Volodymyr Radchenko

Volodymyr Radchenko
Володимир Радченко
First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine
In office
12 January 2007 – 25 May 2007
PresidentViktor Yushchenko
Prime MinisterViktor Yanukovych
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council
In office
2 September 2003 – 20 January 2005
Preceded byYevhen Marchuk
Succeeded byPetro Poroshenko
Head of the Security Service of Ukraine
In office
10 February 2001 – 2 September 2003
Preceded byLeonid Derkach
Succeeded byIhor Smeshko
In office
3 July 1995 – 22 April 1998
Preceded byValeriy Malikov
Succeeded byLeonid Derkach
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office
21 July 1994 – 3 July 1995
Preceded byAndriy Vasylyshyn
Succeeded byYuriy Kravchenko
Personal details
Born(1948-10-23)23 October 1948
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Died4 January 2023(2023-01-04) (aged 74)
SpouseValentyna Vycheslavivna
Children2
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Ukraine
Branch/service KGB
SBU
Years of service1972–2003
Rank General of the Army

Volodymyr Ivanovych Radchenko (Ukrainian: Володимир Іванович Радченко; 23 October 1948 – 4 January 2023) was a Ukrainian politician and General of Army of Ukraine. Radchenko served as Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (1994–1995), Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (1995–1998, 2001–2003), and Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (2003–2005). He was also the Vice Prime Minister during 2007.