Valeriy Heletey
| Valeriy Heletey | |
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| 13th Minister of Defence of Ukraine | |
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In office 3 July 2014 – 14 October 2014 |
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| President | Petro Poroshenko |
| Preceded by | Mykhailo Koval |
| Succeeded by | Stepan Poltorak |
| Chief of State Security Administration | |
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In office 15 October 2014 – present |
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| President | Petro Poroshenko |
| Preceded by | Serhiy Kulyk |
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In office 2 March 2014 – 3 July 2014 |
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| President |
Oleksandr Turchynov (acting) Petro Poroshenko |
| Preceded by | Serhiy Kulyk |
| Succeeded by | Serhiy Kulyk |
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In office 24 May 2007 – 14 July 2009 |
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| President | Viktor Yushchenko |
| Preceded by | Petro Plyuta |
| Succeeded by | Oleksandr Birsan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Valeriy Viktorovych Heletey August 28, 1967 Verkhniy Koropets, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | National Academy of Internal Affairs (1994) |
Valeriy Heletey (Ukrainian: Валерій Вікторович Гелетей) (born on August 28, 1967) is a Ukrainian Colonel General who served as Minister of Defense from July 3 to October 14, 2014.
Born in Mukacheve Raion in the Zakarpattia Oblast, Heletey worked briefly as an electrical mechanic at a local truck company before being drafted into the Soviet Armed Forces in 1985; he served in the Soviet Border Troops. In March 1988 Heletey started a career in the police (MVS) and in 1994 graduated from the Ukrainian Academy of Internal Affairs (higher police academy) in Kiev. After that he worked until 2006 for the police department, specializing in the fight against organized crime (HUBOZ) for the city of Kiev.
In October 2006 Heletey as a Colonel was employed by the Presidential Administration, heading its service on issues of law-enforcement agencies. On December 4, 2006 he was promoted to the special rank of Major General of police.
On May 24, 2007 Heletey became a chief of the State Security Administration (UDO) that specializes in security of government officials. On June 20, 2007 Heletey was granted a military rank of Major General and on August 21 of the same year he was promoted to Lieutenant General. On August 20, 2008 Heletey received another promotion: to the rank of Colonel General. In July 2009 he was relieved from his position as UDO chief.
On March 2, 2014 the acting president Of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov appointed Heletey as the UDO chief once again, replacing Serhiy Kulyk. On July 2, 2014 the newly elected President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko proposed Heletey's candidacy for the post of the Minister of Defense, and next day (July 3) the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) approved the proposal with the support of 260 of the 450 parliamentarians.
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