Ministry of Culture (Ukraine)

Ministry of Culture Ukraine
Міністерство культури України
Agency overview
Formed	December 9, 2010
Preceding agency	*Ministry of Culture and Tourism (?-2010)
Jurisdiction	Ukraine
Headquarters	Kiev
Ministers responsible	Mykhailo Kulynyak, Minister Yuriy Bohutsky, First Deputy Minister
Parent agency	Cabinet of Ministers
Child 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
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.

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

List of Ministers of Culture

Name of Ministry	Name of minister	Term of Office
		Start	End
Ministry of Culture	Larysa Khorolets	July 7, 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	present

See also

• Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

References

External links

• Official Website of the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture