Prime Minister of Crimea

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Republic of Crimea
Coat of arms of Crimea
Incumbent Yury Gotsanyuk since 20 September 2019
Nominator	Head of the Republic of Crimea
Appointer	State Council of Crimea
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Vitaliy Kurashyk
Formation	March 22, 1991 (as Prime Minister of Autonomous Republic of Crimea (in Ukraine)) March 18, 2014 (as Prime Minister of Republic of Crimea (in Russia))
Deputy	Deputy Prime Minister of Crimea

This article is part of a series on the politics and government of
Crimea
Autonomous Republic of Crimea (within Ukraine, 1991–present)
Constitution Presidential representative: Tamila Tasheva Verkhovna Rada (dissolved) Chairman (vacant) Council of Ministers Chairman: (vacant) Prosecutor Elections Parliamentary: 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 Presidential: 1994 Referendums: 1991 1994 2014
Republic of Crimea (territory occupied by Russia 2014–present)
Constitution State Council Head: Sergey Aksyonov Prime Minister: Yury Gotsanyuk Recent elections Parliamentary: 2014 2019 Political parties
See also
Political status of Crimea Politics of Russia • Politics of Ukraine
Other countries
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The chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea^[1] (prime minister of Crimea), is the head of government of the Republic of Crimea (previously the Autonomous Republic of Crimea located in the southern region of Ukraine).

Until 2014, the prime minister, whose nomination was proposed by the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea (Crimean parliament) with the approval of the President of Ukraine and then the Crimean parliament, presided over the Council of Ministers of Crimea.^[2][3]

Following the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in 2014, the prime minister has been appointed by the head of the Republic of Crimea, once a candidate for the prime minister has been approved by the State Council of Crimea (Crimean parliament). The head of the Republic of Crimea could lead the Council of Ministers of Crimea, but he must also be approved by the State Council.^[4]