In 2005 Yulia Tymoshenko became the first female Prime Minister of which country?
Yulia Tymoshenko government ministers of Ukraine]] [[Category:Women prime ministers]] [[Category:20th-century women politicians]] [[Category:21st-century women politicians]] Yulia Tymoshenko Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko (, ; born Hrihyan, Грігян, 27 November 1960) is a Ukrainian politician. She is the leader of the All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" political party. She strives for Ukraine's integration into the European Union and strongly opposes the membership of Ukraine in the Eurasian Customs Union. She supports NATO membership for Ukraine. Tymoshenko co-led the Orange Revolution and was the first woman appointed Prime Minister of Ukraine, serving from 24 January to 8 September 2005, and again from 18 December 2007 to 4 March
Yulia Tymoshenko Tymoshenko stated on 22 February 2010, she would go into [[Parliamentary opposition]]. On 3 March 2010, the [[Ukrainian Parliament]] passed a motion of no confidence in the [[second Tymoshenko Government]] in which the cabinet was dismissed with 243 lawmakers voting in favour out of 450 (including seven lawmakers of Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko). (Prime Minister Tymoshenko had demanded this vote herself on 1 March 2010.) On 2 March 2010, the coalition had already lost the parliamentary majority. Before the vote on 3 March, Prime Minister Tymoshenko again stated, "If the dismissal of the government is passed today, at that very same