The parliament has dismissed Volodymyr Rybak from the
post of vice-premier and the minister of construction, architecture and housing
and communal services. 252 deputies voted for the decision.
At the same time the parliament appointed Rybak as a
vice-Prime Minister of Ukraine by 246 votes.
Prime Minister Yanukovych submitted for consideration
the candidature of Oleksandr Popov fo the post of the minister of housing and
communal services. Deputies approved the candidature by 248 votes.
Prime
Minister of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich also submitted for consideration of
people’s deputies a draft bill on appointment the Secretary of Regional
Development Council, ex-minister Volodymyr Yatsuba for the position of the
Minister of Regional Development and Building of Ukraine. 253 deputies voted
for Yatsuba’s candidature.
Volodymyr Yatsuba, 59 years old, worked as the State Secretary of the
Cabinet of Ministers since May 30, 2001. Since December 1998 he was the first
deputy of the Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers, the first deputy of the
governmental secretary. Since August 1994 he headed the department on territory
issues in the Administration of the President of Ukraine. Since March 1995 he
was the first deputy head of the Administration of the President. In 2003-2004
he worked as the chairman of Dnipropetrovs’k Regional Administration. Now he is
the aid of the Prime Minister of Ukraine, vice-premier of the National State Administration
under the President of Ukraine.
