Presidential Administration of Ukraine

Administration of the
President of Ukraine
Адміністрація Президента України

Agency overview
Formed February 25, 2010
Preceding agency
Headquarters No.11 Bankova St, Kiev, Ukraine
Agency executive
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The Presidential Administration (Ukrainian: Адміністрація Президента) or unofficially Bankova (Банкова) is an administrative body set up to assist the President of Ukraine, Ukraine's head of state. The main purpose of the Administration is to provide administrative, advisory, analytical, and legal assistance to the President. The Administration arranges communication and official statements between the President and the Ukrainian parliament the Verkhovna Rada, the Cabinet of Ministers, the Constitutional Court, local government bodies, and other institutions.

Overview

After Ukrainian independence from the Soviet Union, then President Leonid Kravchuk established the Administration of the President of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Адміністрація Президента України) on December 13, 1991 as an advisory body to the President (the Soviet Union formally ceased to exist on December 26, 1991[2]). The Administration is headquartered on No.11 Bankova St. in Kiev. Under President Yushchenko, the administration was reorganized into the Secretariat on January 24, 2005 in accordance with Clause 28 of Article 106 of the Constitution of Ukraine.[3][4] President Viktor Yanukovych restored the old name Administration of the President of Ukraine on his first day in office, February 25, 2010.[5]

The Administration is composed of the Head of the Administration, the first Deputy Head, Deputy Head, the President's spokesperson, advisers to the President, and the President's representatives in the Verkhovna Rada, the Cabinet of Ministers, the Constitutional Court, and representatives of the President in other departments.

Head of the Administration

List of Chiefs-of-Staff

Secretary of the Presidential Administration
# Picture Chief Years President of Ukraine
1 Mykola Khomenko 13 Dec 1991 – 15 Jul 1994 Leonid Kravchuk
Chief-of-Staff of the Presidential Administration
# Picture Chief Years President of Ukraine
1 Dmytro Tabachnyk 21 Jul 1994 – 10 Dec 1996 Leonid Kuchma
2 Yevhen Kushnariov 20 Dec 1996 – 23 Nov 1998
3 Mykola Biloblotsky 25 Nov 1998 – 22 Nov 1999
4 Volodymyr Lytvyn 22 Nov 1999 – May 2002
5 Viktor Medvedchuk 12 Jun 2002 – 21 Jan 2005
State Secretary
# Picture Chief Years President of Ukraine
6 Oleksandr Zinchenko 24 Jan 2005 – 6 Sep 2005 Viktor Yushchenko
Ivan Vasiunyk (acting) 6 Sep 2005 – 7 Sep 2005
7 Oleh Rybachuk 7 Sep 2005 – 22 Sep 2005
Chief-of-Staff of the Secretariat of the President
# Picture Chief Years President of Ukraine
7 Oleh Rybachuk 22 Sep 2005 – 15 Sep 2006 Viktor Yushchenko
8 Viktor Baloha 15 Sep 2006 – 19 May 2009
9 Vira Ulyanchenko 19 May 2009 – 24 Feb 2010
Chief-of-Staff of the Presidential Administration
# Picture Chief Years President of Ukraine
10 Serhiy Lyovochkin 25 Feb 2010 – 17 Jan 2014 Viktor Yanukovych
11 Andriy Klyuyev 24 Jan 2014[6] – 23 Feb 2014[7][8]
Oleh Rafalsky (acting)[9] 26 Feb 2014[9] – 5 Mar 2014 Oleksandr Turchynov (acting)
Serhiy Pashynskyi (acting) 5 Mar 2014 – 10 Jun 2014
12 Boris Lozhkin 10 Jun 2014[10] – 29 Aug 2016 Petro Poroshenko
13 Ihor Rainin 29 Aug 2016[1]present

Structure

Departments

References

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