Valeriy Yevdokimov | |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Office: | Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine |
President: | Volodymyr Zelensky |
Term Start: | 20 September 2019 |
Term End: | 4 June 2020 |
Predecessor: | Vladyslav Bukhariev |
Successor: | Valeriy Kondratyuk |
Birth Date: | 17 November 1969 |
Birth Place: | Rivne, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) |
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Allegiance: | Ukraine |
Rank: | Major general |
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Valeriy Volodymyrovych Yevdokimov (Ukrainian: Валерій Володимирович Євдокимов; born 17 November 1969) is a Ukrainian major general. He was the Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine from 20 September 2019 until 4 June 2020.
Yevdokimov was born on 17 November 1969[1] in the city of Rivne, in western Ukraine. He graduated from the Institute of Border Troops, the National Academy of the Security Service and the Kyiv-Mohyla Business School.[1]
Yevdokimov served in the Soviet Border Troops, the State Security Administration and the State Border Guard Service.[1]
From 9 July to 20 September 2019 Yevdokimov was Deputy Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine,[2] [3] succeeding Vladyslav Bukhariev.[4]
On 20 September 2019 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Yevdokimov Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service.[5] He was appointed a member of the NSDC on 15 October 2019.[6]
President Zelenskyy replaced Yevdokimov as Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service with Valeriy Kondratyuk on 5 June 2020.[5]