Nationality Ukrainian Rank Lieutenant general | Role Politician Name Andriy Vasylyshyn | |
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Prime Minister Vitold FokinLeonid Kuchma Born 4 April 1933 (age 91) ( 1933-04-04 ) | ||
Andriy Vasylyshyn (24 April 1933) is an Ukrainian army general and politician. He was the first interior minister of the independent Ukraine.
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Early life and education
Vasylyshyn was born on 24 April 1933.
Career
Vasylyshyn is the former army general and held the rank of lieutenant general. He was appointed interior minister to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Vitold Fokin following the fall of the communist regime in 1991. He was reappointed to the post in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Leonid Kuchma in October 1992. He was dismissed by the Prime Minister in July 1994. He was replaced by Volodymyr Radchenko in the post.
He is the president of the International Police Association Ukrainian section and an advisor to the Ukraine's ministry of interior.
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