Many ministers picked by Doroshenko were left at their positions, while other ministries were filled by Social-Democrats.
Designation of the government portfolios by parties (in parentheses - after the III Universal on November 20): Note:in red are members that were prosecuted for representing the Ukrainian government.
Being a member of the Ukrainian Socialist-Revolutionaries, he was elected to the Secretariat as a representative of the Peasant Association.
Until then Savchenko worked as an agronomist near Borzna (Chernigov Governorate).
After the Secretariat was reorganized as the Council of Ministers the deputy-secretaries received their own ministerial assignments.