Vitaly Sakharchenko

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Vitaly Sakharchenko

Vitaly Jurijowytsch Sachartschenko ( Ukrainian Віталій Юрійович Захарченко ; born January 20, 1963 in Kostjantyniwka , Donetsk Oblast ) is a Ukrainian politician, he was Minister of the Interior of Ukraine since November 7, 2011 . On February 21, 2014 the Verkhovna Rada decided to suspend him from this post.

Sakharchenko completed training as a police officer at the University of the Interior Ministry of the USSR in the 1980s . In independent Ukraine, he obtained a Masters degree from the National Academy of the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior and a PhD in Public Administration from Poltava University.

Since May 2008, Sacharchenko was the head of the Poltava Oblast tax authority . On December 25, 2010, he was appointed head of the State Tax Administration of Ukraine. On November 7, 2011, President Viktor Yanukovych appointed him Minister of the Interior of Ukraine to succeed Anatoly Mohilev .

Sakharchenko was held responsible for the controversial police operations against demonstrators in Kiev as part of the Euromaidan , and various Ukrainian politicians called for his resignation and a criminal investigation against him in early 2014. On February 21, 2014, the Ukrainian parliament decided to immediately suspend Zechartchenko from his post. On February 22, 2014, Arsen Avakov was appointed acting Interior Minister of Ukraine by parliament. He belongs to the Fatherland party of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko . On February 28, 2014, the assets of a number of followers of the deposed President Yanukovych were frozen in Austria and Switzerland, including the accounts of Sachartschenko. Sakharchenko has been in Russia since the end of February 2014 and took part in a press conference in Rostov-on-Don with Yanukovych in April .

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  1. ↑ Rada suspends Acting Interior Minister Zakharchenko from his duties , website of the Interfax agency from February 21, 2014
  2. ^ Three dead in demonstrations in Kiev , Rheinische Post from January 22, 2014
  3. ^ RIA Novosti website, February 22, 2014
  4. ↑ Austria dashes in front with black list , the press from February 28, 2014
  5. ↑ Ukrajinska Pravda website from March 28, 2014
  6. ↑ Russia Today website , April 13, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Sacharchenko, Vitaly
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sacharchenko, Vitaly Jurijowytsch (full name); Захарченко, Віталій Юрійович (Ukrainian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ukrainian politician, Minister of Interior of Ukraine
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Kostyantynivka , Donetsk Oblast