Head of the Security Service of Ukraine
| Head of the Security Service of Ukraine | |
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| Голова Служби безпеки України | |
 Standard of the Head of the SBU | |
 Battle standard of the Head of the SBU | |
| Member of | National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine |
| Appointer | President of Ukraine |
| Inaugural holder | Yevhen Marchuk |
| Formation | 20 September 1991 |
| Website | sbu.gov.ua |
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The Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Голова Служби безпеки України) serves as the director of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the internal security agency of the Ukrainian government. The head of the Security Service of Ukraine is ex officio a member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, and is appointed or dismissed by the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament) on proposition of the President of Ukraine.
List of heads of the Security Service of Ukraine
- Nikolai Golushko (acting), September 20, 1991 – November 6, 1991
- Yevhen Marchuk, November 6, 1991 – July 12, 1994
- Valeriy Malikov, July 12, 1994 – July 3, 1995
- Volodymyr Radchenko, July 3, 1995 – April 22, 1998
- Leonid Derkach, April 22, 1998 – February 10, 2001
- Volodymyr Radchenko, February 10, 2001 – September 2, 2003
- Ihor Smeshko, September 4, 2003 – February 4, 2005
- Oleksandr Turchynov, February 4, 2005 – September 8, 2005
- Ihor Drizhchany, September 8, 2005 – December 22, 2006
- Valentyn Nalyvaichenko December 22, 2006 – March 6, 2009
- Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, March 6, 2009 – March 11, 2010
- Valeriy Khoroshkovsky, March 11, 2010 – January 18, 2012.[2]
- Ihor Kalinin, February 3, 2012 – January 9, 2013[3]
- Oleksandr Yakymenko, January 9, 2013 – February 24, 2014[5][6]
- Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, February 24, 2014 – June 18, 2015[7][8][6]
- Vasyl Hrytsak, July 2, 2015 – May 22, 2019[9]
- Ivan Bakanov, August 29, 2019 – July 17, 2022[10]
- Vasyl Malyuk, February 7, 2023[1] – present (acting head from July 17, 2022[11] to February 7, 2023)
References
- ^ a b "Малюк став повноцінним головою СБУ. Чим відомий борець з "агентурою в рясах"" [The kid became a full-fledged head of the SBU. What is the fighter with the "agency in cassocks" known for?]. BBC Ukrainian (in Ukrainian). 7 February 2023.
- ^ Yanukovych dismisses Khoroshkovsky from military service, Kyiv Post (January 19, 2012)
- ^ a b Yanukovych names new Kalinin as state security chief, Kyiv Post (February 3, 2012)
- ^ Yanukovych appoints Rokytsky as acting SBU chief, Kyiv Post (January 19, 2012)
- ^ President calls on officials for joint work on reform in SBU, Kyiv Post (January 10, 2013)
- ^ a b Ukrainian parliament appoints Nalyvaichenko as security service chief, Interfax-Ukraine (24 February 2014)
- ^ "Ukrainian Security Service Chief Fired". REF/RL. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ "Rada dismisses SBU chief Nalyvaichenko". UNIAN. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ Rada appoints Vasyl Hrytsak Ukrainian Security Service chief, Interfax-Ukraine (2 July 2015)
- ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №499/2022". ПРЕЗИДЕНТ УКРАЇНИ. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ "Ukraine names corruption department head as acting security agency chief". Reuters. 2022-07-18. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
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