Valentyn Nalyvaichenko

Valentyn Nalyvaichenko
Template:Ua icon Валенти́н Олекса́ндрович Налива́йченко
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Member of the Parliament of Ukraine
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 December 2012
Head of the Security Service of Ukraine
In office 22 December 2006 – 11 March 2010
Preceded by	Ihor Drizhchany
Succeeded by	Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to Belarus Republic
In office 30 December 2005 – 29 May 2006
Personal details
Born	First Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs (1966-06-08) June 8, 1966 Zaporizhzhya, Ukrainian SSR
Died	First Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs
Resting place	First Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs
Political party	UDAR Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reforms since(2012)
Other political affiliations	Nasha Ukraina (2010-2012)
Spouse	Married
Children	Daughter
Parent	First Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs
Alma mater	National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv
Website	nalyvaichenko.org

Valentyn Oleksandrovych Nalyvaichenko (Ukrainian: Валенти́н Олекса́ндрович Налива́йченко) (born 8 June 1966; Zaporizhia) is a Ukrainian diplomat, politician and statesman. Nalyvaichenko started working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1994 and was appointed deputy minister in 2004 and ambassador to Belarus in December 2005. In May 2006, he left that position to become the first deputy head of the Security Service of Ukraine. In December 2006, Nalyvaichenko became acting head of the SBU following Ihor Drizhchany's dismissal by parliament. He kept this temporary position due to political deadlock but was finally confirmed as head of the SBU in March 2009. In March 2010, following the defeat of Viktor Yushchenko in the presidential election, Nalyvaichenko was replaced by Valeriy Khoroshkovsky. In September 2010, Nalyvaichenko was chosen to replace Vira Ulianchenko as the Chairman of the Political Council of Our Ukraine.

Nalyvaichenko was placed at number 3 on the electoral list of UDAR during the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election. He was elected into parliament.

Biography

Nalyvaichenko graduated with honors from the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, and majored in linguistics. He is fluent in English and Finnish.

In 1994-1997 he worked as the Second and First Secretary of the Embassy of Ukraine in Finland, Denmark and Norway.

In 1998 he was appointed the First Secretary, a.i. the Head of the Consular office, in charge of dealing with legal entities and individuals at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

In 2000-2001 he served as the Counsellor, a.i. the Head of Department for Analysis and Planning and a.i. the Deputy Head of the Consular Directorate. Later in 2001, he was appointed the Deputy Head of the Consular Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

In 2001—2003 he served as Consul General of the Embassy of Ukraine to the United States of America, Washington DC.

During September 11, 2001 events he coordinated all efforts of the Embassy on protecting families of Ukrainian diplomats in Washington, New York and other cities and on providing every possible assistance to citizens of Ukraine who stayed in the United States at that time.

In 2003-2004 he returned to Ukraine and served as the Director of Consular Services Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

In 2004-2005 he served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. He worked on special Presidential Commission on Citizenship Issues, and headed the delegation of Ukraine during negotiations with the European Commission on signing the Treaty on Readmission.

During his term in the office, Ukraine was able to make great progress in liberalization of visa regimes with countries of Europe that resulted in Ukraine signing EU-Ukraine Visa Facilitation Agreement, and with the United States, including introduction of the 5 year US visas for citizens of Ukraine.

In 2006 he was appointed Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to Belarus Republic.

Starting from June 2006 Valentyn Nalyvaichenko worked in the field of national security. In June 2006 he was appointed the First Deputy of the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine, and the Head of the Anti-Terrorist Center.

Starting from December 2006 and until March 2010 Mr. Nalyvaichenko was appointed Head of the Security Service of Ukraine. He also served on the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine.

He immediately initiated fundamental reforms to establish state-of-the art European security service, by, first of all, reviewing its key functions and eliminating “the totalitarian legacy” of the Soviet KGB.

De-politization and de-militarization of the Ukrainian security service became key priorities for his reforms, as well as focus on protecting interests of ordinary citizens of Ukraine. He also focused on fighting corruption, combating terrorism, drug and people trafficking, illegal sales of weapons. Nalyvaichenko introduced mechanisms of democratic civil control over activities of the SBU.

The State Secret Service under Nalyvaichenko took leadership in promoting and implementing the Euro-Atlantic strategy of Ukraine. He initiated a joint Working Group “Ukraine-NATO” on military reform.

Valentyn Nalyvaichenko initiated unprecedented efforts aimed at restoring historical memory that resulted in declassifying and digitalization of archives of the SBU, and making them available to public. He created special research centers to discover, declassify and release documents related to different periods of modern Ukrainian history, including tragic times of Holodomor (Ukrainian Famine) of 1932-33, Stalin repressions, WWII, Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), repressions against Ukrainian intelligenzia and patriots of the 60-s, 70-s, and 80-s. For the first time in the history of independent Ukraine people could have access to actual cases and files of their prosecuted family members and friends.

Nalyvaichenko transferred some of the former KGB property, i.e. administrative building of the SBU Department in Lviv Oblast, back to the community. It was later opened to public and turned into the National Museum-Memorial of Victims of the Occupation Regimes.

In 2009 Nalyvaichenko officially stated that documents from the SBU archives contained indisputable and conclusive evidence that Holodomor of 1932-33 in Ukraine was organized and orchestrated by the totalitarian Stalinist regime, and therefore was a Genocide against people of Ukraine. On June 22, 2009, the State Security Service of Ukraine opened a criminal case on the grounds of Paragraph 1 of Article 442 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine “in relation to the genocide in Ukraine in 1932-33” that killed millions of innocent people.

In a ruling on 13 January 2010 Kiev’s Court of Appeals found Joseph Stalin and other Bolshevik leaders: Vyacheslav Molotov, Lazar Kaganovich, Pavel Postyshev, Stanislav Kosior, Vlas Chubar and Mendel Hataevich guilty of "organizing genocide of a Ukrainian ethnic group". According to the UN Convention from November 26, 1968, this crime is not subject to statute of limitations. This decision became effective on January 21, 2010.

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Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, the Member of Parliament of Ukraine

In May of 2010, he announced the beginning of a public initiative called «Onovlennya Krainy» (Renewal of the Country).

In September 2010 he joined Our Ukraine party and became Chairman of the Political Council of the party. On May 24, 2012 he resigned as Chairman of the Political Council and left the party.

Supporting principles and political platform of UDAR (Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reforms) of Vitaliy Klitchko, on August 1 he joined his political party. Valentyn Nalyvaichenko was elected Member of Parliament of Ukraine in October 2012 from of UDAR; he was # 3 on UDAR party list.

Honors

Nalyvaichenko is awarded the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise V and IV degree, and the Order for Merits to Lithuania- Commander's Cross.

External link

• Personal website