The vote breakdown was as follows: 194 of 232 Servant of the People MPs voted in favor, none from European Solidarity voted for, with 8 against; none of Batkivshchyna’s 24 deputies voted in favor, with 11 abstaining. Other factions voted as follows: For Life – 13 of 21 in favor; Golos – 1 in favor, 1 against, 7 abstentions; Trust – 15 of 19 in favor; Restoration – 10 of 17 in favor; For the Future – 13 of 17 in favor.
The new Cabinet includes:
- Mykhailo Fedorov – First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation
- Oleksiy Kuleba – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Territorial Development
- Taras Kachka – Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration
- Matviy Bidnyi – Minister of Youth and Sports
- German Galushchenko – Minister of Justice
- Svitlana Hrynchuk – Minister of Energy
- Denys Uliutin – Minister of Social Policy, Family, and Unity
- Natalia Kalmykova – Minister of Veterans Affairs
- Ihor Klymenko – Minister of Internal Affairs
- Oksen Lisovyi – Minister of Education and Science
- Viktor Lyashko – Minister of Health
- Sergii Marchenko – Minister of Finance
- Oleksiy Soboliev – Minister of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture
- Andrii Sybiha – Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Denys Shmyhal – Ministers of Defense
New Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko stated that the government’s priorities for the first six months include ensuring high-quality army support, increasing domestic weapons production, and enhancing military technology.
“Our government is focused on self-sufficiency: military, economic, and social. My main goal is tangible positive results that every Ukrainian will feel in their lives,” Svyrydenko said after her appointment.
She emphasized support for Ukrainian entrepreneurs, calling for comprehensive deregulation, halting unauthorized pressure on businesses, accelerating large-scale privatization, and implementing effective support mechanisms to promote “Made in Ukraine” initiatives. Svyrydenko also noted that efforts to optimize the state apparatus have begun, with a full audit of expenditures underway to reduce costs.
On July 16, the Verkhovna Rada dismissed Denys Shmyhal’s government, with 261 MPs voting in favor and none against, according to Zheleznyak.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had proposed Svyrydenko to lead the government and suggested Shmyhal for the role of Minister of Defense, stating his experience “will definitely be valuable.”
On July 17, the legislature confirmed Svyrydenko as prime minister.
Svyrydenko reiterated that the government’s initial focus will be on army support, weapons production, and military technology advancements.
Shmyhal served as prime minister from March 4, 2020, setting a record as Ukraine’s longest-serving prime minister, surpassing Mykola Azarov’s tenure (March 2010–January 2014) in February 2024 with over 1,460 days in office.