Presidential Administration of Ukraine

Administration of the
President of Ukraine

Адміністрація Президента України
Presidential Administration building in central Kiev.
Agency overview
Formed	February 25, 2010
Preceding agency	Secretariat of the President of Ukraine
Headquarters	No.11 Bankova St, Kiev, Ukraine
Agency executive	Boris Lozhkin[1], Head of the Administration

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 the head secretaries

Secretary of the Presidential Administration
#	Picture	Chief	Years	President of Ukraine
1		Mykola Khomenko	Dec.1991 - Jul.1994	Leonid Kravchuk
Head of the Presidential Administration
#	Picture	Chief	Years	President of Ukraine
1		Dmytro Tabachnyk	Jul.1994 - Dec.1996	Leonid Kuchma
2		Yevhen Kushnariov	Dec.1996 - Nov.1998
3		Mykola Biloblotsky	Nov.1998 - Nov.1999
4		Volodymyr Lytvyn	Nov.1999 - May 2002
5		Viktor Medvedchuk	Jun.2002 - Jan.2005
State Secretary
#	Picture	Chief	Years	President of Ukraine
6		Oleksandr Zinchenko	Jan.2005 - Sep.2005	Viktor Yushchenko
		Ivan Vasiunyk (acting)	Sep.2005 - Sep.2005
7		Oleh Rybachuk	Sep.2005 - Sep.2006
Head of the Secretary of the President
#	Picture	Chief	Years	President of Ukraine
7		Oleh Rybachuk	Sep.2005 - Sep.2006	Viktor Yushchenko
8		Viktor Baloha	Sep.2006 - May 2009
9		Vira Ulyanchenko	May 2009 - Feb.2010
Head of the Presidential Administration
#	Picture	Chief	Years	President of Ukraine
10		Serhiy Lyovochkin	Feb.2010 - *Jan.2014	Viktor Yanukovych
11		Andriy Klyuyev	Jan.2014[6] - Feb.2014[7][8]
-		Oleh Rafalsky (acting)[9]	Feb.2014[9] - June 2014	Oleksandr Turchynov (acting)
12		Boris Lozhkin	Since June 2014[1]	Petro Poroshenko

Structure

• Head of Administration
  • First Deputy of the Head of Administration (Presidential representative in Cabinet of Ukraine)^[10]
    • Presidential Adviser - Director of Chief Directory in reformation of social sphere
    • Director of Chief Directory in economical policy and conducting economical reforms
    • Director of Directory in supporting of relationships with the Cabinet of Ukraine
  • Deputies of the Head of Administration
    • Presidential Adviser - Director of Chief Control Directory
    • Director of Chief Directory in regional policy and human resources
  • Deputy of the Head of Administration
    • Director of Chief Directory in ensuring the access to the public information
    • Director of Chief Directory of document support
    • Director of Directory of State Awards
  • Presidential Adviser (Presidential representative in Constitutional Court of Ukraine)
    • Director of Chief State-Legal Directory
    • Director of Directory in Citizenship
    • Director of Directory in Public Petitions
    • Director of Directory in relationships with the Constitutional Court and representation of the Presidential interests in courts
  • Presidential Adviser - Director of Chief Directory in Humanitarian and Socio-Political Affairs
    • Director of Directory in Communications
  • Presidential Adviser - Director of Chief Directory of the State Protocol and Ceremonies
  • Presidential Adviser - Director of Chief Directory of International Relationships
    • Director of Directory in European Integration
  • Presidential Adviser - Director of Chief Directory in Court Administration
  • Presidential Adviser - Director of Chief Directory in Constitutional-Legal modernization
  • Presidential Adviser - Director of Chief Directory in Security and Defense Policy
  • Presidential Adviser - Director of Chief Directory in Activities of Law Enforcement agencies
    • Director of Directory in Pardons
  • Press-attache of the President of Ukraine
  • Director of Directory in Relationships with Verkhovna Rada (parliament)
  • Director of Operation-Secret Support
  • Presidential Envoy in Children Rights
    • Director of Directory in support of the Presidential Envoy in Children Rights
  • Presidential Envoy in Control of activities of Security Service of Ukraine (SBU)

Departments

• Main Department on Economic Policy and Introduction of Economical Reform
• Main Department on Social Reforms
• Main Department on Security and Defense Policy
• Main State-Legal Department
• Main Department on organization of the court system
• Main Department on activities of law enforcement agencies
• Main Department on Regional and Human Resources Policy
• Main Revision Department
• Main Department on international relationships
• Main Department on State Protocol and Ceremonies
• Main Department on securing the access to the public information
• Main Department on constitutionally legal modernization
• Main Department of Document Support
• Main Department of Organizational Support
• Main Department on humanitarian and socially political questions
• Press-services
• Department of State Awards
• Department on citizenship
• Department on European Integration
• Department on Public Petitions
• Department on communications
• Department on pardon
• Department in securing relationship with the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
• Department in securing relationship with the Cabinet Ministers of Ukraine
• Department in securing relationship with the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and representation of presidential interests in courts
• Operation-secret department

References

1. Borys Lozhkin appointed head of Ukraine's presidential administration, Interfax-Ukraine (10 June 2014)
2. Legal Aspects of the Regional Integration Processes in the Post-Soviet Area by Zhenis Kembayev, Springer, 2008, ISBN 3-540-87651-0 (page 30)
3. "Secretariat of the President of Ukraine". Presidential Administration of Ukraine. Archived from the original on October 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
4. Laws of Ukraine. Presidential decree No. 108/2005: On the Secretariat of the President of Ukraine. Adopted on 2005-01-25. (Ukrainian)
5. УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ № 265/2010
6. Kliuyev appointed presidential chief of staff, Interfax-Ukraine (24 January 2014)
7. Kliuyev resigns, wounded, no threat to his life - spokesman, Interfax-Ukraine (25 February 2014)
8. Ukraine crisis: Turchynov warns of 'separatism' risk, BBC News (25 February 2014)
9. Rafalsky appointed acting head of presidential administration, Interfax-Ukraine (26 February 2014)
10. Akimova says info on her detention in Vienna airport was black PR, Kyiv Post (12 April 2012)

External links

• "Secretariat of the President of Ukraine". Presidential Administration of Ukraine. Archived from the original on October 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
• Andrii Goncharuk Wikipedia

Coordinates: 50°26′40″N 30°31′44″E / 50.4445°N 30.5290°E