Ihor Drizhchany
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Ihor Drizhchany is a Ukrainian
statesman, currently
the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine.
His career began in 1983, in the Office of Prosecution of the Ukrainian SSR
. In April 2002, Drizhchany was promoted to deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine
.
In February 2004, he became deputy Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), responsible for legal issues of the service. On September 8, 2005, Drizhchany was promoted to head of the Service.
Lieutenant General of Justice.
He was dismissed by parliament in December 2006. Valentyn Nalyvaychenko became acting chief and remained in that position owing to the feud between President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who opposed Nalyvaychenko's appointment as permanent chief. In a surprise vote on March 6, 2009, Nalyvaychenko was confirmed as chief of the Security Service of Ukraine.
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
statesman, currently
the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine.
His career began in 1983, in the Office of Prosecution of the Ukrainian SSR
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic or in short, the Ukrainian SSR was a sovereign Soviet Socialist state and one of the fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union lasting from its inception in 1922 to the breakup in 1991...
. In April 2002, Drizhchany was promoted to deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine
Prosecutor General of Ukraine
The Prosecutor General of Ukraine heads the system of official prosecution in courts known as the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine...
.
In February 2004, he became deputy Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), responsible for legal issues of the service. On September 8, 2005, Drizhchany was promoted to head of the Service.
Lieutenant General of Justice.
He was dismissed by parliament in December 2006. Valentyn Nalyvaychenko became acting chief and remained in that position owing to the feud between President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who opposed Nalyvaychenko's appointment as permanent chief. In a surprise vote on March 6, 2009, Nalyvaychenko was confirmed as chief of the Security Service of Ukraine.