Oleksandr Yakymenko (public servant)

Oleksandr Yakymenko
Олександр Якименко
12th Head of the Security Service of Ukraine
In office
9 January 2013 – 24 February 2014
Preceded byIhor Kalinin
Succeeded byValentyn Nalyvaichenko
Personal details
Born
Oleksandr Hryhorovych Yakymenko

(1964-12-22) 22 December 1964 (age 59)
Keila, Estonia
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Oleksandr Hryhorovych Yakymenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Григорович Якименко; born December 22, 1964[1]) is a Russian and former Ukrainian public servant, politician, and former military pilot who is the former Head of the Security Service of Ukraine serving from 2013 to 2014.

He is currently on trial (in absentia)[2] for treason and for his involvement in torture and extortion.[3]

  1. ^ (in Russian)/(website has automatic Google Translate option) Short bio, LIGA
  2. ^ "Former SBU head faces treason trial". The New Voice of Ukraine. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Oleksandr Yakymenko, head of the SBU during Yanukovychʼs time, created a local FSB in Kherson, set up a torture chamber and robbed businessmen. This is how this system worked". babel. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.