Valeriy Hubenko
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| primeminister1 = Vitold Fokin
Leonid Kuchma
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| term_start1 = 24 August 1991
| term_end1 = 21 July 1994
| birth_date = {{birth date|1939|1|25}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2000|2|19|1939|1|25}}
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| nationality = Ukrainian
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| allegiance = {{flag|Soviet Union}}
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| serviceyears = 1953-1994
| branch = Soviet Border Troops
State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
| rank = General of the Army
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Valeriy Oleksandrovich Hubenko ({{langx|uk|Валерій Олександрович Губенко}}, 1939-2000) was a Ukrainian military leader. He was the very first chief of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine in 1991–1994, the second recipient of the General of the Army of Ukraine (1994).{{Cite web |title=Довідка: Губенко Валерій Олександрович |trans-title=Certificate: Gubenko Valerii Oleksandrovych |url=http://www.dovidka.com.ua/user/?code=40876 |website=dovidka.com.ua}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160401215521/http://dovidka.com.ua/user/?code=40876 Valeriy Hubenko profile] at the Dovidka: Ukraine official today
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131030050757/http://dpsu.gov.ua/ua/static_page/270.htm Valeriy Hubenko profile] at the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine website
Biography
He was born on January 25, 1939, in Kyiv, Ukraine. He began his career in Melitopol. In 1958, he was drafted into the Border Guard troops and served in the Georgian Border District.
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{{s-bef | before = Aleksei Shelestov}}
{{s-ttl | title = Commander of the Transbaikal Border District (USSR) | years = 1987–1990}}
{{s-aft | after = Konstantin Pleshko}}
{{s-bef | before = Volodymyr Stus}}
{{s-ttl | title = Commander of the Western Border District (USSR) | years = 1990–1991}}
{{s-aft | after = himself as
Commander of the Border Troops of Ukraine}}
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Western Border District (USSR)}}
{{s-ttl | title = Commander of the Border Troops of Ukraine | years = 1991–1994}}
{{s-aft | after = Viktor Bannykh}}
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{{s-ttl | title = Inspector General | years = 1995–1998}}
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Category:Military personnel from Kyiv
Category:Frunze Military Academy alumni
Category:Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union alumni
Category:Recipients of the Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR"
Category:Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class
Category:Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Category:Recipients of the Order of the Red Star
Category:Ukrainian border guards
Category:Generals of the Army (Ukraine)
Category:Burials at Baikove Cemetery
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