Serhiy Arbuzov, former head of the National Bank, was appointed First Vice Prime Minister.
Yuriy Boyko and Oleksander Vilkul were appointed Vice Prime Ministers.
Former foreign minister Kostiantyn Hryschenko appointed another Ukraine’s Vice Premier.
Olena Lukash became a Minister of Cabinet of Ministers.
Yuri Kolobov remained at the position of Finance Minister.
Ihor Prasolov took a seat of Minister of Economic Development and Trade, which was previously occupied by Petro Poroshenko.
Eduard Stavytsky became Energy and Coal Industry Minister.
Instead of Borys Kolesnikov, the seat of Infrastructure Minister was occupied by Volodymyr Kozak, former Head of the State Railway Administration of Ukraine. While Kolesnikov became a governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Hennady Temnyk was appointed Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Utilities.
Oleh Proskuriakov became Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources.
Natalia Korolevska was appointed Minister of Social Policy.
Oleksander Klymenko, former head of the State Tax Administration, was appointed Minister of Revenues and Duties. Yanukovych has reorganized the State Tax Service and the State Customs Service into the Ministry of Revenues and Duties of Ukraine.
Pavlo Lebedev became Defense Minister.
Vitaly Zakharchenko remained Interior Minister.
Leonid Kozhara was appointed a new Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Mykhaylo Bolotsky became Head of the reorganized State Emergency Service.
Oleksander Lavrynovych was again appointed Minister of Justice.
Dmytro Tabachnyk remained at the position of the Education Minister.
Raisa Bohatyriova was reappointed Health Minister.
Yanukovych has reappointed Mykola Prysiazhniuk as the agrarian policy and food minister.
This cabinet was appointed by President Viktor Yanukovych on 24 December 2012.
Source: Kyiv Post, Interfax Ukraine
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