Azarov II cabinet

The second Azarov cabinet was the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine between December 24, 2012 and February 27, 2014 . It was replaced by the Yatsenyuk cabinet .

Beginning

Five weeks after the parliamentary elections in 2012 , the previous Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov resigned in early December 2012, which, according to the constitution, also resulted in the resignation of the entire cabinet . On December 9, 2012, the President of Ukraine nominated Viktor Yanukovych Azarov again for the office of Prime Minister. On December 13, 2012, the Verkhovna Rada voted 255 out of 450 votes from MPs from the Party of Regions and Communist camps, approving the reappointment of Azarov as prime minister after tumultuous debates with two mass brawls between MPs Opposition and the ruling Party of Regions had come. On December 24, 2012, President Yanukovych finally appointed the new government of Ukraine .

The End

Azarov resigned on January 28, 2014 as a result of the Euromaidan unrest , in order to create “additional opportunities for a socio-political compromise” and for “the peaceful settlement of the conflict” in view of the conflict situation in the country. The resignation was accepted on the same day by the President and until the establishment of the new government on February 27, 2014, the first Vice Prime Minister Serhiy Arbusov took over the post of Prime Minister.

Second Azarov cabinet
Portfolio	minister	Party affiliation	Term of office
Prime Minister	Mykola Azarov	Party of Regions	until January 28, 2014
First Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Agriculture and Food, Economic Development, Trade, Social Policy, Finance, Income and Expenses	Serhiy Arbusov	Party of Regions
Deputy Prime Minister Responsible for ecology, natural resources, energy, coal and industrial policy	Yuri Boiko	Party of Regions
Deputy Prime Minister responsible for infrastructure, regional development, construction and housing and communal services	Oleksandr Wilkul	Party of Regions
Deputy Prime Minister areas of culture, education, science, youth, sport and health	Kostyantyn Hryshchenko
Minister in the Cabinet of Ministers	Olena Lukasch	Party of Regions	December 24, 2012 to July 4, 2013
Minister for Agriculture and Food	Mykola Prysjaschnjuk	Party of Regions
Interior minister	Vitaly Sakharchenko		December 24, 2012 to February 21, 2014
Interior Minister (acting)	Arsen Avakov		from February 22, 2014
Minister of Income and Income	Olexander Klymenko
Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources	Oleh Proskuryakov
Minister for Economic Development and Trade	Ihor Prasolov	Party of Regions
Minister for Energy and Mines	Eduard Stawyzkyj
Foreign minister	Leonid Koschara	Party of Regions
Infrastructure Minister	Volodymyr Cossack	Party of Regions
Minister of Culture	Leonid Novochatko
Minister for Youth and Sport	Rawil Safiullin	Party of Regions
Defense Minister	Pavlo Lebedev	Party of Regions
Minister of Education	Dmytro Tabachnyk	Party of Regions
Minister of Health	Rajissa Bohatyrjowa
Minister for Industrial Policy	Mychailo Korolenko	Party of Regions
Minister for Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Local Services	Hennadij Temnyk
Minister for Social Policy	Natalija Korolewska	Ukraine - Forward!
Finance minister	Yuri Kolobov
Minister of Justice	Olexander Lavrynovych	Party of Regions	December 24, 2012 to July 4, 2013
Minister of Justice	Olena Lukasch	Party of Regions	from July 4, 2013