Only ministries with a direct or indirect
relationship to nuclear developments are listed in this file. It is not
intended to be a comprehensive reference guide to the composition of the
Ukrainian government. For the latest information on the Ukrainian government,
visit Brama-Gateway Ukraine's Web Site at
http://www.brama.com/ua-gov.
Prime Minister: Viktor Fedorovych
Yanukovych
Viktor Yanukovych officially became Prime Minister when President Leonid Kuchma
signed a degree approving his candidacy on 21 November 2002. Prior to receiving this post, Yanukovych was the governor of the Donetsk Oblast.[1,2] Sources: [1] "Premyer-ministr
Ukrayiny," Uryadovyy portal Web Site,
http://www.kmu.gov.ua/control/publish/article?art_id=37412.] [2] "Ukrainian President signs decree
appointing Yanukovich as Prime Minister," Interfax, 21 November 2002.]
{Updated 12/5/2002 EL}
First Deputy Prime
Minister and Minister of Finance:
Mykola Yanovych Azarov Azarov
was head of the State Tax Administration until he was appointed to the post of
First Deputy Prime Minister. ["Pershyy
vitse-premyer-ministr Ukrayiny, ministr finansiv Ukrayiny," Uryadovyy portal
Web Site,
http://www.kmu.gov.ua/control/publish/article?art_id=38230.]
{Updated 12/5/2002 EL}
Deputy Prime Minister of
Agro-Industrial Policy: Ivan Hryhorovych Kyrylenko ["Pershyy vitse-premyer-ministr
Ukrayiny z
pytan ahropromyslovoho kompleksu," Uryadovyy portal Web Site,
http://www.kmu.gov.ua/control/publish/article?art_id=38259.]
{Updated 12/15/02 EL}
Deputy Prime Minister of Humanitarian Policy:
Dmytro Volodymyrovych Tabachnyk ["Vitse-premyer-ministr
Ukrayiny z pytan humanitarnoyi polityky," Uryadovyy portal Web Site,
http://www.kmu.gov.ua/control/publish/article?art_id=38235.]
{Updated 12/15/02 EL}
On 26 August 1997, President Kuchma signed a decree
that confirmed the responsibilities of the Defense Ministry and Military
Headquarters. According to the decree, the Defense Ministry serves
as the Ukrainian government's agent for the design, production, delivery,
repair, elimination and dismantlement of weapons, military equipment and
property. In addition, it guarantees the legal, military, patriotic,
ethical, and aesthetic education of military personnel and takes part in
the preparation, conclusion, and implementation of international agreements
and international inter-departmental agreements. Military Headquarters
takes care of strategic planning and force coordination, military threat
assessment, provision of intelligence to military departments, and confidential
management of weapons, forces, and communication.
["HSN: On the Books," Eastern Economist,
1 September 1997, p. 27.] {Entered 12/9/97 TR}
Minister of Defense:
General Vladimir Shkidchenko On 12 November 2001 General Vladimir Shkidchenko was appointed Ukrainian
Minister of Defense by President Leonid Kuchma.[1] Shkidchenko
replaced Oleksandr Kuzmuk, who resigned after a Tu-154 Russian passenger
aircraft was accidentally shot down on 4 October 2001 by a Ukrainian
anti-aircraft missile during military exercises in the Crimea.[1,2] Prior to
this appointment, General Shkidchenko served as the Ukrainian Chief of
General Staff and First Deputy Defense Minister. Owing to his
extensive military education and experience, General Shkidchenko is regarded
by many as one of the country's best generals. He
graduated from the Military Academy of the USSR Armed Forces General Staff,
the Moscow Physical-Technical Institute, the Odessa Higher Artillery Command
School, and the Frunze Military Academy. In the early 1990s, he served in
the Transcaucasus Military District as a division commander. In 1993,
he was put in charge of the 6th Tank Army. In 1993-1998, he commanded
the Odessa Military District. In 1998, he was appointed commander of
the Southern operational sector. What sets him apart from the majority
of Ukrainian generals is his knowledge of English and his connections at the
Kremlin. It also has been noted within the department that Shkidchenko
is a supporter of reform.[3] Sources: [1] Alexander Gorobets, "President
Kuchma Likes Generals," Strana.ru Web Site, 12 November 2001; in The
Russian Issues.com Web Site,
http://www.therussianissues.com. [2] Mikhail Melnik, "Kuchma Accepts
Resignation of Air Defense Commander," ITAR-TASS Weekly News, 14
November 2001; in Universal Database of Russian Newspapers,
http://udb.eastview.com. [3] Grigoriy Rudenko, "Ukraine Will be
Defended by a Brother and a Son: Leonid Kuchma Has Appointed Security
Officials," Kommersant, 14 November 2001; in "Ukranian
Defense Minister Appointed Seen as Possible Nod to Kremlin," FBIS
Document CEP20011114000150. {Entered 11/13/2001 IA}{Checked 12/13/2002
EL} Chief of the General Staff:
Colonel General
Oleksandr Ivanovych Zatynayko
Zatynayko was
appointed Chief of the General Staff by
President Kuchma on 13 August 2002.[1,2] He replaced the Acting Chief of
General Staff Lieutenant General Mykola Palchuk, who had
temporarily taken the position following the dismissal of
Colonel General Petro Shulyak after the Lviv air show disaster.[3]
Sources:
[1] "Nachalnyk Heneralnoho shtabu Zbroynykh Syl Ukrayiny,"
Ukrainian Ministry of Defense Web Site,
http://www.mil.gov.ua/ukr/command.phtml?11.] {Updated 11/15/2002 EL}
[2] "Zatynaiko appointed head of
Ukraine's General Staff,"Interfax, 13 August 2002.
