When Ukraine’s first post-revolutionary government was appointed in February, six of its ministers and four other key players, including the National Bank governor and National Security and Defense Council secretary, were appointed through the so-called “Maidan quota.”In other words, they were nominees of civil society leaders who rose to prominence on the wave of the EuroMaidan Revolution that drove President Viktor Yanukovych out of power.

They entered government hopeful to make changes. Almost eight months later, however, most of those people are out of their positions, with departures sometimes accompanied by scandal and other times by extreme frustration. Moreover, none of the Maidan appointees has lived up to expectations, arguably with Education Minister Serhiy Kvit as the lone exception.