Andriy Vasylyshyn

Ukrainian militsiya general (1933–2023)

Андрій ВасилишинMinister of InteriorIn office
26 July 1990 – 21 July 1994Prime MinisterVitold Fokin
Leonid KuchmaPreceded byIvan Hladush (as Minister of Ukrainian SSR)Succeeded byVolodymyr Radchenko Personal detailsBorn(1933-04-24)24 April 1933
Vesnyanka, Starokostiantyniv Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSRDied12 October 2023(2023-10-12) (aged 90)NationalityUkrainianMilitary serviceAllegiance Soviet Union
 UkraineBranch/serviceSoviet Army
MilitsiyaRankGeneral of Interior Service

Andriy Volodymyrovych Vasylyshyn (Ukrainian: Андрій Володимирович Василишин; 24 April 1933 – 12 October 2023) was a Ukrainian Militsiya general. He was the first interior minister of the independent Ukraine.

Early life and education

Vasylyshyn was born on 24 April 1933[1] in peasant family of kolkhoz in village of Vesnyanka, Starokostiantyniv Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast (today in Khmelnytskyi Oblast), historical region of Volhynia. In 1950 he finished a training center of Ministry of Soviet Farms of the Soviet Union.

Career

Vasylyshyn was an army general[1] and held the rank of lieutenant general.[2] 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.[3] He was dismissed by the Prime Minister in July 1994.[4] He was replaced by Volodymyr Radchenko in the post.[4]

Vasylyshyn was the president of the International Police Association Ukrainian section and an advisor to the Ukraine's ministry of interior.[1]

Death

Andriy Vasylyshyn died on 12 October 2023, at the age of 90.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c [dead link]"IPA Ukraine celebrating 80th Birthday of Andrey Vladimirovich Vasylychyn" (PDF). IAC Newsletter: 4. May 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Ministers". FTP. Retrieved 26 August 2013.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Lev, Khristina (1 November 1992). "Parliament accepts Kuchma's slate; 19 old, 13 new ministers named" (PDF). The Ukrainian Weekly. LX (44). Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Ukraine Leader Vows Battle Against Crime". Los Angeles Times. Kyiv. Reuters. 22 July 1994. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  5. ^ Пішов із життя перший Міністр внутрішніх справ України Василишин Андрій Володимирович (in Ukrainian)

External links

  • Andriy Vasylyshyn at Sword and Shield
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