[3] Unian, 29 July 2002; in "Ukraine: Acting general staff, air
force chiefs appointed," FBIS Document CEP20020729000145.]{Updated 09/26/2002
EL} State Secretary of the Ministry of
Defense: Oleksandr
Mykolayovych Oliynyk ["Derzhavnyy sekretar Ministerstva oborony Ukrayiny,"
Ukrainian Ministry of Defense Web Site,
http://www.mil.gov.ua/ukr/command.phtml?13.] {Updated 11/15/2002 EL} Deputy State Secretary for International Cooperation:
Viktor Ivanovych Bannykh
["Derzhavnyy sekretar Ministerstva oborony Ukrayiny z pytan mizhnarodnoho
spivrobitnytstva," Ukrainian Ministry of Defense Web Site,
http://www.mil.gov.ua/ukr/command.phtml?11.]
{Updated 11/15/2002 EL}
AIR DEFENSE AND AIR FORCE
Air Defense Commander: Lieutenant
General Anatoliy Yakovych Toropchyn ["Holovnokomanduvach Viysk Protipovitryanoyi oborony Zbroynykh Syl Ukrayiny," Ukrainian Ministry of Defense Web Site,
http://www.mil.gov.ua/ukr/command.phtml?6.] {Updated 11/15/2002 EL}
Acting Air Force Commander: Lieutenant General Leonid Fursa Lieutenant General Leonid Fursa was appointed
the Acting Air Force Commander
following the dismissal of Col.-General Viktor Strelnykov after
the 27 July 2002 Lviv air show disaster.
[UNIAN, 29 July 2002; in
"Ukraine: Acting general staff, air force chiefs appointed," FBIS
Document CEP20020729000145.] {Updated 09/26/2002 EL}
GROUND FORCES
Acting Commander of Ground Forces: Lieutenant General Mykola Petruk ["US
Military Commander Visits Ukraine," ITAR TASS, 3 September
2002; Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe,
http://web.lexis-nexis.com.] {Updated 09/26/2002 EL}
NAVY
Commander, Ukrainian Navy and Deputy Defense Minister:
Admiral Mykhailo Yezhel
On 28 October 1996, Ukrainian
President Leonid Kuchma appointed 44-year old Counter Admiral Mykhailo
Yezhel to serve as the new Commander of the Ukrainian Navy. Yezhel replaced
Rear Admiral Volodymyr Bezkorovainy, who resigned from the position of
Navy Commander on 23 October 1996, along with his first deputy Mykola Kostrov
and naval commander Oleksandr Ryzhenko. Before the new appointment, Yezhel
served as Naval inspector for the Main Inspectorate of the Ukrainian Defense
Ministry. Yezhel served in the Russian Pacific Fleet and has served in the Ukrainian
Navy since March 1993.
According to Russian and Ukrainian sources, Rear
Admiral Volodymyr Bezkorovainy and his colleagues resigned because of their
opposition to Ukrainian policy concerning the Black Sea Fleet, particularly
the concessions the Ukrainian government has made over the fleet.
Sources: [1] RIA-Novosti (Moscow), 28 October
1996, in "Naznachen novyi komanduyushchiy voyenno-morskimi silami Ukrainy,"
Oborona
i bezopasnost, 1 November 1996, p. 20. [2] Ustina Markus, "Ukrainian Naval
Commanders Resign Over Black Sea Fleet," OMRI Daily Digest, 24 October
1996. {Entered 12/3/96 GN} {Checked 8/24/99 SK}
{Checked 9/26/2002 EL}
STRATEGIC FORCES
Ukraine gave up its nuclear status in
1994 and the last silo was destroyed in October 2001. The Ukrainian 43rd
Rocket Army, which had inherited 1,271 nuclear warheads following the collapse
of the USSR, was disbanded in 2002. The commander of the 43rd Rocket Army, Volodymyr Mikhtyuk,
was relieved of his duties by President Kuchma
on 20 August 2002. [Raisa
Stetsyura, ""Kuchma dismisses commander of disbanded rocket army," ITAR TASS,
21 August 2002; Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe,
http://web.lexis-nexis.com.] {Entered
11/7/2002 EL}
Strategic Offensive Arms Reduction Treaty Implementation
Support Center Chief: Ihor Mityayev [Agentstvo voyennykh novostey, 14 October 2002; in "Ukraine begins scrapping
of TU-22 bombers, Kh-22 cruise missiles," FBIS Document CEP20021014000237.]
{Updated 9/27/2002 EL}
In late 1999 the Ministry of the Economy absorbed
some of the functions formerly performed by the Industrial Policy Ministry,
the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade, and several state
committees.
Minister:
Oleksandr Vitaliyovych Shlapak ["Sklad orhanizatsiynoho
komitetu z pidhoyovky ta provedennya Vseukrayinskoyi narady z pytan polipshennya
investytsiyinoho klimatu v Ukrayini," Directive of the President of Ukraine No.
319/2002-rp, 18 September 2002; in Ukrainian President Official Web Site,
http://kuchma.gov.ua/rus/officdocuments/
officsignedlaws/98640837.html.]
{Updated 2/21/2003 KS}
MINISTRY
OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND CHORNOBYL AFFAIRS
LOCATION: Address: 55 vul. O. Honchara, Kiev 01030 Telephone: (044) 247 31
78 HOMEPAGE:http://www.mns.gov.ua ["Ministerstbo
Ukrayiny z pytan nadzvychaynykh situatsiy ta u spravakh zakhystu naselennya vid
naslidkiv Chornobylskoyi katastrofy," Uryadovyy portal Web Site,
http://www.kmu.gov.ua/control/publish/article?art_id=44745.]
{Updated 1/10/2003 EL}
In a decree issued on 27 July 1996, President Leonid Kuchma set up the Ministry for Emergency Situations by merging the Chornobyl
ministry with the Civil Defense agency.
[Chrystyna Lapychak, "Ukrainian President
Reorganizes Government Structures," OMRI Daily Digest, 27 July 1996.] {Entered
8/18/96 GN}
Minister: Hryhoriy Vasylovych
Reva State Secretary of the Ministry of Emergency Situations: Vasyl Stepanovych Lutsko First Deputy State Secretary: Hrihoriy Borysovych Marchenko Deputy Secretary: Volodymyr Vasylovych Lohinov Deputy Secretary: Borys Hryhorovych Minyaylo Deputy Secretary: Valentyna Petrivna Levchenko
["Kerivnyky Ministerstva,"
Ukrainian Ministry of Emergency Situations Web Site,
http://www.mns.gov.ua/ministerstvo/kerivn/?m=2.] {Updated 12/13/2002 EL} Department of Civil Protection Director: Serhiy Leonidovych Zozulya Department for the Investigation of the Chernobyl Accident Director: Vasyl Mykhaylovych Kovalchuk Department of Scientific and Technical Policy Director: Vadym Mykhaylovych Kuzyk ["Orhanizatsiyna struktura MNS Ukrayiny," Ukrainian Ministry of Emergency
Situations Web
Site,
http://www.mns.gov.ua/ministerstvo/structure/?m=4.] {Updated 10/3/2002
EL} State Scientific Center for Radiation Geochemistry
of the Environment Department of Civil Protection Director:
Emlen Sabatovich [Irina Chernaya, "Otkhody v Sibir 'ssylat'
ne budem?" Segodnya (Kyiv) online edition, http://today.viaduk.net,
No. 258, 11 January 1999.]{entered 10/18/99 CC}
MINISTRY OF
THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
LOCATION: Address: 5 vul. Khreshchatyk, Kiev-601 1601 Telephone: (044) 228 06
44, (044) 226 24 28 HOMEPAGE:
http://www.menr.gov.ua ["Ministerstvo ekolohiyi ta pryrodnykh
resursiv Ukrayiny," Uryadovyy portal Web Site,
http://www.kmu.gov.ua/control/publish/article?art_id=44357.]
{Updated 1/10/2003 EL}
The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Nuclear
Safety was established by the 15 December 1994 Presidential Decree No.
768, combining the responsibilities of the former Ministry of Environmental
Protection and the State Committee on Nuclear and Radiation Safety (UkrSCNRS).
The Statute on the Ministry was approved by presidential decree on 20 February 1995. On 22 April 1995, Acting Prime Minister Yevhen
Marchuk informed this Ministry that it was responsible for implementing
the IAEA safeguards agreement, as outlined in its Statute. The Ukrainian
government approved legislation to grant the Ministry regulatory and licensing
authority over the country's nuclear energy industry.
Sources: [1] Personal correspondence with Andriy
Glukhov, UkrSCNRS, 21 December 1994. [2] Nina Klimovskaya, "Minprirody i
Gosatomnadzor Slivayutsya,"
Kyivskie vedomosti, 22 December 1994. [3] Ihor Osipchuk, "Kakoe budushchee
ozhidaet novoe Ministerstvo Okhrany Okruzhayushchey Sredy i Yadernoy Besopasnosti?"
Kyivskie
vedomosti, 22 December 1994. [4] "Decree On Environment, Nuclear
Security Ministry," Vybir, 10 January 1995. [5] UNIAN (Kiev), 22 April 1995; in
"Ministry To Ensure Implementation of IAEA Accord," FBIS-SOV-95-078, 22
April 1995, [6] "Ukraine Regulatory Body Wins Licensing
Authority," Post-Soviet Nuclear and Defense Monitor, 1 September
1995, p. 2.
Minister: Vasyl Yakovych Shevchuk
Shevchuk was appointed as minister in August 1998,
replacing Yuriy Kostenko, who resigned after winning a seat in the March
1998 Verkhovna Rada elections. Shevchuk previously served as First Deputy
Minister of Environmental Protection and Nuclear Safety during Kostenko's
tenure.
[AP Worldstream, "Ukrainian President
Appoints New Ministers," 23 August 1988, Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe,
online edition
http:www.lexis-nexis.com/universe.] {Entered 8/24/98 SP}
{Checked 8/24/99 SK} State Secretary of the Ministry of
Environment:
Serhiy Volodymyrovych Hoshovskyy
["Diyalnist: Kerivnyky,"
Ukrainian Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Web Site,
http://www.menr.gov.ua/index.php?menu=2.3&lang=ukr&title=2.3.]
{Updated 12/13/2002 EL} First Deputy
State Secretary: Stepan Oleksiyovych Lyzun
["Diyalnist: Kerivnyky,"
Ukrainian Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Web Site,
http://www.menr.gov.ua/index.php?menu=2.3&lang=ukr&title=2.3.]
{Updated 12/13/2002 EL} Deputy State Secretary: Zinoviy Mykolayovych
Karman
["Diyalnist: Kerivnyky,"
Ukrainian Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Web Site,
http://www.menr.gov.ua/index.php?menu=2.3&lang=ukr&title=2.3.]
{Updated 12/13/2002 EL} Deputy State Secretary:
Anatoliy Volodymyrovych Hritsenko
["Diyalnist: Kerivnyky,"
Ukrainian Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Web Site,
http://www.menr.gov.ua/index.php?menu=2.3&lang=ukr&title=2.3.]
{Updated 12/13/2002 EL}
Nuclear Regulatory Administration In December 2000 President Kuchma issued a decree replacing the NRA with the
State Nuclear Regulatory Committee, in response
to EBRD insistence on upgrading Ukraine's nuclear regulatory agency's status to
the level of a state committee.
[Alexei Breus, "Kuchma Signs Regulations Governing New Safety
Agency," Nucleonics Week, 15 March 2001, p. 14.{Entered 5/10/2001 MJ}
1/31/95: ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW MINISTRY UNEXPECTED A government official in Ukraine stated that the
creation of the new Ministry of Environmental Protection and Nuclear Safety
(MEPNS) was an unexpected and very political move that dealt a serious
blow to Ukraine's system of nuclear safety. Minister Kostenko stated that
the UkrSCNRS would enjoy more independence than before; the Nuclear Regulatory
Administration within the MEPNS will be an autonomous body whose tasks
have been set out by the new law "Nuclear Energy Utilization and Radiation
Safety." Kostenko also stated that all the functions of the UkrSCNRS would
remain intact, just subordinate to the new Ministry. First Deputy Chair
Oleksandr Smyshliayev, formerly First Deputy Chairman of the UkrSCNRS,
was appointed by Kuchma as the head of the Nuclear Regulatory Administration.
