Office of the President of Ukraine, Government headquarters in central Kyiv, Ukraine.
The Office of the President of Ukraine occupies the building at 11 Bankova Street in Kyiv, assigned to the presidential administration by a decree of 8 January 1992. The office is a permanent auxiliary body that provides organisational, legal, consultative, informational and expert-analytical support to the President. Its staff work in directorates covering legal policy, foreign policy, national security and defence, economic policy and information policy, alongside departments for state protocol, citizenship, pardons and state awards.
The body was created on 13 December 1991 by President Leonid Kravchuk's decree No. 6/1991 as the Administration of the President of Ukraine, with Mykola Khomenko as its first and only Secretary. A presidential order of 8 January 1992 assigned it the building at 11 Bankova Street in Kyiv. It was renamed the Secretariat of the President in January 2005 under Viktor Yushchenko, returned to the name Administration in February 2010, and became the Office of the President on 20 June 2019 by Volodymyr Zelensky's decree No. 417/2019.
The institution has changed names repeatedly: Administration of the President (1991–2005), Secretariat of the President (2005–2010), Administration again (2010–2019), and Office of the President since 20 June 2019. Its first head under the 1991 name was Mykola Khomenko; Andriy Bohdan led the new Office from 25 June 2019.
Visitors can view the building from the opposite side of the street, where barriers and security personnel limit access to the immediate surroundings. The area is accessible daily, but the interior remains closed to the public.
The office has changed names several times: Administration of the President (1991–2005, 2010–2019), Secretariat of the President (2005–2010), and Office of the President since 20 June 2019. Its first head under the 1991 name was Mykola Khomenko, and the body has occupied the building at 11 Bankova Street since 8 January 1992.
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