The formation of Yulia Tymoshenko's government was postponed by one day. Instead of voting for the prime minister, the deputies devoted Thursday to the buffet and walking the corridors of parliament. Meanwhile, on Bankova Street, in the premises of the presidential secretariat, the leaders were holding another round of negotiations.
The formation of the government continued until Thursday night. At 8:45 PM, President Yushchenko and still-not-secretary of the National Security Council Poroshenko got into one car and drove away from Bankova. At that time, Yushchenko's aides Oleksandr Zinchenko and Oleksandr Tretyakov remained at the estate. Obviously, it was to them that the evening guests came – the leaders of the agrarian faction Ihor Yeremeyev and Serhiy Kasyanov.
Probably, the last blank spots in the government will be filled in on Friday morning as well. However, it is already practically possible to say fully what the new Cabinet will look like. If any corrections occur, they will concern only a few people.
Your attention is offered the variant of the new government that may take up the performance of its duties:
Prime Minister: Yulia Tymoshenko, BYuT
First Vice-Premier: Anatoliy Kinakh, Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
Vice-Premier for European Integration: Oleh Rybachuk, "Our Ukraine," "Together" group
Vice-Premier for Humanitarian Affairs: Mykola Tomenko, "Our Ukraine," PRP group
Vice-Premier for Administrative Reform: Roman Bezsmertny, "Our Ukraine," "Together" group
(It is not excluded that Bezsmertny will still not agree to go into Tymoshenko's government – or that Tymoshenko herself categorically does not want to see him as her deputy. Then a variant of introducing a vice-premier for social affairs or for agro-industrial complex affairs is possible. This place could be taken by Yosyp Vinsky of the Socialist Party. A third path is also not excluded – the appearance of the position of vice-premier for fuel and energy complex affairs, which is still vacant).
Minister of Agrarian Policy: Oleksandr Baranivsky, Socialist Party (or a representative of the People's Agrarian Party, which is less likely)
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine: Yuriy Lutsenko, Socialist Party (or Oleksandr Turchynov, which is less likely)
Ministry of Economy: Serhiy Tyhypko, "Our Ukraine," PRP group
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Borys Tarasyuk, "Our Ukraine," People's Rukh group
Ministry of Culture and Arts: Oksana Bilozir, "Solidarity" group
Ministry of Defense: Anatoliy Hrytsenko, deputy head of Yushchenko's election campaign
Ministry of Health: Serhiy Shevchuk, People's Agrarian Party faction, member of NDP
Ministry of Education and Science: Stanislav Nikolayenko, Socialist Party
Ministry for Family, Children and Youth Affairs: Yuriy Pavlenko, "Our Ukraine," "Together" group
Ministry of Fuel and Energy: Ivan Plachkov, close simultaneously to Viktor Yushchenko and Oleksandr Omelchenko
Ministry of Labor and Social Policy: Vyacheslav Kyrylenko, "Our Ukraine," Ukrainian People's Party group
Ministry of Industrial Policy: Volodymyr Shandra, "Our Ukraine," "Together" group
Ministry of Transport and Communications: Yevhen Chervonenko, "Our Ukraine," "Together" group (less likely that the State Committee for Communications will be separated from the ministry, to be headed by Yuriy Lutsenko)
Ministry for Emergency Situations: Davyd Zhvaniya, "Our Ukraine," "Together" group
Ministry of Finance: Viktor Pynzenyk, "Our Ukraine," PRP group
Ministry of Justice: Roman Zvarych, "Our Ukraine," People's Rukh group
Ministry of Environmental Protection: Pavlo Ihnatenko, "Our Ukraine," "Together" group
Prosecutor General's Office: Svyatoslav Piskun, a protégé of Mykola Martynenko, leader of the "Together" group
State Tax Administration: Oleksandr Turchynov, BYuT, or Oleksandr Kireyev, former head of the State Treasury under Prime Minister Yushchenko
Security Service of Ukraine: Ihor Smeshko may temporarily remain in the position (or, less likely, his place will be taken by current SBU deputy head Ihor Drizhchany or Oleksandr Turchynov)
State Property Fund: Valentyna Semenyuk, Socialist Party
State Customs Service: Mykola Kalensky, a protégé of Volodymyr Lytvyn
State Border Service: Mykola Lytvyn, brother of Volodymyr Lytvyn
"Naftogaz Ukrainy": Oleksiy Ivchenko, "Our Ukraine," leader of the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists
"Enerhoatom": Yuriy Nedashkovsky, a protégé of Martynenko-Zhvaniya
Prime Minister of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea: Volodymyr Shklyar, "Center" deputy group (the appointment procedure requires a vote in the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea)
Governors:
Vinnytsia Oblast: Oleksandr Dombrovsky, mayor of Vinnytsia, represents "Solidarity"
Volyn Oblast: Volodymyr Bondar, PRP group, or a quota of the People's Agrarian Party
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast: Serhiy Bychkov, "Center" deputy group
Donetsk Oblast: Vadym Chuprun, former ambassador to Turkmenistan, head of Donetsk Oblast Council in 1992-94
Zhytomyr Oblast: Pavlo Zhebrivsky, "Our Ukraine," "Solidarity"
Zakarpattia Oblast: Viktor Baloha, "Our Ukraine," PRP
Zaporizhzhia Oblast: Yuriy Artemenko, "Our Ukraine," "Solidarity"
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast: deputy Roman Tkach ("Our Ukraine," People's Rukh), or the mayor of the oblast center-head of staff Zynoviy Shkutyak, or the head of one of the oblast's district councils Zinaida Balyuk (proposal of the Ukrainian People's Party).
Kyiv Oblast: Yevhen Zhovtyak, "Our Ukraine," Ukrainian People's Party group
Kirovohrad Oblast: probably, by the quota of First Assistant to the President Yushchenko Oleksandr Tretyakov
Luhansk Oblast: probably, Oleksiy Danylov, "Yabluko"
Lviv Oblast: Petro Oliynyk, People's Rukh
Mykolaiv Oblast: information unavailable
Odesa Oblast: Vasyl Tsushko, SPU, or a representative of "Solidarity"
Poltava Oblast: Valeriy Asadchev, "Our Ukraine," Ukrainian People's Party, or Stepan Bulba, Socialist Party
Rivne Oblast: Vasyl Chervoniy, "Our Ukraine," Ukrainian People's Party
Sumy Oblast: Mykola Lavryk, Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
Ternopil Oblast: Ivan Stoyko, People's Rukh
Kharkiv Oblast: Arsen Avakov, associate of Kharkiv mayor Volodymyr Shumilkin
Kherson Oblast: information unavailable
Khmelnytskyi Oblast: information unavailable
Chernivtsi Oblast: Ivan Demchak, head of Yushchenko's oblast staff, represents "Solidarity"
Cherkasy Oblast: Oleksandr Cherevko, head of Yushchenko's oblast staff, head of the NBU oblast administration
Chernihiv Oblast: Vladyslav Atroshenko, "Our Ukraine," "Solidarity"