The first Yanukovych Government was the Ukrainian cabinet of ministers between 21 November 2002 and 5 January 2005, led by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych. Yanukovych had been elected Prime Minister of Ukraine with 234 votes, only 8 more than needed.
On December 1, 2004 (during the Orange Revolution) the Ukrainian Parliament passed a vote of no-confidence. The government supported NATO membership of Ukraine (2002) and sent Ukrainian troops to Iraq in 2003.http://www.taraskuzio.net/media20_files/Oxford_Analytica_tmp141.pdf
Composition
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Viktor Yanukovych – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov – First Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Hayduk – Deputy Prime Minister for fuel and energy complex Ivan Kyrylenko – Deputy Prime Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk – Deputy Prime Minister for humanitarian issues Serhy Ryzhuk – Agricultural Policy Yury Smirnov – Interior Affairs Vasyl Shevchuk – Environment and Natural Resources Valery Khoroshkovsky – Economy and European Integration Anatoliy Zlenko – Foreign Affairs Hryhory Reva – Emergency Situations and Chernobyl Cleanup Yury Bohutsky – Culture and the Regions General Volodymyr Shkidchenko – Defence Vasyl Kremen – Education and Science Andry Pidayev – Health Oleksandr Lavrynovych – Justice Serhy Yermilov – Fuel and Energy Mikhail Papiyev – Labour and Social Policy Anatoliy Myalytsya – Industrial Policy Heorhiy Kirpa – Transport
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