The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Міністерство інфраструктури України) functions as the main executive body that controls Ukraine's transportation infrastructure including roads, trains, and communications. The department is based on the former Transport and Communications Ministry and also oversees the implementation of government tourism policies.
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| Formed | 1917-1920 (as Ministry of Roadways) July 1939 (People's Commissariat of Automobile Transport)[1] |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of Ukraine |
| Headquarters | 14, Victory Square, Kyiv, Ukraine, 01135[2] |
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| Website | Official website |
History
editIn December 2010, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych announced that the former Transport and Communications Ministry (Ukrainian: Міністерство транспорту та зв'язку України) would be reorganized into the Ministry of Infrastructure. The head office was located in Kyiv.[4][5] On 12 May 2011, the Ministry of Infrastructure was approved as the successor of the Transport and Communications Ministry.[6]
On 2 December 2022 the Shmyhal Government merged the Ministry of Infrastructure with the Ministry of Communities and Territories Development creating the Ministry of Development of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure.[7][3]
Structure
editThe Ministry comprises a central body, led by the minister, his/her first deputy, and other deputies who assist the minister. The Ministry also consists of several state administrations that specialize in certain fields and coordinate operations of government companies.
The ministry supervises implementation of government policy in transport and communication sectors as well as security related to transport. Transport of fuel fossils (i.e. oil and gas) is related to the government ministry on energy and fuel, while most of security responsibility matters are supervised by Ministry of Interior or other state agencies.
Subordinated agencies
edit- State Aviation Service of Ukraine
- State Agency of Automobile Roads of Ukraine Ukravtodor (see Roads in Ukraine)
- State Service of Ukraine in Security on Transport
- State Transport Special Service (specialized agency)
Reorganized, liquidated, and not listed agencies
edit- State Agency of Ukraine in Tourism and Resorts, a government agency in tourism (liquidated, successor is unknown)
- State Administration of Rail Transport, in 2015 it was incorporated as a public stock company Ukrzaliznytsia
- State Auto transportation Service became State Service of Ukraine in Security on Transport
- State Service of Maritime and River Transport of Ukraine
- Service of Maritime and River Transport of Ukraine
- State Special Communications Service of Ukraine
- National Agency of Ukraine in preparation and conducting of Euro-2012
- State Service of Communication, On June 30, 2011 the State Service of Communication, State Administration of Communication (less the state owned company Ukrposhta), and the Telecommunication Systems and Information Security branch of the Security Service of Ukraine were consolidated to become the administration of State Special Communications Service of Ukraine.[8]
Companies (former state agencies)
edit- Ukrposhta
- Ukrzaliznytsia
- Presa - State enterprise in distribution of periodic publications
- Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority
- Maritime Search and Rescue Service[9][10]
List of ministers of transportation
editMinistry of [Rail]ways (1917–1920)
editIn the Imperial Russia and after its dissolution its successor states, a term "ways of communication" encompassed administration of any means of transportation but were focused primarily on railways. In Ukraine, named as the ministry of ways was headed by railway specialists.
