Pavlo Lebedyev

Pavlo Lebedyev
Павло Лебедєв
Lebedyev in 2014
Minister of Defense
In office
24 December 2012 – 27 February 2014
Prime MinisterMykola Azarov
Preceded byDmytro Salamatin
Succeeded byIhor Tenyukh
Member of the Verkhovna Rada
In office
25 May 2006 – 22 December 2013[1][2]
Personal details
Born (1962-07-12) 12 July 1962 (age 62)[3]
Novomikhailovsky, Krasnodar Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian (formerly Ukrainian)
Political partyRodina[4]
Other political
affiliations		Party of Regions
Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc
ResidenceSevastopol
Alma materYaroslavl Military-Finance College
OccupationPolitician
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Valentynovych and the family name is Lebedyev.

Pavlo Valentynovych Lebedyev (Ukrainian: Павло Валентинович Лебедєв, Russian: Павел Валентинович Лебедев; born 12 July 1962) is a Russian and former Ukrainian politician, financier and businessman who is currently a member of the Board of Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RUIE). Head of Coordination Council of the Crimean branches of RUIE.


Lebedyev had served as the Minister of Defense of Ukraine from 2012 to 2014).[5]

He also served as a member of the Verkhovna Rada from 2006 to 2013.[6]

While officially still being Ukraine's Defence Minister Lebedyev moved to Crimea and stayed there amidst the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.[7] Since 14 March 2016 he is wanted by the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine on suspicion of criminal activities and desertion.[8][7]

  1. ^ "Про дострокове припинення повноважень народного депутата України Лебедєва П.В." Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". itd.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". itd.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  4. ^ Lebedyev and Kolesnichenko are running for Sevastopol city council. LB. 27 June 2014
  5. ^ "General Vladimir Zamana approved Ukraine's defence minister". Itar-Tass Agency. 22 February 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Про дострокове припинення повноважень народного депутата України Лебедєва П.В." Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2 March 2024.
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