Viktor Hwosd

Cyrillic ( Ukrainian )
	Віктор Іванович Гвоздь
Transl. :	Viktor Ivanovyč Hvozd '
Transcr. :	Viktor Ivanovych Hvozd

Viktor Ivanovych Hwosd (born May 24, 1959 Ternopil Oblast , Ukrainian SSR ) is a Ukrainian lieutenant general , diplomat and until 2017 head of the Ukrainian foreign intelligence service Sluschba zownischnjoji roswidky Ukrajiny .

From 1996 to 1999, Hwosd was a defense attaché at the Ukrainian Embassy in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina . From 2000 to 2003 he was a representative of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine to the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations in New York and a member of the Ukrainian delegation to the United Nations Security Council .

Since February 24, 2014, he has been the representative of the Ukrainian parliament to monitor the activities of the intelligence services in Ukraine and since February 27, 2014 head of the Ukrainian foreign intelligence service and since December 15, 2014 a member of the National Security Council of Ukraine .

He is an Honored Lawyer of Ukraine and holder of the Ukrainian Order of Merit, Third Class.

Besides Ukrainian and Russian, Hwosd speaks English, Croatian, Serbian and Chinese fluently, is married and has two children.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Гвоздь Віктор Іванович. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; Retrieved February 19, 2015 (Ukrainian, biography on the website of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine).
↑ Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 164/2014 of February 27, 2014 ( Memento of February 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 19, 2015
↑ СКЛАД РАДИ НАЦІОНАЛЬНОЇ БЕЗПЕКИ І ОБОРОНИ УКРАЇНИ. Archived from the original on February 21, 2015 ; Retrieved on February 19, 2015 (Ukrainian, website of the National Security and Defense Council members according to the decree of the President of Ukraine of December 15, 2014 number 929/2014).

personal data
SURNAME	Hwosd, Wiktor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hwosd, Viktor Ivanovych (full name); Гвоздь, Віктор Іванович (Ukrainian); Hvozd ', Viktor Ivanovyč (transliteration)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Ukrainian military, diplomat and head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine
DATE OF BIRTH	May 24, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ternopil Oblast , Ukrainian SSR

[Auslandsgeheimdienst-1] Гвоздь Віктор Іванович. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; Retrieved February 19, 2015 (Ukrainian, biography on the website of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine).

[2] Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 164/2014 of February 27, 2014 ( Memento of February 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 19, 2015

[3] СКЛАД РАДИ НАЦІОНАЛЬНОЇ БЕЗПЕКИ І ОБОРОНИ УКРАЇНИ. Archived from the original on February 21, 2015 ; Retrieved on February 19, 2015 (Ukrainian, website of the National Security and Defense Council members according to the decree of the President of Ukraine of December 15, 2014 number 929/2014).