Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine

The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Міністерство освіти і науки України) is the main body in the system of central bodies of the executive power of Ukraine.

Ministry of Education and Science

Міністерство освіти і науки
Agency overview
Formed	12 December 1991 (28 June 1917[1])
Preceding agency	Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports
Jurisdiction	Government of Ukraine
Headquarters	10 Beresteiskyi Avenue, Kyiv
Minister responsible	Oksen Lisovyi[2]
Child agency	Service for intellectual property
Website	Official website (in English) Official website (in Ukrainian)

Headquarters of the Ministry in Kyiv

History

On 28 June 1917 Ivan Steshenko was appointed Secretary of Education in the First Vynnychenko government of the Ukrainian People's Republic.^[1] The 1921 Treaty of Riga formerly ended the existence of the Ukrainian People's Republic as its former territory became part of Poland and the Soviet Union.^[3]

The modern Ministry of Education was created on 8 July 1992 by merging two major organs of the Ukrainian SSR: the Ministry of Higher and Middle Specialized Education and State Committee on Vocational-Technical Education. In 1991 there were two ministries of education — National and Higher (formerly Higher and Middle Specialized).^[4]

From 9 December 2010 until 28 February 2013 the Ministry of Education and Science (at the time led by Dmytro Tabachnyk) was merged with the Ministry of Youth and Sports.^[5]

On 28 February 2013 President Viktor Yanukovych reorganized the Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports and the State Service for Youth and Sports, creating the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the Ministry of Youth and Sports.^[6]

Structure

Source:^[7]

The ministry consists of the central body headed by the minister,^[8] first deputy, and other deputies to assist the minister. Part of ministry elects several state administrations representatives that are specialized in certain field and coordinate operation of government companies.

State agencies

• State Service for intellectual property of Ukraine

Former agencies

• Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine (dissolved) (2010–2013)
• State Agency of Science, Innovations, and Informativeness of Ukraine

List of ministers

Name of Ministry	Name of minister	Term of office
		Start	End
Ministry of National Education	Ivan Zyazyun	3 August 1990	May 1992
Ministry of Education	Petro Talanchuk	February 1992	6 July 1994
	Mykhailo Zghurovskyi	18 November 1994	14 January 1999
	Valentyn Zaichuk	1999	1999
Ministry of Education and Science	Vasyl Kremen	30 December 1999	3 February 2005
	Stanislav Nikolayenko	February 2005	18 December 2007
	Ivan Vakarchuk	18 December 2007	11 March 2010
Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports	Dmytro Tabachnyk	11 March 2010	23 February 2014
Ministry of Education and Science	Serhiy Kvit	27 February 2014	14 April 2016[9]
	Liliya Hrynevych	14 April 2016[9]	29 August 2019
	Hanna Novosad	29 August 2019	4 March 2020
	Liubomyra Mandziy (Acting Minister)	25 March 2020.[10]	25 June 2020
	Serhiy Shkarlet (Acting Minister,[11] Minister)	25 June 2020; 17 December 2020[12]	20 March 2023[13]
	Oksen Lisovyi	21 March 2023[2]	Until now

Name of Ministry	Name of minister	Term of office
		Start	End
Ministry on issues of Science and Technologies	Volodymyr Semynozhenko	28 August 1996	21 April 1998
	Stanislav Dovhyi	23 August 1998	1 April 1999

See also

• Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
• National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine