Minister of Defense Yuriy Yekhanurov of Ukraine
Speaking after the meeting with Gates, Yekhanurov said that a "majority of government members support NATO integration.
Yekhanurov said the recent survey has shown that "31 percent of the population of Ukraine supports NATO integration, while 40 percent are undecided yet.
Today on April 25 in the capital of Czech republic the meeting of the Defense Ministers of the Visegrad Four member-countries (Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Czech Republic) will take place.
In July 1997, when Lazarenko's cabinet resigned, Yekhanurov took the post of head of the state committee for enterprise.
Yekhanurov joined Yushchenko's team in December 1999 as first deputy prime minister and has been with this team ever since.
Yekhanurov was elected to parliament in March 2002 from Our Ukraine's list.
Yekhanurov is one of the few members of Yushchenko's team who supports Ukraine's membership of the Single Economic Space with Russia.
Being one of the leading members of Yushchenko's Our Ukraine People's Union party, Yekhanurov supports plans to create a bloc of pro-democracy forces on the party's basis for the 2006 parliamentary polls.
When Viktor Yushchenko was appointed as Prime Minister of Ukraine in 1999, Yekhanurov joined his cabinet as First Vice Prime Minister.
After the ousting of the government in 2001, Yekhanurov joined Yushchenko's People's Union Our Ukraine and was elected again a member of parliament.
After the Orange Revolution in 2005, Yekhanurov was appointed Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast State Administration (i.
On September 8, 2005 Yekhanurov was appointed Acting Prime Minister by President Viktor Yushchenko, after the President had sacked the previous Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
Yulia Tymoshenko election was expected to be only a formality but opposition members (Party of Regions Communist Party of Ukraine) blocked the parliament from Thursday, 29 June 2006 till Thursday, July 6th 2006 because they felt they hadn't got enough chairmen in parliamentary committees Yekhanurov was sceptical about the new government and he wanted the Party of Regions to be a part of the new government He felt that would have been better for the stability of Ukraine.
Prime Minister Yekhanurov is seen as a pragmatic, competent figure capable of reaching out to all political factions but with little ambition of his own, unlike Ms.
Yekhanurov was picked by Ukrainian President ViktorYushchenko after the ouster of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
The Russian-born Yekhanurov is generally considered a neutral candidate, but many believe he will lead only a temporary government that will be in place until the March parliamentary elections.
Yekhanurov said that Ukrainian President has charged him with the solution of the problem concerning Russian-Ukrainian frontier.
What is important is that you have strong hands, the president who set a clear task before him and strictly fulfills this task," Yuriy Yekhanurov said in particular.
was appointed as Prime Minister of Ukraine in 1999, Yekhanurov joined his cabinet as First Vice Prime Minister.
After the ousting of the government in 2001, Yekhanurov joined Yushchenko's People's Union Our UkrainePeople's Union Our Ukraine The People's Union Our Ukraine is a political party of Ukraine, claiming itself the continuation of the Viktor Yushchenko.
in 2005, Yekhanurov was appointed Head of the Dnipropetrovsk OblastDnipropetrovsk Oblast Dnipropetrovsk Oblast is an oblast of central Ukraine, the most important industrial region of the country.
Prime MinisterOn September 8 2005 Yekhanurov was appointed Acting Prime Minister by President Viktor Yushchenko, after the President had sacked the previous Cabinet of Ministers of UkraineCabinet of Ministers of Ukraine The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is the highest body in the system of state executive power of Ukraine, i.
in the first round on September 20 2005, Yekhanurov was only three votes short of the 226 needed for approval.
Yekhanurov was widely regarded as an experienced administrator, a caretaker rather than a politician.
Yulia Tymoshenko election was expected to be only a formality but opposition members have blocked the parliament from Thursday, 29 June 2006 till Thursday, July 6th 2006 because the felt the didn't get enough chairmenin parliamentarycommitteesYekhanurov was sceptical about the new government, he wanted the Party of RegionsParty of Regions The Party of Regions is a Ukrainian political party created in March 2001.
We expect that the European Union will grant market-economy status to Ukraine at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kiev on Dec 1, Yekhanurov said in an interview at the Ukrainian embassy in Brussels yesterday.
Yekhanurov said he expects that pro-presidential parties will form a majority in the countrys new parliament, to be elected in March, making it easier to approve laws drafted by Yushchenkos administration and the government.
During his stay in the Turkmen capital, Yuriy Yekhanurov had two meetings with President Saparmurat Niyazov, representatives of ministries and establishments of Turkmenistan on the issue of payments for gas supplied to Ukraine and took part in celebrations dedicated to Independence Day of Turkmenistan.
The 57-year-old Yekhanurov is seen as a cautious and pragmatic politician.
Ukraine's previous prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko (Photo SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images) Yekhanurov was born in Russia's Yakutia region and worked on construction projects in his early career.
Yekhanurov has disagreed with former prime minister Tymoshenko on several issues, calling for clarity and consistency in privatisation and currency policy.
dismissed it as part of the opposition's election campaigning.
Yuriy Yekhanurov says ensuring stability will be his top priority.
Prague, 9 September 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Acting Prime Minister Yekhanurov says his aim is stability.
Oleksander Lytvynenko of the Razumkov Center for Political and Economic Studies in Kyiv said Yekhanurov is up to the task.
Yuriy Yekhanurov is a person who is well-known in Ukrainian politics.
Lytvynenko said that under the circumstances, Yekhanurov is probably the best figure available in the country to form a cabinet of technocrats and to become a prime minister himself.
Kyiv (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukrainian Defense Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov has said that the state program for the development of the Ukrainian Armed Forces for 2006-2011 has failed in terms of its financing.
Yekhanurov said that this plan should be revised as well.
Yekhanurov said that the question of setting the future strength of the Ukrainian army remains undecided.
Ukrainian DM praises China's peacekeeping workPeople's Daily, China 1/13/2009 9:10:27 AMVisiting Ukrainian Defence Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov praised China on Tuesday for its great peacekeeping efforts under the UN Security Council's.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov has claimed that his country and Georgia were poised to join the North Atlantic alliance.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov has strongly defended the gas deal signed by Ukraine's national oil and gas company Naftohaz Ukrayiny with the Russian gas monopoly Gazprom on 4 January.
Yekhanurov was speaking in parliament, which had demanded explanations of the agreement from the government.
Yekhanurov described the deal, which raised the price of gas deliveries to Ukraine from 50 to 95 dollars and also the gas transit fee from 1.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov said Monday that his government wants to develop its relationship with Russia and maintain positive tendencies in the economic, trade and investment spheres.
RosUkrEnergo to disclose owners, PM saysKIEV, Jan 30 - RosUkrEnergo AG, a Swiss-based natural gas trader supplying about a half of Ukraine’s annual gas needs, may Tuesday disclose its real shareholders, Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov said Monday.
KIEV, Ukraine, Dec 3 (UPI) -- Ukraine's planned redeployment of troops closer to its borders does not threaten Russia's security, Ukrainian Defense Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov said Wednesday.
presidential quota in the government.
Yekhanurov is one of the most experienced Ukrainian politicians.
Yekhanurov was elected to parliament for the first time in March 1998.
from the camp rival to Yushchenko.
discuss the ministry's budget with his deputies and the top brass.
Yekhanurov is married, with one son.
Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov says his government will follow the lead of his predecessor, Yulia Tymoshenko, and do everything possible to gain NATO entry.