The Rada Committee on Nuclear Policy sent a letter to President Kuchma
expressing its displeasure with the new Ministry; the letter read "The
establishment of the new Ministry will deteriorate safety supervision in
Ukraine's nuclear sector."
["New Minister for Environment, Nuclear
Safety Appointed,"
Post-Soviet Nuclear and Defense Monitor, 31 January
1995, p. 6; and "Ukraine Merger Creates New Nuclear Watchdog," NucNet News,
No. 108, 3 March 1995.]
12/23/94: KOSTENKO CALLS FOR UNIFICATION OF FUNCTIONS The Ukrainian Cabinet issued an order stating that
until the formal establishment of the new Ministry of Environmental Protection
and Nuclear Safety, both the UkrSCNRS and the Ministry of the Environment
should continue functioning normally. Yuriy Kostenko had lobbied hard for
the new ministry, citing the French and German examples of having only
a single organization in which the nuclear regulatory agency reports to
the environmental ministry. Chairman of the UkrSCNRS Nikolai Steinberg
was quoted as saying that all the efforts of the past three years may end
up being wasted as a result of this change. Only two months ago it was
deemed unlikely that Kostenko's efforts to liquidate the UkrSCNRS and bring
nuclear safety under his control would succeed. Thus, to many, Kuchma's
16 December 1994 decree came as a complete surprise.
[Alex Brall and Ann MacLachlan, "Kostenko
To Head Ukraine Ministry Controlling Nuclear Regulation," Nucleonics
Week, 5 January 1995, pp. 12-13.]
12/16/94: BUREAUCRATIC BATTLE LEADS TO ABOLITION
OF COMMITTEE In accordance with Presidential Decree No. 768, the
State Committee for Nuclear and Radiation Safety (UkrSCNRS) has been abolished.
The regulatory functions of UkrSCNRS will be taken over by the Ministry
of Environment headed by Yuriy Kostenko, which will become the Ministry
for Environmental Protection and Nuclear Safety. The decision appears to
be the result of a domestic bureaucratic battle between Kostenko and Nikolai
Steinberg, former Chairman of the UkrSCNRS. Kostenko is known as one of
the most vocal supporters in Ukraine's government for the retention of
nuclear weapons, as well as for the completion of the nuclear fuel cycle
in Ukraine. It is unclear which government organ will take over the Committee's
other responsibilities, such as nuclear-related export controls, IAEA safeguards,
Physical Protection, licensing, and Material Control and Accounting. This
may affect Ukraine's ability to fulfill its NPT commitments. Nikolai Steinberg
and many of his deputies have stated that they will refuse to serve under
Kostenko. Steinberg is likely to leave government service for work in the
private sector.
[CISNP discussions with US State Department
officials, 22 December 1994; Correspondence with Nikolai Steinberg, February
1995.]
12/10/94: KUCHMA IMPROVES EFFICIENCY OF UKRAINIAN
NUCLEAR POLICY President Kuchma altered the status of the Nuclear
Policy Committee through Decree No. 768; Viktor Baryakhtar, head of the
Committee, will now report to the National Security Council as opposed
to the President. This move is designed to improve efficiency in Ukrainian
nuclear policy.
[Alex Brall, "Kuchma Closes Ukraine
Safety Committee, Merges With Mineco," Nucleonics Week, 22 December
1994, pp. 8-9.]
9/13/94: UKRAINIAN NUCLEAR POWER REGULATORY SYSTEM
WILL BE OVERHAULED In an effort to overhaul the system of regulating
nuclear power in Ukraine, the former Ministry of the Environment originally
proposed setting up a new body, to be formed by unifying certain structures
from the Environment Ministry and the State Committee on Use of Atomic
Energy. This body would have the responsibility of ensuring safety in the
use of nuclear energy and technology (this responsibility currently resides
with these agencies and the Health Ministry.) As part of the efforts to
change the system, a suggestion was made to dissolve the UkrSCNRS. The
UkrSCNRS opposed this idea and said that other changes, such as creating
a normal legislative base and making the Committee independent of organizations
that run the power stations, would enhance its effectiveness.
[Businesstass, 13 September
1994; in "Government May Combine Nuclear Power Bodies," FBIS-SOV-94-177,
13 September 1994, p. 51.]
1992: UKRSCNRS REGULATES NUCLEAR MATERIALS AND
WASTE The Ukrainian State Committee on Nuclear Radiation
Safety (UkrSCNRS) had been responsible for establishing standards and implementing
regulations on nuclear materials and wastes. It also conducted safety-oriented
research, kept account of Ukraine's nuclear materials, and inspected, evaluated,
and reported on the safety of Ukraine's nuclear energy installations. The
UkrSCNRS employed two subordinate organizations (the Scientific and Technical
Center on Nuclear and Radiation Safety and the State Center for Quality
Control of Supplies for Nuclear Energy Objects) to help achieve its goals.
SCNRS controlled the Main State Inspection for the Supervision on Nuclear
and Radiation Safety, which was responsible for inspection activities on
nuclear power installations and verifying compliance of operations and
waste management to state regulations.
[For a detailed description, see "The
Ukrainian State Committee on Nuclear and Radiation Safety," Information
Collection, issue 1, (Kiev, 1992), p. 1.]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs underwent an organizational
change in June 1998. Under the new guidelines, the work of the Ministry
is divided into three areas: European integration and international cooperation,
political and legal work, and administrative and personnel matters.
