First Azarov government

First Azarov Government
15th Cabinet of Ukraine (since 1990)
Date formed	March 11, 2010
Date dissolved	December 3, 2012
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Head of state	Viktor Yanukovych
Head of government	Mykola Azarov
Deputy head of government	Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi
No. of ministers	18
Member party	Party of Regions Communist Party of Ukraine Lytvyn Bloc
Status in legislature	Coalition "Stability and reforms"
Opposition cabinet	Dictatorship Resistance Committee
Opposition party	Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc NUNS
Opposition leader	Serhiy Sobolev (head of shadow government)
History
Legislature term(s)	5 years
Predecessor	Second Tymoshenko government
Successor	Second Azarov government

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The first Azarov government (Ukrainian: Перший уряд Миколи Азарова, Russian: Первое правительство Николая Азарова) was Ukraine's cabinet from its appointment on March 11, 2010 until its dissolution on December 3, 2012. It continued to serve as a caretaker government^[1] until 24 December 2012, when the second Azarov government was appointed by president Viktor Yanukovych.^[2]

The cabinet was formed as part of the "Stability and Reform" coalition between the Party of Regions, Lytvyn Bloc and the Communist Party of Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament. The government was led by prime minister Mykola Azarov, who succeeded the ousted second Tymoshenko government led by ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. The Azarov government worked in cooperation with President Yanukovych.

A November 2010 Razumkov Centre nationwide survey showed that only 13.2 percent of respondents fully supported the Azarov Government while 45 percent stated they did not.^[3]

Its composition was reshuffled by Yanukovych early in 2012.^[4]