Two hundred seventy-seven people’s deputies voted to approve the appointment of a new composition of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. The Verkhovna Rada approved Arsen Avakov for the fifth time as the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the Cabinet of Ministers headed by Denys Shmygal
On February 21, 2014, Arsen Avakov, for the first time, was appointed the acting Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, and on February 27, 2014, – the Minister of Internal Affairs in the Cabinet of Ministers headed by Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
On December 2, 2014, he was for the second time appointed Minister of Internal Affairs in the Cabinet of Ministers headed by Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
On April 16, 2016, he was appointed Minister of Internal Affairs in the Government of Ukraine headed by Vladimir Groisman.
On August 29, 2019, he appointed Minister of Internal Affairs in the Government of Ukraine headed by Oleksiy Honcharuk.
Arsen Avakov has been the Minister of Internal Affairs since February 27, 2014. During the six years of his cadence, the global reform of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine has been largely implemented.
On October 22, 2014, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the Strategy for the Development of Internal Affairs Bodies of Ukraine and the Concept paper on priority measures to reform the Ministry of Internal Affairs. As part of the reform, a National Police has been created, which is trusted by 45% of the country’s population. Trust in the State border service and the National Guard increased to 60%, and in the State emergency service – up to 65% of the country’s population. Within the framework of the MIA, new units were created: MIA service centers, Cyberpolice, KORD, and the Police academy. Also, several units of NPU, SES, and SBGS were reorganized. The update of technical equipment and vehicle fleets of all CEBs of the MIA is continuously underway.
Also, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is the most developed agency in the country in terms of the number of online services.