Ministry of Culture (Ukraine)

Ministry of Culture
Ukraine
Міністерство культури України
Agency overview
Formed December 9, 2010
Preceding agency
  • *Ministry of Culture and Tourism (1991-2010)
Jurisdiction Ukraine
Headquarters Kiev
Minister responsible
Parent agency Cabinet of Ministers
Child agencies
  • State Service of Cinematography
  • State Service in control of transportation of cultural valuables over the State Border
  • State Service in protection of the National Cultural Heritage
  • State Service of Tourism and Resorts
Website Official website

The Ministry of Culture of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Міністерство культури України) is the main body in the system of central bodies of the executive power. It is fully based on the former Ministries of Culture and Tourism.

History

There was no Ministry of Culture in Ukraine until 1953. The first Minister of Culture of the Ukrainian SSR was appointed just over a month after the death of Stalin on April 10, 1953. His name was Kostiantyn Lytvyn.

The closest predecessor to the Ministry of Culture was Ministry of Art headed by Dmytro Antonovych (December 1918 - February 1919) that was disbanded soon after the Soviet invasion of Ukraine. There also existed Ministry of Confessions that was first created during the government of Skoropadsky on April 30, 1918 and was at first headed by Mykola Vasylenko. After the fall of Skoropadsky government Ministry of Confessions (April 30, 1918 - December 14, 1918) was transformed into Administration of Cults at first and later into Ministry of Denomination (February 13, 1919) both headed by Ivan Lypa. One of the most noticeable ministers however was Ivan Ohiyenko.

Structures

The ministry consists of the central body of ministry headed by its leadership composed of a minister, his/hers first deputy, and other deputies in assistance to the minister. Part of ministry compose several state administrations that are specialized in certain field and coordinate operations of government companies.

Central Body (aparat)

Leadership
Section in support of the Minister's performance
Sector of control and checks in execution of acts and orders of the President of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada, and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine as well as the orders of leadership
Sector of job-secrecy work
Sector of mobilization work and public security
Section of financial revisions and support of measures in the fight with corruption
Section of human resources and state service
Directory of legal support
Directory of Affairs
Department in formation of the state policy in the sphere of culture, art, and education
Others

State agencies

Ministerial institutions and organizations

The ministry also administers a network of museums, libraries, cultural centers, regional centers of folklore, national cultural heritage sites, various artistic education in schools and universities, has own research centers and institutions, promotes circus, musical and theatric arts in regions.

Headquarters of the Ministry in Kiev

The ministry also maintains the registry of fixed landmarks of cultural heritage (national and local). On 11 December 2012 there were 4,719 such landmarks, 891 of national significance and the other 3,828 of local significance.[2]

Note: while most of the educational state institutions are administered by the Ministry of Education, most arts educational state institutions are administered by the Ministry of Culture.

Ukrainian cultural centers

Museums administered directly by the Ministry

List of Ministers of Culture

Ukrainians SSR

Name of Ministry Name of minister Term of Office
Start End
Ministry of Culture Kostiantyn Lytvyn April 10, 1953 July 9, 1956
Rostyslav Babiychuk July 9, 1956 1971
Yuri Yelchenko November 15, 1971 October 15, 1973
Oleksiy Romanovsky October 15, 1973 June 7, 1977
Serhiy Bezklubenko June 7, 1977 September 13, 1983
Yuri Olenenko September 13, 1983 July 7, 1991
Larysa Khorolets July 7, 1991 August 24, 1991

Ukraine

Name of Ministry Name of minister Term of Office
Start End
Ministry of Culture Larysa Khorolets August 24, 1991 November 17, 1992
Ivan Dzyuba November 17, 1992 August 19, 1994
Ministry of Culture and Arts Dmytro Ostapenko September 25, 1995 August 4, 1999
Yuriy Bohutsky August 4, 1999 December 7, 1999
Bohdan Stupka December 30, 1999 May 31, 2001
Yuriy Bohutsky June 1, 2001 February 3, 2005
Ministry of Culture and Tourism Oksana Bilozir February 4, 2005 October 5, 2005
Ihor Likhovyi October 5, 2005 November 1, 2006
Yuriy Bohutsky November 1, 2006 December 18, 2007
Vasyl Vovkun December 18, 2007 March 11, 2010
Ministry of Culture Mykhailo Kulynyak March 11, 2010 December 24, 2012[3]
Leonid Novokhatko December 24, 2012 27 February 2014
Yevhen Nyshchuk 27 February 2014[4] 2 December 2014[1]
Vyacheslav Kyrylenko December 2, 2014 April 14, 2016
Yevhen Nyshchuk April 14, 2016[5] present

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Rada supports coalition-proposed government lineup, Interfax-Ukraine (2 December 2014)
    Rada approves new Cabinet with three foreigners, Kyiv Post (2 December 2014)
    (Ukrainian) Rada voted the new Cabinet, Ukrayinska Pravda (2 December 2014)
  2. ↑ State registry of fixed landmarks of Ukraine. Landmarks of national significance. Ministry of Culture. 11 December 2012
  3. ↑ (Ukrainian) ЯНУКОВИЧ ПРИЗНАЧИВ НОВИЙ КАБМІН. І КОРОЛЕВСЬКІЙ ДАЛИ КРІСЛО, Ukrayinska Pravda (24 December 2012)
  4. ↑ Maidan nominates Yatseniuk for prime minister, Interfax-Ukraine (26 February 2014)
    Ukrainian parliament endorses new cabinet, Interfax-Ukraine (27 February 2014)
  5. ↑ New Cabinet formed in Ukraine, UNIAN (14 April 2016)
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