Valentyn Nalyvaichenko
| Valentyn Nalyvaichenko | |
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| Валенти́н Налива́йченко | |
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| 13th Head of the Security Service of Ukraine | |
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In office 24 February 2014 – 18 June 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Oleksandr Yakymenko |
| Succeeded by | Vasyl Hrytsak |
| 9th Head of the Security Service of Ukraine | |
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In office 22 December 2006 – 11 March 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Ihor Drizhchany |
| Succeeded by | Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi |
| Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to Belarus | |
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In office 30 December 2005 – 29 May 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Petro Shapoval |
| Succeeded by | Ihor Lisovyi |
| Personal details | |
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June 8, 1966 Zaporizhia, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic |
| Political party | Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform (2012) |
| Other political affiliations |
Our Ukraine (2010–2012) |
| Spouse(s) | Married |
| Children | Daughter |
| Alma mater | National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv |
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| Website | nalyvaichenko.org |
Valentyn Oleksandrovych Nalyvaichenko (Ukrainian: Валенти́н Олекса́ндрович Налива́йченко; born 8 June 1966; Zaporizhia) is a Ukrainian diplomat, politician, and statesman. On 24 February 2014, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) appointed Nalyvaichenko the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), on 18 June 2015 he was relieved of the office.
Nalyvaichenko was placed at number 3 on the electoral list of UDAR during the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election. He was elected into parliament.
Born on 9 June 1966 in Zaporizhia, in 1983 Nalyvaichenko finished with golden medal (top honors) the general education school #30 in Zaporizhia and in September of the same year enrolled to the Kharkiv State University. In June 1984 he finished the first year of Kharkiv State University and in 1984-86 served in the Soviet armed forces as a conscript. Since September 1986 Nalyvaichenko studied in the Shevchenko State University of Kiev (today is Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv) from which he graduated with honors in June 1990 as philologist and a referent-interpreter of English.
From September 1990 to August 1991 Nalyvaichenko worked as a teacher in the department of Russian language of Kiev Construction Engineering Institute (today is Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture). In 1991-93 he was a student of the Andropov Institute of KGB (today is Academy of Foreign Intelligence), but refused to accept his diploma. During that period from January 1992 to May 1994 Nalyvaichenko worked as a deputy director of local company in Zaporizhia.
In 1994-97 Nalyvaichenko worked for consular office of the Ukraine Embassy in Finland (concurrently in Denmark, Norway, and Iceland). After returning from abroad, he worked in the central department of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (MZS) for the Consular administration. In 2001-03 Nalyvaichenko worked as a general consul (adviser), for the Embassy of Ukraine, Washington, D.C. In 2003-04 he was a director of the Consular service department of MZS. In February 2004 Nalyvaichenko was appointed a deputy minister of MZS. In 2005-06 he served as the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to Belarus.
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