The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (parliament) has appointed a new government on Thursday.

Thus, the parliament appointed Andriy Kliuyev as First Deputy Prime Minister; Borys Kolesnikov - Deputy Prime Minister; Volodymyr Semynozhenko - Deputy Prime Minister; Volodymyr Sivkovych - Deputy Prime Minister; Viktor Slauta - Deputy Prime Minister; Serhiy Tihipko - Deputy Prime Minister; Viktor Tikhonov - Deputy Prime Minister; Viktor Boiko - Environmental Protection Minister; Yuriy Boiko - Fuel and Energy Minister; Kostiantyn Yefimenko - Transport and Communications Minister; Dmytro Kolesnikov - Industrial Policy Minister; Mykhailo Kuliniaka - Culture and Tourism Minister; Oleksandr Lavrynovych - Justice Minister; Zynoviy Mytnyk - Health Minister; Anatoliy Mohiliov - Interior Minister; Vasyl Nadraha - Labor and Social Policy Minister; Oleksandr Popov - Housing and Public Utilities Minister; Mykhailo Prysiazhniuk - Agrarian Policy Minister; Ravil Safiullin - Minister for Families, Youth and Sports; Dmytro Tabachnyk - Education Minister; Anatoliy Tolstoukhov - Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers; Vasyl Tsushko - Economy Minister; Fedir Yaroshenko - Finance Minister; Volodymyr Yatsuba - Regional Development Minister; Yuriy Yashchenko - Coal Industry Minister; Nestor Shufrych - Emergencies Minister; Kostiantyn Hryshchenko - Foreign Minister; Mykhailo Yezhel - Defense Minister.

The Verkhovna Rada appointed Mykola Azarov the Prime Minister of Ukraine.