On 27 February 2018, the Ukrainian Parliament adopted an appeal to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine to create a Ministry for Veterans' Affairs "to ensure the formation and implementation of state policy in the field of social protection of war veterans."[1] The appeal proposed to the Government to establish a Ministry for Veterans' Affairs on the basis of the State Service for War Veterans and Participants of the Anti-Terrorist Operation.[1]
The Ministry's first minister was Iryna Friz, who was appointed (also) on 22 November 2018.[1] On the day of her appointment Friz expected the ministry to be fully functional in June 2019.[3]
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