 The appointment of Honcharuk as the Prime Minister of Ukraine was approved by the Verkhovna Rada on 29 August 2019.Honcharuk at the time of his appointment was a deputy chairperson of the Presidential Office of Ukraine.290 People's deputies voted for his candidacy, while the members of most of the other factions (Opposition Platform — For Life, European Solidarity, Fatherland, and Voice) did not support it.