The Ministry of Communities, Territories Development and Internally Displaced Persons is a Ukrainian government ministry that exists since 16 July 2026.
The Ministry was created as the Ministry of Communities and Territories Development (), responsible for public housing and infrastructure development, on 29 August 2019. It was dissolved on 2 December 2022.
History The Ministry was established in 2005 as the Ministry of Construction, Architecture, and Public Housing and Utilities. It also can be considered as a successor of the Ministry of Construction and Architecture that existed before 1994. In 2007-2010 the ministry was split into two: Ministry of Regional Development & Construction and Ministry of Public Housing and Utilities.
On 2 December 2022 the Shmyhal Government merged the Ministry of Infrastructure with the Ministry of Communities and Territories Development creating the Ministry of Development of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure.
On 16 July 2026 the ministry was restored as part of the Koretskyi Government, with Vitalii Bezghin being appointed its new head.
Structure 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.
Agencies and institutes State Architectural-Construction Inspection of Ukraine V.N. Shimanovsky Ukrainian Institute of Steel Construction
List of ministers
Name of Ministry Name of minister Term of Office Start End Ministry of Construction Volodymyr Plitin August 2, 1990 June 5, 1991 Ministry of Investments and Construction Volodymyr Borysovsky June 5, 1991 December 30, 1992 Ministry of Construction and Architecture Yuriy Serbin December 30, 1992 July 8, 1994 Ministry of Construction Volodymyr Plitin July 6, 1994 June 12, 1995 Ministry of Construction, Architecture, and Public Housing and Utilities Pavlo Kachur September 28, 2005 August 4, 2006 Volodymyr Rybak August 4, 2006 March 21, 2007 Ministry of Regional Development and Construction Volodymyr Yatsuba March 21, 2007 December 18, 2007 Vasyl Kuybida December 18, 2007 March 11, 2010 Volodymyr Yatsuba March 11, 2010 December 9, 2010 Ministry of Regional Development, Construction, and Public Housing and Utilities Viktor Tikhonov December 9, 2010 June 1, 2011 Anatoliy Blyznyuk July 12, 2011 24 December 2012Hennadiy TemnykYanukovych appoints new Cabinet of Ministers, Kyiv Post (24 December 2012)24 December 201227 February 2014Volodymyr Hroysman27 February 20142 December 2014Hennadiy Zubko2 December 201429 August 2019 Ministry of Communities and Territories Development Aliona Babak 29 August 2019New Cabinet formed in Ukraine The Rada appointed the new Cabinet: Avakov and Markarova remained (РАДА ПРИЗНАЧИЛА НОВИЙ КАБМІН: АВАКОВ І МАРКАРОВА ЛИШИЛИСЬ), Ukrayinska Pravda (29 August 2019)4 February 2020Denys Shmyhal 4 February 20204 March 2020Oleksiy Chernyshov 4 March 2020Verkhovna Rada has appointed the new composition of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine3 November 2022 Ministry of Communities and Territories Development (restored)Vitalii Bezghin16 July 2026Incumbent
Name of Ministry Name of minister Term of Office Start End Ministry of Public Housing and Utilities Oleksandr Popov March 21, 2007 December 18, 2007 Oleksiy Kucherenko December 18, 2007 March 11, 2010 Oleksandr Popov March 11, 2010 June 17, 2010 Yuriy Khivrych June 17, 2010 December 9, 2010see Ministry of Regional Development, Construction, and Public Housing and Utilities
See also Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine List of historic reserves in Ukraine - Complete list of all State Preserves of Cultural Heritage
References
External links Official Website of the Ukrainian Ministry of Regional Development, Construction, and Public Housing and Utilities