[Viktor Zamyatin, "The Foreign Ministry
is Changing its Structure,"
Den, 18 June 1998; in "Daily Views Personnel
Reshuffles Within Foreign Ministry," FBIS-SOV-98-203, 22 July 1998.] {Entered
7/30/98 SP}
Minister: Anatoliy Maksimovich Zlenko
Anatoliy Zlenko has served as Ukraine's Foreign Minister since October 2000,
when he replaced Boris Tarasyuk. This is Zlenko's second appointment to this
position; he also served as minister between 1990 and 1994. He has also
served as Ukraine's representative to the United Nations (1994-1997) and
ambassador to France (1997-2000).
["Biografiya: Anatoliy Zlenko," ITAR-TASS, 23 October 2000;
in Integrum Techno, http://www.integrum.ru/.]
{Updated 5/15/2001 MJ}
{Checked 12/13/2002 EL}
State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Yuriy Sergeyev
Sergeyev became First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in February 2001, and
has been State Secretary since July 2001. ["MFA
Leadership," Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Web Site,
http://www.mfa.gov.ua/eng/about/.]
{Updated 09/27/2002 EL} State Secretary for European Integration: Oleksandr Chalyy
A First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2 July 1998 to 21 August 2001,
Chalyy was named State Secretary on 7 December 2001. ["MFA
Leadership," Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Web Site,
http://www.mfa.gov.ua/eng/about/.]
{Updated 09/27/2002 EL} Deputy State Secretary:
Volodymyr Yelchenko
Yelchenko was Ukraine's permanent representative to the United Nations from 1997
to 2000, Ukraine's representative on the U.N. Security Council from 2000-2001,
president of the U.N. Security Council in March 2001, and Deputy Foreign
Minister of Ukraine in 2000-2001. He was named Deputy Secretary of State
in August 2001. Yelchenko was also head of the Ukrainian delegation at the
3rd Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2000 Review Conference of the
Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
["MFA
Leadership," Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Web Site,
http://www.mfa.gov.ua/eng/about/.]
{Updated 09/27/2002 EL} Deputy State Secretary:
Oleksandr Motsyk ["MFA
Leadership," Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Web Site,
http://www.mfa.gov.ua/eng/about/.]
{Updated 09/27/2002 EL} Deputy State Secretary: Ihor Kharchenko
A Deputy Foreign Minister in 2000-2001, Kharchenko is now in charge of the
Ministry's policy and security issues. Sources:
[1]"MFA
Leadership," Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Web Site,
http://www.mfa.gov.ua/eng/about/.
[2] NISNP Communication with Olha Ostroverhova (First Secretary of Politics,
Embassy of Ukraine, Washington, DC), 3 December 2002.
{Updated 09/27/2002 EL} Deputy State Secretary: Ivan Kuleba
["MFA
Leadership," Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Web Site,
http://www.mfa.gov.ua/eng/about/.]
{Updated 09/27/2002 EL}
Deputy State Secretary: Natalia Zarudna, appointed 1
October 2002.
["MFA
Leadership," Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Web Site,
http://www.mfa.gov.ua/eng/about/.]
{Updated 09/27/2002 EL} Deputy State Secretary:
Valeriy Mykolayovych Kyrychenko [Ukaz Prezidenta Ukrayiny No. 82/2003
'Pro priznachennya V. Kyrychenka zastupnykom Derzhavnoho sekretarya Ministerstva
zakordonnykh sprav Ukrayiny', 6 February 2003; in Who is Who in Official Ukraine
Web Site,
http://whoiswho.com.ua/index.php3?pag=2&t=zp&izp=2&idzp=28.] {Entered
2/21/2003 KS} Directorate for Arms Control and Disarmament Head: Anatoliy Shcherba. Shcherba was appointed
to this position in August 1996, replacing Konstiantyn Hryshchenko, who
became First Deputy Foreign Minister. Shcherba
was previously head of the directorate's Nonproliferation and Export Controls Department. Shcherba was also a member of the Ukrainian delegation
to the 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference and represented Ukraine
at the April 1995 NSG Plenary meeting in Helsinki.
Sources: [1] Revised Provisional List of Participants
(NPT), 4 May 1995. [2] CNS Communication with Volodymyr
Chumak, 5 August 1996. {Updated 8/23/96 GN}
{Checked 12/3/2002 EL} Deputy Head: Volodymyr Bandura Department of Political Analysis and Planning Head of the Department: Yuriy
Goncharuk Treaty and Legal Department Head of Department: Volodymyr
Krokhmal
[NISNP Communication with Olha Ostroverhova
(First Secretary of Politics, Embassy of Ukraine, Washington, DC), 3 December
2002.] Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the UN Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,
Permanent Representative to the UN: Valeriy Kuchynskyy
Kuchynskyy was
appointed the Permanent Representative to the UN and Representative to the UN
Security Council on 3 August 2001. ["Cirriculum
Vitae Valeriy P. Kuchynsky," Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations
Web Site, http://www.uamission.org/ambass/ambassfr.htm.]
{Updated 09/27/2002 EL} Deputy Permanent Representative of the Mission: Markiyan Kulyk ["Staff," Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations,
http://www.uamission.org/staf_wel/stafffr.htm.] {Updated 09/27/2002 EL} Counselor (Political and Disarmament
Affairs): Vasyl Pokotylo ["Staff," Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations,
http://www.uamission.org/staf_wel/stafffr.htm.] {Updated 09/27/2002 EL} Ukrainian Embassy in the US Ukrainian Ambassador to the US: Kostyantyn Gryshchenko
Gryshchenko was appointed to the post of
Ambassador to the United States in February 2000. Prior to his appointment, he served
as the Ukrainian Ambassador to Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and was the Head of
Mission of Ukraine to NATO and Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the
Organization for the Proliferation of Chemical Weapons.
["H.E. Kostyantyn Gryshchenko," US
Embassy of Ukraine Web Site,
http://www.ukremb.com/staff/Gryshchenko-bio.htm.] {Updated 09/27/2002 EL}
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
LOCATION: Address: 12/2 vul.
Hrushevskoho, Kiev-8 01008 Telephone: (044)
293 74 66 HOMEPAGE:
http://www.minfin.gov.ua ["Ministerstvo
finansiv Ukrayiny," Uryadovyy portal Web Site,
http://www.kmu.gov.ua/control/publish/article?art_id=44660.]
{Updated 1/10/2003} Minister: Mykola Azarov Mykola Azarov also serves as the First Deputy Prime Minister. ["Pershyy
vitse-premyer-ministr Ukrayiny, ministr finansiv Ukrayiny," Uryadovyy portal
Web Site,
http://www.kmu.gov.ua/control/publish/article?art_id=38230.]
{Updated 12/5/2002 EL} State Secretary of the
Ministry of Finance: Serhiy Hurzhiy [UNIAN, 7
February 2003; in "State secretary Serhiy Hurzhiy to Ukraine's Finance Ministry
appointed,"
FBIS Document CEP20030207000443.] {Updated 2/19/2003 KS} First Deputy
State Secretary: Anatoliy Maksyuta ["Kuchma trohi minimizuvav znachennya Maksyuty na koryst lyudey Azarova," forUm Web Site,
http://eng.for-ua.com/news/2003/02/14/100527.html, 14 February 2003.]
{Updated 02/19/2003 KS} Deputy State Secretary:
Vasyl Reguretskiy
["Yanukovich nakhoditsya s rabochim
visitom v Moskve," UNIAN, 9 December 2002; in UNIAN Web Site,
http://www.unian.net/rus/news/news-29799.html.]
{Updated 02/19/2003 KS} Export Development, Quotas, and Licensing Division Head: Vyacheslav Mayevsky [Los Alamos National Lab, August 1993.] Department of Export-Import Control Head: Valeriy Uvarov
On 5 May 1997, President Kuchma created the Ministry
of Energy by combining the Ministry of Power Engineering and Electrification
and the liquidated State Committee on the Use of Atomic Energy (Derzhkomatom).[1]
Kuchma appointed Yuriy Bochkariov, former Minister of Power Engineering
and Electrification, as Minister of Energy. In addition, Kuchma ordered
the inception of a State Department on the Problems of Nuclear Power, which
falls under the auspices of the new energy ministry. The deputy minister
of energy heads this State Department.[1, 2] The new State Department holds
responsibility for safety at Ukraine's five nuclear power plants.[3]
Kuchma's decree also gives the new ministry oversight of the creation of
the nuclear fuel cycle and the handling of radioactive waste. All
activities involving the handling of radioactive waste in the Chornobyl
exclusion zone, including at the plant itself, fall under the administration
of the Ministry of Energy.[1] The creation of the Ministry of Energy supercedes
the 26 October 1996 decision of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense
Council to form a Ministry of Atomic Energy that would oversee all nuclear
issues, with an emphasis on safety standards, utilization of foreign aid
for Chornobyl closure, oversight of the 30-km Chornobyl exclusion zone,
and nuclear fuel supplies.[4,5] On 17 March 1999, the Ministry of Energy
took over the responsibilities of the State Committee of Ukraine for the
Oil, Gas, and Oil Refining Industry, which was abolished.[6] The
Ministry of Energy became the Ministry of Fuel and Energy in December 1999.[7]
Sources: [1] "Ukrainian Presidential Edict:
'On the Creation of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine,'" Uryadovyy Kuryer,
15 May 1997, p. 6; in "UKRAINE: Edict Creating Ministry of Energy," FBIS-SOV-97-107. [2] Intelnews, 6 May 1997; in "Ukraine:
President Kuchma Consolidates Energy Ministries," FBIS-SOV-97-127. [3] "Kuchma creates Energy Ministry,"
Ukrainian
Weekly, no. 19, 11 May 1997, p. 2. {Entered 12/9/97 TR} [4] Interfax-Ukraine, 26 October 1996;
in "Security Council Discusses Nuclear Industry Situation," FBIS-SOV-96-209,
26 October 1996. {Entered 1/16/97, MEW} [5] "New nuclear energy ministry,"
Nuclear
Engineering International, December 1996, p. 6. [6] "Edict of the President of Ukraine
On Changes in the System of Central Executive-Branch Bodies of Ukraine,"
Uryadovyy
Kuryer, 16 March 1999, p. 6; in "Edict On Changes To Executive Branch,"
FBIS Document FTS19990402001115. {Updated 4/9/99 SK}{Updated 12/9/97 TR} [7] "Kadrovaya Panorama. Naznacheniya,
otstavki, vybory v noyabre-dekabre 1999 goda," Rossiyskiy Kto yest Kto,
24 February 2000; in National News Service, http://nel.nns.ru. {Updated
3/20/2000 CC}
Minister: Serhiy Fedorovych Yermilov
Yermilov was appointed to this position by
presidential edict following the 26 June 2000 resignation of Serhiy
Tulub. Prior to his appointment, Yermilov served as an advisor to the
Prime Minister on fuel and energy issues, and as the First Deputy Energy
Minister.
["Novym ministrom topliva i energetiki
Ukrainy naznachen Sergey Yermilov," Ukraina Segodnya Web Site,
http://www.ukrainet.lviv.ua/infobank/,
17 July 2000.] {Entered 8/30/2000 MJ; checked 12/13/2002 EL} State Secretary of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy: Volodymyr Andriyovych Lushkin
Volodymyr Lukshyn was appointed to this position in August 2001 by President
Leonid Kuchma. ["Kerivnytstvo," Ministerstvo palyva ta enerhetyky
Ukrayiny Web Site, http://www.mpe.energy.gov.ua.] {Updated 12/13/2002 EL} First Deputy
State Secretary: Anatoliy Vasylovych Korzun
Anatoliy Korzun was appointed to this post in September 2001 by presidential
decree.[1][2] Sources:
[1] "Kerivnytstvo," Ministerstvo palyva ta enerhetyky
Ukrayini Web Site, http://www.mpe.energy.gov.ua.
