Head of the Security Service of Ukraine

Head of the Security Service
of Ukraine
Голова Служби безпеки України
Standard of the Head of the SBU
Battle standard of the Head of the SBU
Incumbent
Vasyl Malyuk
since 7 February 2023[1]
Member ofNational Security and Defense Council of Ukraine
AppointerPresident of Ukraine
Inaugural holderYevhen Marchuk
Formation20 September 1991
Websitesbu.gov.ua

The Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Голова Служби безпеки України) serves as the director of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the internal security agency of the Ukrainian government. The head of the Security Service of Ukraine is ex officio a member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, and is appointed or dismissed by the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament) on proposition of the President of Ukraine.

  1. ^ "Малюк став повноцінним головою СБУ. Чим відомий борець з "агентурою в рясах"" [The kid became a full-fledged head of the SBU. What is the fighter with the "agency in cassocks" known for?]. BBC Ukrainian (in Ukrainian). 7 February 2023.