Ministry of Culture (Ukraine)
| Міністерство культури України | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | December 9, 2010 |
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| Jurisdiction | Ukraine |
| Headquarters | Kiev |
| Minister responsible |
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| Parent agency | Cabinet of Ministers |
| Child agencies |
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| 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.
Contents
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
- Minister
- First Deputy
- Deputies
- Deputy-Chief of Aparat
- Section in support of the Minister's performance
- Sector of informational-analytic work and communication with public
- 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
- Sector for prevention and counter-action of corruption
- Section of human resources and state service
- Directory of legal support
- Section of legal expertise
- Section for the use of legislation
- Sector for conducting a claim work
- Directory of Affairs
- Section for documents support and control
- Section for cooperation with Verkhovna Rada
- Sector for organization of access to the public information
- Department in formation of the state policy in the sphere of culture, art, and education
- Directory of Arts
- Section of musical art
- Section of theatrical art
- Section of monumental, artistic, and folk art
- Sector of circus art
- Directory for strategical planning of cultural development and regional policy in the sphere of culture
- Section of analysis and forecasting of activities in learning institutions
- Section of analysis and forecasting of socio-cultural development of regions
- Section of analysis and forecasting of libraries activities
- Others
State 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
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.
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
- Cultural center of Ukraine in Russia
- Ukrainian cultural and information center in Sevastopol
- State agency in promotion of culture of Ukraine
Museums administered directly by the Ministry
- National Museum of History of Ukraine
- National Museum of History of the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945
- National Art Museum of Ukraine
- National Museum of Literature of Ukraine
- National Museum of Taras Shevchenko
- National Research Restoration Center of Ukraine
- Directorate of Arts Exhibitions of Ukraine
- National Museum Sanctuary of Ukrainian Pottery
- Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv
- Lviv National Gallery of Arts
- Memorial to the Holodomor Victims in Ukraine
- National Museum of Folk Architecture and Lifestyle of Ukraine
- Jail on Lontskoho
- Marshal Konev Height
- Historic Museum of Church of the Tithes
List of Ministers of Culture
Ukrainians SSR
| Name of Ministry | Name of minister | Term of Office | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | Present | |
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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) - ↑ State registry of fixed landmarks of Ukraine. Landmarks of national significance. Ministry of Culture. 11 December 2012
- ↑ (Ukrainian) ЯНУКОВИЧ ПРИЗНАЧИВ НОВИЙ КАБМІН. І КОРОЛЕВСЬКІЙ ДАЛИ КРІСЛО, Ukrayinska Pravda (24 December 2012)
- ↑ Maidan nominates Yatseniuk for prime minister, Interfax-Ukraine (26 February 2014)
Ukrainian parliament endorses new cabinet, Interfax-Ukraine (27 February 2014)