| Name of ministry | Name of minister | Term of office | |
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| General Secretary of Ways | Vsevolod Holubovych | July 1917 | August 1917 |
| Minister (General Secretary) of Ways | Vadym Yeshchenko | September 1917 | 31 January 1918 |
| Minister of Ways | Yevhen Sokovych | 31 January 1918 | 29 April 1918 |
| Boris Butenko | 29 April 1918 | 14 November 1918 | |
| V.Laindeberg | 14 November 1918 | 14 December 1918 | |
| Pylyp Pylypchuk | 26 December 1918 | 9 April 1919 | |
| Mykola Shadlun | 9 April 1919 | 29 August 1919 | |
| Serhiy Tymoshenko | 29 August 1919 | 31 December 1920 | |
State Secretariat of Communications (Ways)
edit| Name of ministry | Name of minister | Term of office | |
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| State Secretary of Communications (Ways) | Ivan Myron | 9 November 1918 | 9 June 1919 |
Ministry of Transport (Soviet Ukraine)
edit| Name of ministry | Name of minister | Term of office | |
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| Ministry of Automobile Transport and Chausses Roadways | Mykhailo Dovhal | 25 May 1953 | 29 May 1961 |
| Ivan Bratchenko | 29 May 1961 | 1968 | |
| Ministry of Automobile Transport | Ivan Bratchenko | 1968 | 1 April 1970 |
| Fedir Holovchenko | 1 April 1970 | 26 November 1984 | |
| Pavlo Volkov | 26 November 1984 | 1988 | |
| Ministry of Transport | Pavlo Volkov | 1988 | 1991 |
Post Soviet Ministry
edit| Name of ministry | Name of minister | Term of office | |
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| Start | End | ||
| Ministry of Transport | Orest Klympush | March 1992 | July 1994 |
| Ivan Dankevych | July 1995 | May 1997 | |
| Mykola Kruhlov | 23 May 1997 | 17 July 1997 | |
| Valeriy Cherep | 11 August 1997 | April 1998 | |
| Ivan Dankevych | 7 August 1998 | October 5, 1999 | |
| Leonid Kostyuchenko | 1999 | May 2001 | |
| Valeriy Pustovoitenko | 9 June 2001 | 30 April 2002 | |
| Heorhiy Kirpa | May 2002 | 24 July 2004 | |
| Ministry of Transport and Communication |
Heorhiy Kirpa | 24 July 2004 | 27 December 2004 |
| Yevhen Chervonenko | February 2005 | September 2005 | |
| Viktor Bondar | September 2005 | September 2006 | |
| Mykola Rudkovsky | 4 August 2006 | 2007 | |
| Yosyp Vinsky | 18 December 2007 | 23 June 2009 | |
| Kostyantyn Yefymenko | 11 March 2010 | 9 December 2010 | |
| Ministry of Infrastructure | Borys Kolesnikov | 9 December 2010 | 24 December 2012 |
| Volodymyr Kozak | 24 December 2012 | 27 February 2014 | |
| Maksym Burbak | 27 February 2014 | 2 December 2014 | |
| Andriy Pyvovarsky | 2 December 2014 | 14 April 2016[11] | |
| Volodymyr Omelyan | 14 April 2016[11] | 29 August 2019 | |
| Vladyslav Krykliy | 29 August 2019[12] | 18 May 2021[13] | |
| Oleksandr Kubrakov | 20 May 2021[14] | 1 December 2022[3] | |
| Ministry of Development of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure | Oleksandr Kubrakov | 1 December 2022[3] | Incumbent |
List of ministers of communications
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See also
edit
References
edit- ^ History of automobile transport of Ukraine (Історія автомобільного транспорту України). Portal Ukraine.
- ^ "Official website. Address (bottom of the page)". Mar 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Rada appoints Kubrakov Dpty PM for restoration of Ukraine". Interfax-Ukraine. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
OLEKSIY PAVLYSH (1 December 2022). "Kubrakov was appointed vice prime minister - minister of infrastructure and regional development". Ekonomichna Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2 December 2022. - ^ "Home." Ministry of Transportation and Communication. 10 March 2010. Retrieved on 29 April 2013. "01135, г. Киев-135, пр. Победы, 14"
- ^ "Menu." Ministry of Transport. 10 August 2003. Retrieved on 29 April 2013. "03680, м. Київ-150, вул. Щорса, 7/9"
- ^ Yanukovych dismisses deputy transport and communications minister, Kyiv Post (23 February 2012)
- ^ OLEKSIY PAVLYSH (2 December 2022). "The government merged the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Ministry of Regions: the new ministry will be headed by Kubrakov". Ekonomichna Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ^ Ukase of the President of Ukraine
- ^ Official website
- ^ Пошуково-рятувальне судно “Сапфір” провело навчання поблизу Скадовська. mil.in.ua. 22 February 2019
- ^ a b New Cabinet formed in Ukraine, UNIAN (14 April 2016)
- ^ Iwański, Tadeusz; Matuszak, Sławomir (2019-08-30). "Government of experts in Ukraine". Centre for Eastern Studies. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
Turkey, Egypt, Albania, Croatia, Montenegro open borders for Ukraine, Interfax-Ukraine (1 July 2020) - ^ Ukrainian parliament accepts Infrastructure Ministry's resignation, UNIAN (18 May 2021)
- ^ Kubrakov appointed Ukraine's new Infrastructure Minister, UNIAN (20 May 2021)
External links
edit- Official Website of the Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure (in Ukrainian)
- Ministry of Transportation and Communication (Archive) (in Ukrainian)