Mykola Dzhyha Микола Васильович Джига | |
|---|---|
 in 2014 | |
| Governor of Vinnytsia Oblast | |
| In office 2010–2012 | |
| Preceded by | Volodymyr Demishkan |
| Succeeded by | Ivan Movchan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mykola Vasylyovych Dzhyha 15 May 1949 Yarove, Sharhorod Raion, Ukrainian SSR |
| Political party | Party of Regions |
| Alma mater | Academy of the USSR MVD Kyiv University |
Mykola Vasylyovych Dzhyha (Ukrainian: Микола Васильович Джига; born 15 May 1949, Yarove, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian career militsiya officer and later politician, member of the Verkhovna Rada. He is a Colonel General of Militsiya.
In 1966-1971 Dzhyha started with small low pay jobs in Fastiv. After finishing the Saratov specialized school of Militsiya, in 1973-2002 he made a career as a militsiya officer starting out as an investigator and finishing as a chief of the Central Administration for Combating Organized Crime (HUBOZ).
Between 2002 and 2004 Dzhyha headed the Interpol National Bureau in Ukraine and the Tax Militsiya Investigation Administration. Dzhyha was a closer colleague of the Minister of Internal Affairs Yuriy Kravchenko and conducted investigation relating to Georgiy Gongadze issue. Dzhyha also does not believe the official version that Kravchenko committed suicide.[1] During one of the Dzhyha's investigation, the documents that were showing a rent of land lot where Mezhyhiria is located were removed from the Vyshhorod district administration (Mezhyhirya Residence is located in Vyshhorod Raion).[2]
With small break in 2006-2014 he was a member of Verkhovna Rada representing Party of Regions. In 2010-2012 he served as a Governor of Vinnytsia Oblast.
- ^ Governor with epaulettes. To conquer the oppositional Vinnytsia regional council, the President sent Colonel General of Militsiya (Губернатор в погонах. Покорять оппозиционный Винницкий облсовет Президент отправил генерал-полковника милиции). DS News. 7 June 2010.
- ^ Leshchenko, S. There was revealed a secret of the Mezhyhiria's price rent for Yanukovych (Розкрито таємницю ціни оренди "Межигір'я" Януковичем). Ukrayinska Pravda. 3 June 2010.