head of the Security Service of Ukraine
{{short description|Governmental post in Ukraine}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Head of the Security Service
of Ukraine
| native_name = {{lang|uk|Голова Служби безпеки України}}
| insignia = Штандарт Голови СБУ rect.svg
| insigniasize = 125px
| insigniacaption = Standard of the Head of the SBU
| flag = Vexillum of the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine.svg
| flagsize = 125px
| flagcaption = Battle standard of the Head of the SBU
| image = SSU report on liberation of the defenders of Azovstal, 2022.09.21 (02).jpg
| imagesize =
| incumbent = Vasyl Malyuk
| incumbentsince = 7 February 2023{{cite web |title=Малюк став повноцінним головою СБУ. Чим відомий борець з "агентурою в рясах" |language=uk |trans-title=Malyuk became full head of the SBU. What is the fighter against "agents in cassocks" known for? |url=https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/features-64530447 |website=BBC Ukrainian|date=7 February 2023 }}
| member_of = National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine
| appointer = President of Ukraine
| termlength = Constitutionally undefined
| residence = Kyiv
| formation = 20 September 1991
| succession =
| deputy =
| inaugural = Yevhen Marchuk
| website = [http://www.sbu.gov.ua/sbu/control/en/index sbu.gov.ua]
}}
The Head of the Security Service of Ukraine ({{langx|uk|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), 20 September 1991 – 6 November 1991
- Yevhen Marchuk, 6 November 1991 – 12 July 1994
- Valeriy Malikov, 12 July 1994 – 3 July 1995
- Volodymyr Radchenko, 3 July 1995 – 22 April 1998
- Leonid Derkach, 22 April 1998 – 10 February 2001
- Volodymyr Radchenko, 10 February 2001 – 2 September 2003
- Ihor Smeshko, 4 September 2003 – 4 February 2005
- Oleksandr Turchynov, 4 February 2005 – 8 September 2005
- Ihor Drizhchany, 8 September 2005 – 22 December 2006
- Valentyn Nalyvaichenko 22 December 2006 – 6 March 2009
- Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, 6 March 2009 – 11 March 2010
- Valeriy Khoroshkovsky, 11 March 2010 – 18 January 2012[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/120811/ Yanukovych dismisses Khoroshkovsky from military service], Kyiv Post (19 January 2012)
- Volodymyr Rokytsky (acting), 19 January 2012 – 3 February 2012[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/120804/ Yanukovych appoints Rokytsky as acting SBU chief], Kyiv Post (19 January 2012)
- Ihor Kalinin, 3 February 2012 – 9 January 2013[http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/121777/ Yanukovych names new Kalinin as state security chief], Kyiv Post (3 February 2012)
- Oleksandr Yakymenko, 9 January 2013 – 24 February 2014[http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/president-calls-on-officials-for-joint-work-on-reform-in-sbu-318649.html President calls on officials for joint work on reform in SBU], Kyiv Post (10 January 2013)[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/192522.html Ukrainian parliament appoints Nalyvaichenko as security service chief], Interfax-Ukraine (24 February 2014)
- Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, 24 February 2014 – 18 June 2015{{Cite web|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-sbu-chief-dismissed/27079084.html |title= Ukrainian Security Service Chief Fired |publisher=REF/RL |date=18 June 2015 |accessdate=18 June 2015 |language=en }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.unian.info/politics/1090857-rada-dismisses-sbu-chief-nalyvaichenko.html |title=Rada dismisses SBU chief Nalyvaichenko |publisher=UNIAN |date=18 June 2015 |accessdate=18 June 2015}}
- Vasyl Hrytsak, 2 July 2015 – 22 May 2019[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/275494.html Rada appoints Vasyl Hrytsak Ukrainian Security Service chief], Interfax-Ukraine (2 July 2015)
- Ivan Bakanov, 29 August 2019 – 17 July 2022{{Cite web |title=УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №499/2022 |url=https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/4992022-43321 |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=ПРЕЗИДЕНТ УКРАЇНИ}}
- Vasyl Malyuk, 7 February 2023 – present (acting head from 17 July 2022{{Cite news |date=2022-07-18 |title=Ukraine names corruption department head as acting security agency chief |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-security-chief-prosecutor-general-suspended-senior-official-2022-07-18/ |access-date=2022-07-22}} to 7 February 2023)
References
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{{National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine}}
{{Security service directors of Ukraine}}
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Category:Government of Ukraine