Prime Minister of Crimea

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Republic of Crimea
since 1 October 2019
NominatorHead of the Republic of Crimea
AppointerState Council of Crimea
Term length5 years
Inaugural holderVitaliy Kurashyk (in 1991)
Sergey Aksyonov (in 2014)
FormationMarch 22, 1991 (as Prime Minister of Autonomous Republic of Crimea (in Ukraine))
March 18, 2014 (as Prime Minister of Republic of Crimea (in Russia))
DeputyDeputy Prime Minister of Crimea

The chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea (prime minister of Crimea), is the head of government of the Republic of Crimea.

Until 2014, the position was called the Prime Minister of Crimea (ARC), 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.

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.

After March 2014, the position of Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea was established.