Volodymyr Horbulin

Volodymyr Horbulin

Volodymyr Horbulin (Ukrainian: Володимир Павлович Горбулін, (born 17 January 1939 in Zaporizhia, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian statesman and politician, Head of the Council for Foreign and Security Policy, former secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, former Head of the National Space Agency of Ukraine, Dr. of Engineering Science, Professor, member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Director of the Institute of National Security Problems at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.

In 1962, he graduated from Physicotechnical Faculty of Dnipropetrovsk University and got the mechanical engineer’s diploma (“flying crafts”). In 1994, V. Horbulin took the degree of Dr. of Engineering Science. He became the Professor in 2005 and the member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in 1997.

From 1962 to 1977, V. Horbulin worked at Yuzhnoye Design Office (Dnipropetrovsk) and took part in development of strategic rocket systems and space vehicles of “Kosmos” series.

In 1977–1990, he worked at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, and in 1980 he headed the sector of the rocket and aircraft technologies. He was involved in all programmes of establishing rocket-and-space and aircraft equipment in Ukraine.

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