[2] Interfax-Ukraine Business Panorama Report for September 21- October 1, 2001;
in "President Appoints Deputies of Fuel and Energy Ministry's State Secretary,"
FBIS Document CEP20011001000146.] {Updated 11/30/2001 IA; checked 12/13/2002 EL} First Deputy State Secretary:
Yuriy
Petrovych
Yashchenko ["Kerivnytstvo," Ministerstvo palyva ta enerhetyky
Ukrayiny Web Site, http://www.mpe.energy.gov.ua.] {Entered 12/13/2002 EL} Deputy
State Secretary: Bohdan Oleksiyovych Klyuk ["Kerivnytstvo," Ministerstvo palyva ta enerhetyky
Ukrayiny Web Site, http://www.mpe.energy.gov.ua.] {Entered 12/13/2002 EL} Deputy State Secretary: Yuriy
Andriyovych
Andriychuk ["Kerivnytstvo," Ministerstvo palyva ta enerhetyky
Ukrayiny Web Site, http://www.mpe.energy.gov.ua.] {Entered 12/13/2002 EL}
Deputy State Secretary:
Yuriy Anatoliyovych Boyko ["Kerivnytstvo," Ministerstvo palyva ta enerhetyky
Ukrayiny Web Site, http://www.mpe.energy.gov.ua.] {Entered 12/13/2002 EL}
Deputy State Secretary:
Sergiy Mikhaylovych Titenko ["Kerivnytstvo," Ministerstvo palyva ta enerhetyky
Ukrayiny Web Site, http://www.mpe.energy.gov.ua.] {Entered 12/13/2002 EL}
Deputy State Secretary:
Mikola Oleksandrovych Shteynberh ["Kerivnytstvo," Ministerstvo palyva ta enerhetyky
Ukrayiny Web Site, http://www.mpe.energy.gov.ua.] {Entered 12/13/2002 EL} Nuclear Fuel Cycle Department Head: Volodymyr Mykhaylovych Pavlenko ["Kerivnytsvo departamentiv, upravlin, viddiliv," Ministerstvo palyva ta enerhetyky
Ukrayiny Web Site, http://www.mpe.energy.gov.ua.] {Updated 11/12/ 2002 EL} State Directorate
for Nuclear Energy The directorate, established by presidential decree
on 26 November 1999, manages nuclear energy use and the handling of nuclear
waste, develops and implements state policies, and is instrumental in developing
Ukraine's nuclear fuel cycle.
[UNIAN, 26 November 1999; in "Kuchma
Signs Decree on Nuclear Energy Directorate," FBIS Document FTS19991127000229.]
{Entered 12/14/99 GD}
In summer 1997, President Kuchma created the Ministry
of Industrial Policy to replace the liquidated Ministry of Machine Building,
the Military Industrial Complex, and Defense Conversion and the Ministry
of Industry.[1, 2]
Sources: [1] Khristina Lew, "Kuchma's "new"
Cabinet includes mostly old ministers," Ukrainian Weekly, No. 31,
3 August 1997, pp. 1, 3.] [2] Serhiy Rudenko, "Guard Still Changing:
New Cabinet disappoints,"
Eastern Economist, 4 August 1997, pp.
7-8. {Updated 11/19/97 TR}
Minister: Anatoliy Myalitsa ["Chiefs of State and
Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Ukraine," Central Intelligence Agency Web
Site, 17 July 2002,
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/chiefs184.html.] {Updated 10/3/2002 EL} State Secretary
of the Ministry of Industrial Policy:
Viktor Hryhorovych Padalko
["Sklad orhanizatsiynoho komitetu z pidhoyovky ta provedennya Vseukrayinskoyi
narady z pytan polipshennya investytsiyinoho klimatu v Ukrayini," Directive of
the President of Ukraine No. 319/2002-rp, 18 September 2002; in Ukrainian
President Official Web Site,
http://kuchma.gov.ua/rus/officdocuments/ officsignedlaws/98640837.html.]
{Updated 2/21/2003 KS} State Secretary for Military Industrial Complex and Machine Building:
Valeriy Kazakov
["Prezident Ukrainy naznachil Valeriya Kazakova Gossekretarem po voprosam
oboronno-promyshlennogo kompleksa i mashinostroyeniya," 15 October 2002; in
Ukrainian President Official Web Site,
http://kuchma.gov.ua/rus/activity/ukazrozpor/104063952.html.] {Entered
2/21/2003 KS} First Deputy State Secretary: Valeriy Volodymyrovych Zubaryev [Ukaz Prezidenta Ukrayiny No. 129/2003
'Pro priznachennya V. Zubaryeva pershym zastupnykom Derzhavnoho sekretarya
Ministerstva promyslovoyi polityky Ukrayiny', 12 February 2003; in Who is Who in
Official Ukraine Web Site,
http://whoiswho.com.ua/index.php3?pag=2&t=zp&izp=2&idzp=42.] {Entered
2/21/2003 KS} Deputy State Secretary:
Serhiy Heorhiyovych Hryshchenko
Sources:
[1] Ukaz Prezidenta
Ukrayiny No. 679/2001 'Pro priznachennya S. Hryshchenka zastupnykom Derzhavnoho
sekretarya Ministerstva promyslovoyi polityky Ukrayiny', 20 August 2001; in Telo
v Delo Web Site,
http://telo-v-delo.narod.ru/pre01/791/html.
[2] Inna Alekseyenko, "Chinovnik iz nalogovoy pozvolil sebe oskorbitelnyye
vyskazyvaniya," Biznes online edition, http//www.buseness.ua/i473/a10005/, No. 6
(473), 11 February 2002. {Entered 2/21/2003 KS}
The staff of the Ministry include state police (militia)
and the State Automobile Inspectorate (DAI). Besides these two main branches
of the Ministry, there are also special services and units such as Berkut,
Titan, State Protection Service whose personnel are trained to perform
different tasks related to maintaining law and order, as well as protection
of private enterprises.
[Taras Kuzio, "Ukraine's Security Dilemmas,"
Jane's
Intelligence Review, January 1996, pp. 11-13.]
