Staff change: Deputy Interior Ministers resign, – media

Deputy Heads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Igor Bondarenko, Kateryna Pavlichenko, Bogdan Drapyaty, Mary Akopyan and Serhiy Goncharov resigned. This was announced by a spokesperson for Minister Maryana Reva in a comment to RBC-Ukraine.

Maryana Reva noted that the dismissal of ministers is a well-established legal procedure enshrined in Article 9 of the Law “On Central Executive Authorities” of Ukraine.

“There is no news about it. We will see if someone will be reappointed,” said the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

• Igor Bondarenko was responsible for the digital transformation of the services of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. Between 1999 and 2018, he served as the Head of the IT Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
• Ekaterina Pavlichenko discussed the issues of observing human rights, gender equality and combating gender-based violence. From 2016 to 2019 she was deputy head of the NPU Patrol Police Department, and then took Arsen Avakov, deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs she.
• Bogdan Drapyaty was responsible for relations with the Verkhovna Rada and the functioning of the service centers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Previously, he worked in the Parliamentary Commission on Law Enforcement Affairs and was also the assistant adviser to People’s Deputy Viktor Shemchuk.
• Mary Hakobyan was in charge of international relations. In 2015, she became the Head of the Department of International Relations at the Ministry of Interior. Until 2021, she served as the Head of the Department of International Cooperation and European Integration at the Ministry of Interior.
• Sergey Goncharov carried out international projects. He served as Deputy Head of the Main Service Center and Deputy Head of the National Police Police Protection Department.

Recall that on February 7, deputies of the Verkhovna Rada during the voting approved the candidacy of Igor Klymenko for the post of head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. From 2019 to 2023, Klymenko served as the head of the National Police.

Focus He also wrote that on February 6, Igor Klymenko said that the investigation into the crash of the State Emergency Service helicopter in the Brovary region of Kyiv region, which killed the senior leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, could be completed in the coming days. Two months.

We also wrote that on February 7, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky commented on the personnel changes in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Security Service, noting that these measures are aimed at strengthening Ukraine’s position.