Ministers of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
See also: List of former interior ministers of UkraineThe Ministry of Internal Affairs is headed by a minister who is also, incidentally, recognised as head of the national (state) police service, the militsiya. As a result of this system, many former ministers have previously had experience of serving in the police, and many were, prior to taking up their posts, generals of the militsiya. Typically the minister of internal affairs afforded the rank of Colonel General of Militsiya upon taking up his post in the Ukrainian Cabinet. To this date Yuriy Lutsenko and Vasyl Tsushko are the only former holders of the office who had never served in any of the Ukrainian or, earlier, Soviet law enforcement agencies.
| Name | From | Until | President | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andriy Vasylyshyn | August 24, 1991 | July 21, 1994 | Leonid Kravchuk | First post-independence minister |
| Volodymyr Radchenko | July 28, 1994 | July 3, 1995 | Leonid Kuchma | Acting July 21–28, 1994 |
| Yuriy Kravchenko | July 3, 1995 | March 26, 2001 | Leonid Kuchma | Involved in 'Eagles of Kravchenko' case |
| Yuriy Smirnov | March 26, 2001 | August 27, 2003 | Leonid Kuchma | |
| Mykola Bilokin | August 27, 2003 | February 3, 2005 | Leonid Kuchma | |
| Yuriy Lutsenko | February 4, 2005 | December 1, 2006 | Viktor Yushchenko | First civilian minister |
| Vasyl Tsushko | December 1, 2006 | December 18, 2007 | Viktor Yushchenko | First minister never directly subordinate to the president |
| Yuriy Lutsenko | December 18, 2007 | January 28, 2010 | Viktor Yushchenko | Acting January 28-March 11, 2010 In May 2009 first deputy (Interior) Minister Mykhailo Kliuyev served as acting Minister during a seven day investigation. After that Lutsenko resumed the post. |
| Anatoliy Mohyliov | March 11, 2010 | November 7, 2011 | Viktor Yanukovich | First post-Orange revolution minister |
| Vitaliy Zakharchenko | November 7, 2011 | Viktor Yanukovich | Former head of the State Tax Service of Ukraine |
The minister of Internal Affairs is responsible directly to the Prime Minister of Ukraine, to the Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) and ultimately the President of Ukraine. His office is located in Kiev's Pechersk District.
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