Vitaliy Zakharchenko
| Vitaliy Zakharchenko Віталій Захарченко |
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| Ministry of Internal Affairs | |
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In office November 7, 2011 – February 21, 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Mykola Azarov |
| Preceded by | Anatolii Mohyliov |
| Succeeded by | Arsen Avakov (Acting) |
| Head of the State Tax Service of Ukraine | |
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In office December 25, 2010 – November 7, 2011 |
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| President | Viktor Yanukovych |
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Vitaliy Yuriyovych Zakharchenko January 20, 1963 Kostiantynivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality |
Russian Ukrainian |
| Political party | Politically unaffiliated |
| Spouse(s) | Lyudmyla |
| Children | 2 daughters |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union, Ukraine |
| Service/branch | MVS |
| Years of service | 1981 |
| Rank | Major General |
Vitaliy Yuriyovych Zakharchenko (Ukrainian: Віталій Юрійович Захарченко; born January 20, 1963) is a Ukrainian and Russian politician who is a senior consultant at Russia's Rostec state corporation. He previously served as Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs from 7 November 2011 until he was suspended from duties by the Ukrainian parliament on 21 February 2014. In that position, he was the head of the Ukrainian national police service, the Militsiya.
Police Major General Vitaliy Zakharchenko was born in Kostiantynivka, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. He was graduated from the Riga branch of the Minsk Higher School of Interior of the USSR in 1991. He began his career with the police in the Donetsk Oblast in July 1981. From May 2008 to June 2010 he held leading positions in the State Tax Administration in Poltava Oblast.President Viktor Yanukovych appointed Zakharchenko as head of the State Tax Administration of Ukraine on 25 December 2010. On 7 November 2011 the president appointed him Minister of Internal Affairs, replacing Anatolii Mohyliov who had been named the new Prime Minister of Crimea; simultaneously, Yanukovych appointed Oleksandr Klymenko as head of the State Tax Administration of Ukraine. According to Ukrainian media Zakharchenko is a close friend of President Yanukovych' son, Viktor Viktorovych Yanukovych, though President Yanukovych, through his press service, denied that he appointed individuals to top government positions based on their personal loyalty and closeness to his family rather than qualifications. Since Zakharchenko was an officer of the Interior Ministry, he was not allowed to be a member of a political party.
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