The Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , briefly SovMin, is the executive branch of government of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea

Crimea

Crimea , or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , is a sub-national unit, an autonomous republic, of Ukraine. It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name...

, a republic within southern Ukraine

Ukraine

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. The Council of Ministers derives its authority comes from the Constitution

Constitution of Ukraine

The Constitution of Ukraine is the nation's fundamental law. The constitution was adopted and ratified at the 5th session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on 28 June 1996. The constitution was passed with 315 ayes out of 450 votes possible .Other laws and other normative legal acts of Ukraine...

 and laws of Ukraine and normative acts of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea which bring them into its competency.

The Chairman

Prime Minister of Crimea

The Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea is the head of government of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, located in the southern region of Ukraine. Sometimes referred as the Premier-Minister of Crimea, out of brevity, the position's official name is the...

, who is appointed by the Verkhovna Rada

Verkhovna Rada of Crimea

The Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea is the 100-member unicameral parliament of the Ukrainian territory the Autonomous Republic of Crimea...

 (parliament) with approval of the President of Ukraine

President of Ukraine

Prior to the formation of the modern Ukrainian presidency, the previous Ukrainian head of state office was officially established in exile by Andriy Livytskyi. At first the de facto leader of nation was the president of the Central Rada at early years of the Ukrainian People's Republic, while the...

, heads the cabinet.

Current council

• Chairman - Anatolii Mohyliov
  Anatolii Mohyliov
  Anatolii Volodymyrovych Mohyliov is the Prime Minister of Crimea since November 8, 2011 and former Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs.-Biography:...
  
  
• First Deputy Chairman - Pavlo Burlakov
• Deputy Chairman/Minister of Economical Development and Trade - Kateryna Yurchenko
• Deputy Chairman/Minister of Resorts and Tourism - Heorhiy Psarev
• Deputy Chairman/Minister of Regional Development and Communal Living - Aziz Abdullayev
• Head of Office of Sovmin Affairs - Olha Udovina
• Minister of Finance - Mykola Skoryk
• Minister of Culture - Olena Plakida
• Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food - Valeriy Kravets
• Minister of Social Policy - Yelena Semichastna
• Minister of Education and Science, Youth and Sport - Vitalina Dzoz
• Minister of Healthcare - Ihor Shpak

Chairmen of Republican Committees

• In transportation and communication - Mykola Cherevkov
• In fuel, energy and innovation policy - Ihor Zosimov
• In land resources - Oleksandr Chabanov
• In construction - Andriy Lyashevsky
• In inter-ethnic relationships - Eduard Dudakov
• In protection of Cultural Heritage - Serhiy Tur
• In water management construction and land improvement - Ihor Vail
• In information - Vadym Volchenko
• In protection of Natural Environment - Yevhen Bubnov
• In forestry and hunting - Ihor Katsai