Office of the President of Ukraine

The Office of the President of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Офіс Президента України, romanizedOfis Prezydenta Ukrainy), formerly the Administration of the President of Ukraine[1] (Адміністрація Президента, Administratsiia Prezydenta), is a standing advisory body set up by the President of Ukraine pursuant to clause 28, Article 106 of the Constitution of Ukraine. The Office consists of the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Deputies of the Head, Chief of Staff, First Assistant to the President, Advisors, Authorized Advisors, Press Secretary, Representatives of the President, Cabinet of the President, Cabinet of the Head of the Office, Services, Directorates, and Departments.

Presidential Office
Офіс президента України

The Presidential Office in central Kyiv.
Agency overview
Formed25 February 2010
Preceding agency
JurisdictionGovernment of Ukraine
HeadquartersKyiv, Ukraine,
Bankova, 11[2]
Employees400
Annual budget₴1.03 billion
Agency executive
Parent agencyState Management of Affairs

Overview

After Ukraine declared independence in 1991, President Leonid Kravchuk established the Administration of the President on 13 December as an advisory body to the President (the Ukrainian SSR formally ceased to exist on 26 December 1991[4]). The Administration is headquartered on 11 Bankova in Kyiv.

President Leonid Kuchma kept the name Administration for the period of his two terms in office.

Under President Yushchenko, the administration was reorganized into the Secretariat on 24 January 2005 in accordance with Clause 28 of Article 106 of the Constitution of Ukraine.[5][6]

President Viktor Yanukovych restored the name Administration of the President of Ukraine on 25 February 2010.[7] On 20 June 2019 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree that transformed the Presidential Administration of Ukraine into the Office of the President of Ukraine.[1]

The Office consists of the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Deputies of the Head, Chief of Staff, First Assistant to the President, Advisors, Authorized Advisors, Press Secretary, Representatives of the President, Cabinet of the President, Cabinet of the Head of the Office, Services, Directorates, and Departments.[8]

Heads of the Administration / Secretariat / Office

List of Chiefs-of-Staff

Secretary of the Presidential Administration
#PictureChiefYearsPresident of Ukraine
1 Mykola Khomenko13 December 1991 – 15 July 1994Leonid Kravchuk
Chief-of-Staff of the Presidential Administration
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1 Dmytro Tabachnyk21 July 1994 – 10 December 1996Leonid Kuchma
2 Yevhen Kushnariov20 December 1996 – 23 November 1998
3 Mykola Biloblotsky25 November 1998 – 22 November 1999
4 Volodymyr Lytvyn22 November 1999 – May 2002
5 Viktor Medvedchuk12 June 2002 – 21 January 2005
State Secretary
#PictureChiefYearsPresident of Ukraine
6 Oleksandr Zinchenko24 January 2005 – 6 September 2005Viktor Yushchenko
Ivan Vasiunyk (acting)6 September 2005 – 7 September 2005
7 Oleh Rybachuk7 September 2005 – 22 September 2005
Chief-of-Staff of the Secretariat of the President
#PictureChiefYearsPresident of Ukraine
7 Oleh Rybachuk22 September 2005 – 15 September 2006Viktor Yushchenko
8 Viktor Baloha15 September 2006 – 19 May 2009
9 Vira Ulyanchenko19 May 2009 – 24 February 2010
Chief-of-Staff of the Presidential Administration
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10 Serhiy Lyovochkin25 February 2010 – 17 January 2014Viktor Yanukovych
11 Andriy Klyuyev24 January 2014[9] – 23 February 2014[10][11]
Oleh Rafalsky [uk] (acting)[12]26 February 2014[12] – 5 March 2014Oleksandr Turchynov (acting)
Serhiy Pashynskyi (acting)5 March 2014 – 10 June 2014
12 Boris Lozhkin10 June 2014[13] – 29 August 2016Petro Poroshenko
13 Ihor Rainin29 August 2016[14] – 21 May 2019[15]
Head of President's Office
#PictureChiefYearsPresident of Ukraine
14 Andriy Bohdan21 May 2019 – 11 February 2020[3][15]Volodymyr Zelenskyy
15 Andriy Yermak11 February 2020[3] – incumbent

Structure

  • Cabinet of the President of Ukraine
  • Cabinet of the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine
  • State Protocol and Ceremonials Service
  • Directorate for Legal Policy
  • Directorate for Foreign Policy and Strategic Partnership
  • Directorate for Justice and Law Enforcement
  • Directorate for Regional Policy
  • Directorate for Economic Policy
  • Directorate for National and Humanitarian Policy
  • Directorate for Information and Media Policy
  • Social Policy and Health Care Directorate
  • European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Department
  • National Security and Defense Department
  • Document Control Department
  • Department for Citizenship, Pardon and State Awards
  • Department for Public Queries
  • HR Department
  • Information Technologies Department
  • Department for Interaction with the Parliament and Government
  • Center for Coordination with the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
  • State Administrative Department

References

External links

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