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn enter the hall and take their seats.

The question of the program activities of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is put to a vote,
Yulia Tymoshenko speaks about the government's adoption of a program of work.

For reference: after the Orange Revolution and the election of the new President of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko, Yulia Tymoshenko became the Prime Minister of Ukraine. She was appointed by 373 MPs, a record number of votes in the history of appointments of prime ministers. The vote took place on February 4, 2005 (Yulia Tymoshenko had been acting Prime Minister of Ukraine since January 24, 2005). The Cabinet of Ministers headed by Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko worked until September 8, 2005, when President Viktor Yushchenko dismissed the government.