Valeriy Heletey

Valeriy Heletey
Валерій Гелетей
Heletey in 2014
13th Minister of Defence of Ukraine
In office
3 July 2014 – 14 October 2014
PresidentPetro Poroshenko
Preceded byMykhailo Koval
Succeeded byStepan Poltorak
Chief of State Security Administration
In office
15 October 2014 – 29 May 2019
PresidentPetro Poroshenko
Preceded bySerhiy Kulyk
Succeeded byOleksiy Otserklevych[citation needed]
In office
2 March 2014 – 3 July 2014
PresidentOleksandr Turchynov (acting)
Petro Poroshenko
Preceded bySerhiy Kulyk
Succeeded bySerhiy Kulyk
In office
24 May 2007 – 14 July 2009
PresidentViktor Yushchenko
Preceded byPetro Plyuta
Succeeded byOleksandr Birsan
Personal details
Born
Valeriy Viktorovych Heletey

(1967-08-28) 28 August 1967 (age 57)
Verkhniy Koropets, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Alma materNational Academy of Internal Affairs (1994)
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union (to 1991)
 Ukraine
Branch/service Soviet Army
 Ukrainian Ground Forces
Years of service1985–2019

Valeriy Viktorovych Heletey (Ukrainian: Валерій Вікторович Гелетей; born 28 August 1967) is a Ukrainian Colonel General who served as Minister of Defense from 3 July to 14 October 2014.[1][2]