On July 17, 2025, Ukraine\u2019s parliament approved a new Cabinet of Ministers, marking the most significant government replacing since Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new cabinet, led by Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, consists of 16 ministers, making it the smallest in Ukraine\u2019s modern history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prime Minister<\/strong>: Yulia Svyrydenko, previously First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy. She was appointed on July 17, 2025, and is tasked with boosting domestic weapons production and reviving Ukraine\u2019s economy.<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation<\/strong>: Mykhailo Fedorov, promoted from Minister of Digital Transformation, a role he has held since 2019.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration and Minister for Communities and Territories Development<\/strong>: Oleksii Kuleba, previously involved in regional policy coordination and fortification efforts.<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration<\/strong>: Taras Kachka, formerly a deputy to Svyrydenko, focusing on Ukraine\u2019s EU and NATO integration.<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister of Defense<\/strong>: Denys Shmyhal, former Prime Minister (2020\u20132025), replacing Rustem Umerov, who is expected to become Ukraine\u2019s Ambassador to the United States.<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister of Foreign Affairs<\/strong>: Andrii Sybiha, a career diplomat appointed in September 2024, retained in the new cabinet.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture<\/strong>: Oleksii Sobolev, previously a deputy to Svyrydenko.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister of Energy<\/strong>: Svitlana Hrynchuk, formerly Deputy Minister of Energy, appointed to address energy sector challenges amid Russian attacks on infrastructure.<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister of Health<\/strong>: Viktor Liashko, retained from the previous cabinet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister of Finance<\/strong>: Serhii Marchenko, retained from the previous cabinet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister of Social Policy, Family, and Unity<\/strong>: Denys Uliutin, appointed to streamline social policy functions.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister of Strategic Industries<\/strong>: Herman Smetanin, previously CEO of Ukroboronprom, tasked with increasing domestic arms production.<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister of Veterans Affairs<\/strong>: Nataliia Kalmykova, appointed to manage veteran support programs.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister of Youth and Sports<\/strong>: Matviy Bidnyi, taking the role permanently after serving as acting minister.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister of Culture and Information Policy<\/strong>: Mykola Tochytsky, a career diplomat appointed to combat disinformation, though the culture portfolio was noted as unfilled in some reports as of July 2025.<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Ministry of National Unity, led by Oleksiy Chernyshov, was dissolved after six months due to its vague mission and Chernyshov\u2019s involvement in a corruption case. Its functions were absorbed by the Ministry of Social Policy or related agencies.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The cabinet restructuring involved merging some ministries and dissolving others, reducing the total number to 16 for efficiency during wartime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Zelensky emphasized priorities such as increasing domestic weapons production (from 40% to 50% on the battlefield within six months), economic deregulation, and strengthening defense cooperation with allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some sources indicate that additional changes or confirmations may still be pending, and the exact list of ministers could evolve as the government finalizes its structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The cabinet’s replacing reflects Zelensky\u2019s aim to streamline wartime governance and address economic and defense challenges, though critics argue it consolidates power around loyalists without introducing significant new perspectives.<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-questions-answers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4444"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4452,"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4444\/revisions\/4452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}