Ministry of National Unity of Ukraine
| Ukrainian: Міністерство національної єдності України | |
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| Formed | 20 April 2016[1] |
| Dissolved | 16 July 2025[2] |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Ukraine |
| Headquarters | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Minister responsible | |
| Website | unity.gov.ua |
The Ministry of National Unity of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Міністерство національної єдності України, romanized: Ministerstvo nasionalnoi ednosti Ukrayiny) was a government ministry in Ukraine from April 2016 to July 2025.[1]
Created in 2016 as the Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and IDPs (Ukrainian: Міністерство з питань тимчасово окупованих територій та внутрішньо переміщених осіб України, romanized: Ministerstvo z pytan tymchasovo okupovanykh terytorii ta vnutrishno peremishchenykh osib Ukrainy) it was established to manage occupied parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, and Crimea regions affected by the Russian military intervention of 2014. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Ministry also managed the newly-occupied territories across Ukraine, especially Kherson and Zaporizhzhia which were annexed by Russia along with Donetsk and Luhansk.
The Honcharuk Government in August 2019 merged the Ministry for Veterans Affairs into the ministry.[4] But its succeeding Shmyhal Government reversed this merger in March 2020.[5] On 16 July 2025 the ministry was merged with the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine.[2]
History
[edit | edit source]Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons
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On 20 April 2016 the ministry was created by merging the State Agency for restoration of Donbas (formerly part of Ministry of Regional Development) and the State Service for Russian annexed Crimea and Sevastopol (formerly under direct administration of the Cabinet of Ukraine).[1] Vadym Chernysh was on 14 April 2016[6] appointed as the first Minister of Temporarily Occupied Territories and IDPs in the Groysman government.[6] Chernysh is the former head of the State Agency for restoration of Donbas.[7]
The ministry was established in order to "search for solutions and reintegration strategies" for Ukraine to regain control Crimea and parts of (the historical region) Donbas.[8] Ukraine lost control over Crimea, which was unilaterally annexed by Russia in March 2014.[9][10][nb 1] In the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, pro-Russian protests escalated into an armed separatist insurgency early in April 2014, when masked gunmen took control of several of the region's government buildings and towns.[9][12] This led to the creation of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic.[9][13] Violence between the Ukrainian army and the forces of the two breakaway republics escalated into an armed conflict.[14][15] This war in Donbas led to 1.6 million people becoming internally displaced persons, according to the 2016 registry of the Ukrainian government.[16] The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights reported in March 2016 that 800,000 to 1 million of them lived within Ukrainian government controlled Ukraine.[16] This part of the Russo-Ukrainian War continued until subsumed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.[17]
The Honcharuk Government (on 29 August 2019) merged the Ministry for Veterans Affairs into the ministry degrading the first to an agency as it previously existed.[4] On 23 January 2020 then Minister Oksana Koliada stated that the Ministry would likely be split up again into a separate Ministry for Veterans Affairs with the Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and IDPs to be renamed "Ministry of Reintegration".[18] Indeed, on 4 March 2020 the new Shmyhal Government undid the merge of the two ministries.[5] It also renamed the ministry to Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories (Ukrainian: Міністерство з питань реінтеграції тимчасово окупованих територій України, romanized: Ministerstvo z pytanʹ reintehratsiyi tymchasovo okupovanykh terytoriy Ukrayiny).[5]
Ministry of National Unity of Ukraine
[edit | edit source]On 19 November 2024 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the creation of a new (to be formed) ministry, that he then named Ministry of Unification of Ukrainians.[19] Zelenskyy claimed this new ministry was necessary for the "institutional strengthening of the policy towards Ukrainians abroad, towards our people from all waves of migration."[19]
On 3 December 2024 the government decided to rename the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories to its new name: the Ministry of National Unity of Ukraine.[3][20] According to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal this renamed ministry would conduct the task of the ministry that President Zelenskyy spoke of on 19 November 2024.[20] Early December 2024 the Ukrainian diaspora organizations European Congress of Ukrainians and Ukrainian World Congress had not been informed about the creation of this ministry that was aimed to facilitate them.[20]
On 16 July 2025 the ministry was merged with the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine.[2]
List of ministers
[edit | edit source]Heads of predecessor government agencies of the ministry
[edit | edit source]State Agency for restoration of Donbas
[edit | edit source]| Name of minister | Term of office | |
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| Start | End | |
| Andriy Nikolayenko | 22 September 2014 | 14 October 2014 |
| Vadym Chernysh | 26 June 2015 | 20 April 2016 |
State Service on issues of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol city
[edit | edit source]| Name of minister | Term of office | |
|---|---|---|
| Start | End | |
| Aslan Ömer Kırımlı | 14 May 2015 | 19 August 2015 |
| Nariman Ustayev | 20 August 2015 | 20 April 2016 |
List of ministers of the Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories [and IDPs]
[edit | edit source]| Name of ministry | Name of minister | Term of office | Photo | |
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| Start | End | |||
| Temporarily Occupied Territories and IDPs | Vadym Chernysh[6] | 20 April 2016[7][nb 2] | 29 August 2019[6] | File:Вадим Черниш.jpg |
| Temporarily Occupied Territories, IDPs and veterans | Oksana Koliada | 29 August 2019 | 4 March 2020 | File:Оксана Коляда КМУ.jpg |
| Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories | Oleksii Reznikov | 4 March 2020[5] | 3 November 2021[21] | File:AYR foto1 (cropped).jpg |
| Iryna Vereshchuk | 4 November 2021[22] | 8 August 2024[23] | File:Iryna Vereshchuk KMU.jpg | |
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List of ministers of the Ministry of National Unity of Ukraine
[edit | edit source]| Name of ministry | Name of minister | Term of office | Photo |
| Ministry of National Unity of Ukraine | Oleksiy Chernyshov[3] | 3 December 2024[3] to 16 July 2025[2] | File:Chernishov Oleksiy (2020 portrait).jpg |
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See also
[edit | edit source]- Temporarily occupied and uncontrolled territories of Ukraine
- Russian military intervention in Ukraine (2014–present)
- Anti-Terrorist Operation Zone (Ukraine)
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- Humanitarian situation during the war in Donbas
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ The status of the Crimea and of the city of Sevastopol is currently under dispute between Russia and Ukraine; Ukraine and the majority of the international community consider the Crimea to be an autonomous republic of Ukraine and Sevastopol to be one of Ukraine's cities with special status, while Russia, on the other hand, considers the Crimea to be a federal subject of Russia and Sevastopol to be one of Russia's three federal cities.[9][11]
- ^ Chernysh was appointed the Minister on 14 April 2016,[6] while the ministry was approved to be established only on 20 April 2016.[7]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c (in Ukrainian) The Cabinet decided to create the Ministry of temporarily occupied territories and internally displaced persons, Ukrayinska Pravda (20 April 2016)
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- ^ a b c d e New Cabinet formed in Ukraine, UNIAN (14 April 2016)
Week’s balance: PM Groysman, Rada’s sabotage, and disappointing IMF forecast, UNIAN (18 April 2016) - ^ a b c (in Ukrainian) Cabinet of Ukraine approved creation of Temporarily Occupied Territories and IDPs. Radio Liberty. 20 April 2016
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Vadim Chernish, Minister of temporarily occupied territories and IDPs: "The State shall clearly outline the position on the occupied territories and the people who were there", Zerkalo Nedeli (15 April 2016)
- ^ a b c d Ukraine crisis timeline, BBC News
- ^ EU & Ukraine 17 April 2014 FACT SHEET Archived 14 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine, European External Action Service (17 April 2014)
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- ^ Masked gunmen tighten grip on eastern Ukraine, Reuters (30 April 2014)
- ^ Eighteen of thirty-four district election commissions in Donetsk and Luhansk regions captured – CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (22 May 2014)
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- ^ a b Over 3 mln people live in conflict zone in Ukraine's east – UN report, Interfax-Ukraine (3 March 2016)
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- ^ (in Ukrainian) Two ministries will be in charge of Donbas: they will divide the Ministry of Veterans, Ukrayinska Pravda (23 January 2020)
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- ^ Parliament sacks Deputy Prime Minister Reznikov, Ukrinform (3 November 2021)
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External links
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- Lists of government ministers of Ukraine
- Former government ministries of Ukraine
- Government ministries established in 2016
- Peace organizations
- Integration ministries
- Public works ministries
- Infrastructure ministries
- Public safety ministries
- 2016 establishments in Ukraine
- 2025 disestablishments in Ukraine
- Government ministries disestablished in 2025
- War in Donbas
- Temporarily occupied territories and IDPs ministers of Ukraine
- Ministers of national unity of Ukraine
- Organizations of the Russo-Ukrainian war