Ukrainian ministries are the central bodies that are in charge of a certain field of state government (finance, justice, interior etc.). Each ministry is governed by a respective minister. The collective of ministries is called the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

The Cabinet of Ukraine is the highest body of state executive power in Ukraine also referred to as the Government of Ukraine...

. The modern Ukrainian ministries were first established after the February Revolution

February Revolution

The February Revolution of 1917 was the first of two revolutions in Russia in 1917. Centered around the then capital Petrograd in March . Its immediate result was the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II, the end of the Romanov dynasty, and the end of the Russian Empire...

 of 1917 when the Russian Emperor was forced to abdicate. The first ministries (secretariats) were Secretariat of Inferior, Nationalities, Finance, Justice, Labor, Education, Communication, Trade and Industry, Transportation, Food Supply, Military, Agriculture, and Office of General Secretariat (General Secretariat of Ukraine

General Secretariat of Ukraine

The General Secretariat of Ukraine was the main executive institution of the Ukrainian People's Republic from June 28, 1917 to January 22, 1918.It closely related to the today's Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine...

).

Current Ministries

Ministry	Creation	Notes	Employees
Economic Development and Trade Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (Ukraine) The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine is the main body in the system of central bodies of the executive power in formation and providing realization of state regulatory policy of economic and social development , regulation of price, industrial, investment, external economic...	1917	Initially named "Secretariat of Industry and Trade"
Infrastructure Ministry of Infrastructure (Ukraine) The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine is the main body in the system of central bodies of the executive power that provides control over transportation-road complex and communications. It is fully based on the former Ministry of Transportation and Communication...	1917	Initially based on "Secretariat of Transportation" and "Secretariat of Communication"
Social Policy Ministry of Social Policy (Ukraine) The Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine is the main body in the system of central bodies of the executive power. It is fully based on the former Ministry of Labor and Social Policy.-Specialization of the State Policy:...
Regional Development, Construction, and Communal Living Ministry of Regional Development (Ukraine) The Ministry of Regional Development, Construction, and Communal Living of Ukraine is the main body in the system of central bodies of the executive power.-Structures:...
Education and Science, Youth and Sport Ministry of Education (Ukraine) The Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sport of Ukraine is the main body in the system of central bodies of the executive power. It is fully based on the former Ministries of Education and Science and Youth and Sport.-Structures:...	1917	Initially named "Secretariat of Education"
Culture Ministry of Culture (Ukraine) The Ministry of Culture of Ukraine is the main body in the system of central bodies of the executive power. It is fully based on the former Ministries of Culture and Tourism.-Structures:...
Defense	1917	Initially named "Secretariat of Military Affairs"
Health Security
Interior	1917	Initially named "Secretariat of Interior"
Agrarian Affairs	1917	Initially named "Secretariat of Agrarian Affairs"
Justice Ministry of Justice (Ukraine) The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine is the main body in the system of central bodies of the executive power that provides realization of a state legal policy. It is often abbreviated as Мiniust [України]...	1917	Initially named "Secretariat of Justice"
Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ukraine) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine is the Ukrainian government ministry which oversees the foreign relations of Ukraine.-Historical overlook:...	1917	Initially named "Secretariat of Nationalities"
Finance Ministry of Finance (Ukraine) The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine is the main body in the system of central bodies of executive power in insuring the realization of a single state financial, budgetary, taxation, and customs policies as well as the policy in the sphere of state internal financial control, issuing and conducting...	1917	Initially named "Secretariat of Finance"
Energy and Coal Mining Industry Ministry of Fuel and Energy (Ukraine) The Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine , in short Minpalyvenerho , is the main body in the system of central bodies of the executive power that provides realization of a state policy in electric power-generating, nuclear-industrial, and oil-gas complexes, often referred simply as the...
Ecology and Natural Resources
Emergencies Ministry of Emergencies (Ukraine) The Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine is the main body in the system of central bodies of the executive power that provides realization of a state policy in a sphere of a civil defense, rescue, creation and functioning of the system of insurance fund documentation, utilization of radioactive...

Former ministries

• Ministry of Industrial Policy (Industry)
• Ministry of Trade
• Ministry of Industrial Construction Materials
• Ministry of Social Security
• Ministry of Forest Management
• Ministry of Bread Products
• Ministry of Water Resources and Water Management
• Ministry of Light Industry
• Ministry of Special Construction
• Ministry of Construction (Construction and Architecture)
• Ministry of Higher and Special General Education
• Ministry of Statistics
• Ministry of Youth and Sport (Family and Youth; Family, Children and Youth)
• Ministry of Exterior Economy
• Ministry of Denationalization and De-monopolization
• Ministry of Machine-building, Military-Industrial Complex, and Conversion
• Ministry of Nationalities and Migration
• Ministry of Fishing [Resources] Management
• Ministry of Cabinet of Ministries
• Ministry in relationship with Verkhovna Rada
• Ministry of Coal [Mining] Industry
• Ministry of Press (Information)
• Ministry of Communal Living
• Ministry of Science and Technology