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Head of the Security Service of Ukraine

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Head of the Security Service
of Ukraine
Голова Служби безпеки України
Standard of the Head of the SBU
Battle standard of the Head of the SBU
Incumbent
Vasyl Malyuk
since 7 February 2023[1]
Member ofNational Security and Defense Council of Ukraine
AppointerPresident of Ukraine
Inaugural holderYevhen Marchuk
Formation20 September 1991
Websitesbu.gov.ua

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

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Yanukovych dismisses Khoroshkovsky from military service, Kyiv Post (19 January 2012)
  3. ^ a b Yanukovych names new Kalinin as state security chief, Kyiv Post (3 February 2012)
  4. ^ Yanukovych appoints Rokytsky as acting SBU chief, Kyiv Post (19 January 2012)
  5. ^ President calls on officials for joint work on reform in SBU, Kyiv Post (10 January 2013)
  6. ^ a b Ukrainian parliament appoints Nalyvaichenko as security service chief, Interfax-Ukraine (24 February 2014)
  7. ^ "Ukrainian Security Service Chief Fired". REF/RL. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  8. ^ "Rada dismisses SBU chief Nalyvaichenko". UNIAN. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  9. ^ Rada appoints Vasyl Hrytsak Ukrainian Security Service chief, Interfax-Ukraine (2 July 2015)
  10. ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №499/2022". ПРЕЗИДЕНТ УКРАЇНИ. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Ukraine names corruption department head as acting security agency chief". Reuters. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.