Head of the Security Service of Ukraine

Head of the Security Service of Ukraine
Battle standard of the Head of the SBU
Standard of the Head of the SBU
Incumbent Vasyl Hrytsak since July 2, 2015
Appointer	Petro Poroshenko
Inaugural holder	Yevhen Marchuk
Formation	September 20, 1991
Deputy	Yuriy Artyukhov and Vasyl Hrytsak, 1st deputy heads
Website	SBU.gov.ua

The Head of the Security Service of Ukraine serves as a director of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU, national internal intelligence and counter-intelligence). The head of the Security Service of Ukraine is ex officio a member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. He or she is appointed or dismissed by the Supreme Council of Ukraine (Verkhovna Rada) on proposition of the President of Ukraine.

List of heads of the Security Service of Ukraine

• Nikolai Mikhailovich Golushko (acting), September 20, 1991 – November 6, 1991
• Yevhen Kyrylovych Marchuk, November 6, 1991 – July 12, 1994
• Valeriy Vasyliovych Malikov, July 12, 1994 – July 3, 1995
• Volodymyr Ivanovych Radchenko, July 3, 1995 – April 22, 1998
• Leonid Vasyliovych Derkach, April 22, 1998 – February 10, 2001
• Volodymyr Ivanovych Radchenko, February 10, 2001 – September 2, 2003
• Ihor Petrovych Smeshko, September 4, 2003 – February 4, 2005
• Oleksandr Valentynovych Turchynov, February 4, 2005 – September 8, 2005
• Ihor Vasylovych Drizhchany, September 8, 2005 – December 22, 2006
  • Valentyn Oleksandrovych Nalyvaichenko December 22, 2006 – March 6, 2009
• Valentyn Oleksandrovych Nalyvaichenko, March 6, 2009 – March 11, 2010
• Valeriy Ivanovych Khoroshkovsky, March 11, 2010 – January 18, 2012.^[1]
  • Volodymyr Rokytsky (acting), January 19, 2012 – February 3, 2012^[2][3]
• Ihor Kalinin, February 3, 2012 – January 9, 2013^[2]
• Oleksandr Grigorovich Yakymenko, January 9, 2013 – February 24, 2014^[4][5]
• Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, February 24, 2014 – June 18, 2015^[6][7][5]
• Vasyl Hrytsak, July 2, 2015 – present^[8]

References

1. Yanukovych dismisses Khoroshkovsky from military service, Kyiv Post (January 19, 2012)
2. Yanukovych names new Kalinin as state security chief, Kyiv Post (February 3, 2012)
3. Yanukovych appoints Rokytsky as acting SBU chief, Kyiv Post (January 19, 2012)
4. President calls on officials for joint work on reform in SBU, Kyiv Post (January 10, 2013)
5. Ukrainian parliament appoints Nalyvaichenko as security service chief, Interfax-Ukraine (24 February 2014)
6. "Ukrainian Security Service Chief Fired". REF/RL. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
7. "Rada dismisses SBU chief Nalyvaichenko". UNIAN. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
8. Rada appoints Vasyl Hrytsak Ukrainian Security Service chief, Inferfax-Ukraine (2 July 2015)