The Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine (), formerly the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, is the Ukrainian government department responsible for instituting labor relations, family and children, immigration and trafficking, women's rights, children's rights, and humanitarian aid.
Specialization Population Employment and Labor Migration Work Relationships Populations Social Security Family and Children Affairs Rights Security of the Deported by National Identity People which returned to Ukraine Ensuring the equal rights and possibilities for women and men Prevention of violence in family
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.
On 16 July 2025 the Ministry of National Unity of Ukraine was merged with the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine.https://unn.ua/en/news/today-the-rada-will-begin-the-governments-renewal-who-will-get-positions Today, the Rada will begin the government's "renewal." Who will get positions?]
State agencies State Service for disabled and veterans of Ukraine State Inspection of Ukraine in labor affairs State Employment Service System of State Social Security State Social Security Fund in case of Unemployment Social Security Fund for temporary Disability Social Security Fund for industrial Accidents Pension Fund of Ukraine
List of ministers Soviet Ukraine Name of ministry Name of minister Term of office Start End Ministry of Social Security Yuriy Lapchinskiy 1918 1918 1918 1920 Nikolai Glebov-Avilov 9 May 1920 29 May 1920 Boris Eltsin 1920 1921 Varvara Moyrova 1921 1922 Ilya Korneyev 1922 1923 Karl Einstein 1923 1924 Jacob Poznanski March 1924 July 1926 Hryhoriy Pokornyi July 1926 29 May 1934 Ivan Slynko 29 May 1934 1936 Ivan Kudrin 14 March 1936 August 1937 August 1937 June 1938 Yevdokia Lehur June 1938 15 February 1945 Vladimir Muratov 15 February 1945 25 October 1946 Fedir Ananchenko 25 October 1946 11 December 1956 11 December 1956 May 1957 Oleksiy Fedorov May 1957 19 March 1979 Oleksandra Lukyanenko 19 March 1979 17 September 1991 Ukraine Name of ministry Name of minister Term of office Start End Arkadiy Yershov 17 September 1991 28 August 1996 Petro Ovcharenko 28 August 1996 29 July 1997 Ministry of Labor and Social Policy Mykola Bilobotsky July 1997 June 1998 Ivan Sakhan June 25, 1998 November 30, 2002 Mykhailo Papiev November 30, 2002 February 3, 2005 Viacheslav Kyrylenko February 4, 2005 September 27, 2005 Ivan Sakhan September 27, 2005 August 4, 2006 Mykhailo Papiev August 4, 2006 December 18, 2007 Lyudmyla Denisova December 18, 2007 March 11, 2010 Vasyl Nadraha March 11, 2010 December 9, 2010Ministry of Social Policy Serhiy Tihipko December 9, 2010 December 24, 2012 Natalia Korolevska December 24, 2012 'February 24, 2014Lyudmyla DenisovaFebruary 27, 2014December 2, 2014Pavlo RozenkoRada supports coalition-proposed government lineup, Interfax-Ukraine (2 December 2014)Rada approves new Cabinet with three foreigners, Kyiv Post (2 December 2014) Rada voted the new Cabinet, Ukrayinska Pravda (2 December 2014)December 2, 201414 April 2016New Cabinet formed in Ukraine, UNIAN (14 April 2016)Andriy Reva14 April 201629 August 2019Yuliya Sokolovska29 August 20194 March 2020Maryna Lazebna4 March 202019 July 2022Oksana Zholnovych19 July 202217 July 2025 Minister of Social Policy, Family and National UnityDenys Uliutin17 July 2025Incumbent
List of ministers of Labour Ukrainian People's Republic Title Name of minister Term of office Start End General Secretary of Labour Mykola Porsh 12 September 1917 9 January 1918 Minister of Labour Mykola Porsh 9 January 1918 31 January 1918 - Leonid Mykhailiv 19 March 1918 29 April 1918 Ukrainian State Title Name of minister Term of office Start End Minister of Labour Yuliy Wagner 3 May 1918 24 October 1918 Maksym Slavynsky 24 October 1918 14 November 1918 Volodymyr Kosynsky 14 November 1918 14 December 1918 West Ukrainian People's Republic Title Name of minister Term of office Start End State Secretary of Labour and Protection Antin Chernetsky 8 November 1918 1919 Ukrainian People's Republic (restored) Title Name of minister Term of office Start End Minister of Labour Leonid Mykhailiv (acting) 26 December 1918 11 February 1919 vacant Yosyp Bezpalko 9 April 1919 1920 Soviet Ukraine Name of ministry Name of minister Term of office Start End People's Commissar for Labour Boris Magidov 28 November 1918 1919 Russian plenipotentiary representative in Ukraine Nikolai Glebov-Avilov 9 May 1920 January 1921 People's Commissariat of Labor Omelyan Horbachov August 1924 23 November 1925 Kyrylo Sukhomlyn December 1925 January 1927 Kostiantyn Hulyi March 1927 20 April 1932 Ivan Vyrostkov 20 April 1932 1933 Ministry of Labor Vitaliy Vasylchenko 1990 October 29, 1991 Mykhailo Kaskevych October 29, 1991 August 8, 1996 Mykola Bilobotsky August 1996 July 1997
See also Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
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