Presidential Administration of Ukraine - Overview

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). 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. President Viktor Yanukovych restored the old name Administration of the President of Ukraine on his first day in office, February 25, 2010.

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.