This whole sleep thing made me miss the initial announcement. But yesterday, she was overwhelmingly elected to the spot, which definitely bodes well for her:

(AP/Sergei Grits)

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Parliament unanimously approved fiery opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko as prime minister Friday, along with her government’s new program to raise living standards, tackle corruption and set Ukraine on a westward course.

Lawmakers confirmed Tymoshenko in a 373-0 vote, far more than the 226 votes needed in the 450-seat Vekhovna Rada. They returned a few hours later to approve the broad outlines of her government program with a 357-0 vote.

The difference in votes reflected a greater number of deputies who decided not to cast ballots. Many complained about the program’s vagueness, but Tymoshenko pledged it would be made more concrete.

“I trust her to organize the work of the government,” said President Viktor Yushchenko, who came to the parliamentary hall for the first part of the session to personally ask lawmakers to support his choice for Ukraine’s No. 2 job.

“Millions of people on Independence Square put their faith in her, in us,” he said, referring to Tymoshenko’s key role in the mass protests that helped usher the opposition to power in this ex-Soviet republic.

Tymoshenko smiled broadly after the vote, and lawmakers burst into a round of applause. Then she walked over and hugged Yushchenko, her ally.

Here is the party breakdown of who voted.

Her choices for the new government were also read off, and they are as follows:

Anatoliy Kinakh, a former prime minister who became a key Yushchenko ally during last year’s election crisis, was named first vice-premier.

Socialist party member Yuriy Lutsenko was named Interior Minister, head of the police forces. Borys Tarasyuk, a former foreign minister who has pushed for Ukraine’s entry to the European Union, becomes foreign minister. Anatoliy Gritsenko was named defense minister.

Last-minute bargaining for key government posts had been blamed for the delay in Tymoshenko’s confirmation hearing.

But more surprisingly, according to Maidan, there is a new chief of the SBU.

UPDATE: David McDuff has a lot more about what happened in parliament after the vote, including the naming of a few other ministers, programs, pledges, and politics.

Abdymok has a picture of the whole gang of them.