Minister of Internal Affairs: Yuriy
Oleksandrovych
Smirnov Yuriy Smirnov replaced Yuriy Kravchenko
as Minister of Internal Affairs on 26 March 2001. Prior to accepting this
post, Smirnov had been in charge of the Kiev police force.[1,2] Sources: [1] "Kerivnytstvo MVS Ukrayiny,"
Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs Web Site,
http://www.centrmia.gov.ua/ker.htm.
[2] Tatyana Ivzhenko,
"New Minister of Internal Affairs in Kiev: the Dismissed Yuriy Kravchenko Was
Once a Frequent Guest in the Kremlin," Nezavisimaya gazeta, 28 March
2001, in "Dismissal of Ukrainian Police Chief, His Replacement Evaluated," FBIS
Document CEP20010329000022. {Updated 10/3/2002 EL}
State Secretary of the Ministry of
Internal Affairs:
Colonel General Oleksandr Andriyovych Hapon
["Kerivnytstvo MVS Ukrayiny,"
Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs Web Site,
http://www.centrmia.gov.ua/ker.htm.]
{Updated 10/3/2002 EL}
The Main Department of Internal and Escort Forces This Department is responsible for protecting nuclear
facilities, nuclear materials currently in use, nuclear material storage,
and nuclear material transport. It was created according to "The Law on
Internal and Escort Security Service."
[N. Steinberg, "Information Note on
Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials and Facilities," study prepared
for CISNP, June 1995.] Commander of Internal Troops: Serhiy Popkov ["Ukrainian Interior
Ministry troops chief to visit Russia in the second half of April," Agentstvo
voyennykh novostey, 2 April 2002, in "Ukrainian Interior Ministry troops
Chief to visit Russia in second half of April," FBIS document
CEP20020402000242]{Updated 10/3/2002 EL}
The Ministry of Science and Technology was set up
by a 27 July 1996 presidential decree.[1] It was dissolved by a 17 March
1999 presidential decree in order to improve state control and efficiency.[2,3]
The work of the former ministry was put under the jurisdiction of
the State Committee on Science and Intellectual Property.[2,4]
Sources: [1] Chrystyna Lapychak, "Ukrainian
President Reorganizes Government Structures," OMRI Daily Digest, 27 July
1996. [2] UNIAN, 13 March 1999; in "President
Kuchma Reorganizes Ministries," Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe,
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe. [3] ITAR-TASS, 15 March 1999; in "Kuchma
Signs Decree Bringing Ministries Down To 18," Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe,
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe. [4] Uryadovyy Kuryer, 16 March
1999, p. 6; in "Edict On Changes To Executive Branch," FBIS Document FTS19990402001115.{Updated
4/1/99 SK}
Chief of Security Service: General of the Army of Ukraine Volodymyr
Ivanovych
Radchenko Radchenko became Chief
of Security Service following President Kuchma's dismissal of Leonid Derkach
from the post on 10 February 2001.[1,2] Derkach, former
head of the Ukrainian Customs Service, had previously replaced Radchenko on 22
April 1998, when Radchenko became First Deputy Secretary of the National
Security Council. [3] [1] "Organization structure of the Security Service of Ukraine," Security
Service of Ukraine Web Site,
http://www.sbu.gov.ua/eng/structure/. [2]
"Ukrainian newspaper studies appointment of new Security Service head," Zerkalo
nedeli, 17 February 2001, in "Ukrainian newspaper studies
appointment of new Security Service head," FBIS Document CEP20010219000234.
{Updated 10/3/2002 EL}
[3] "KGB Veteran Derkach Becomes Head
of Ukraine's Security Service," Interfax, 22 April 1998.] {Entered 5/13/98
SP}
First Deputy Head:
Colonel General Yuriy Volodymyrovych
Zemlianskyy
["Organization structure of the Security
Service of Ukraine," Security Service of Ukraine Web Site,
http://www.sbu.gov.ua/eng/structure/.] {Entered 10/3/2002 EL} First Deputy Head: Colonel General Petro Mykolayovych
Shatkovskyy
["Organization structure of the Security
Service of Ukraine," Security Service of Ukraine Web Site,
http://www.sbu.gov.ua/eng/structure/.] {Entered 10/3/2002 EL}
Deputy Head, Chief of the Main Directorate for Combating Corruption and
Organized Crime: Lieutenant General Yuriy Oleksandrovych Vandin
["Organization structure of the Security
Service of Ukraine," Security Service of Ukraine Web Site,
http://www.sbu.gov.ua/eng/structure/.] {Entered 10/3/2002 EL} Deputy Head: Lieutenant General Anatoliy Pavlovych Gerasymov
["Organization structure of the Security
Service of Ukraine," Security Service of Ukraine Web Site,
http://www.sbu.gov.ua/eng/structure/.] {Entered 10/3/2002 EL} Deputy Head: Lieutenant General Mykola Vasyliyovych Huminsky
["Organization structure of the Security
Service of Ukraine," Security Service of Ukraine Web Site,
http://www.sbu.gov.ua/eng/structure/.] {Entered 10/3/2002 EL} Deputy Head: Lieutenant General Volodymyr Illich Prystaiko
["Organization structure of the Security
Service of Ukraine," Security Service of Ukraine Web Site,
http://www.sbu.gov.ua/eng/structure/.] {Entered 10/3/2002 EL} Deputy Head: Lieutenant General Serhiy Petrovych Chernykh
["Organization structure of the Security
Service of Ukraine," Security Service of Ukraine Web Site,
http://www.sbu.gov.ua/eng/structure/.] {Entered 10/3/2002 EL}
8/19/96: CHAIRMANSHIP UPGRADED TO RANK OF MINISTER In accordance with a Presidential decree, the chairmanship
of the Ukrainian Security Service was upgraded to the rank of minister.
[Chrystyna Lapychak, "Ukrainian President
Promotes Officials," OMRI Daily Digest, 21 August 1996.]{Entered on 8/23/96
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