Head of the Security Service of Ukraine

Head of the Security Service
Голова Служби безпеки України (Ukrainian)
Standard of the Head of the SBU
Incumbent
Oleksandr Poklad
Acting 
since 16 July 2026
Security Service of Ukraine
Member ofNational Security and Defense Council
Reports toPresident
ResidenceKyiv
NominatorPresident
AppointerVerkhovna Rada
Formation20 September 1991 (20 September 1991)
First holderNikolai Golushko
WebsiteOfficial website

The Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Голова Служби безпеки України, romanized: Holova Sluzhby bezpeky Ukrainy) 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.

List of heads of the Security Service of Ukraine

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
– Colonel General
Nikolai Golushko
(1937–2025)
acting		 20 September 1991 6 November 1991 47 days
1 General of the Army
Yevhen Marchuk
(1941–2021)		 6 November 1991 12 July 1994 2 years, 248 days
2 Colonel General
Valeriy Malikov
(1942–2016)		 12 July 1994 3 July 1995 356 days
3 General of the Army
Volodymyr Radchenko
(1948–2023)		 3 July 1995 22 April 1998 2 years, 293 days
4 General of the Army
Leonid Derkach
(1939–2022)		 22 April 1998 10 February 2001 2 years, 294 days
5 General of the Army
Volodymyr Radchenko
(1948–2023)		 10 February 2001 2 September 2003 2 years, 204 days
6 Colonel General
Ihor Smeshko
(born 1955)		 4 September 2003 4 February 2005 1 year, 153 days
7 Oleksandr Turchynov
(born 1964)		 4 February 2005 8 September 2005 216 days
8 Ihor Drizhchanyi
(born 1961)		 8 September 2005 22 December 2006 1 year, 105 days
– Valentyn Nalyvaichenko
(born 1966)		 22 December 2006 6 March 2009 2 years, 74 days [1][2]
9 6 March 2009 11 March 2010 1 year, 5 days
10 General of the Army
Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi
(born 1969)		 11 March 2010 18 January 2012 1 year, 313 days [3]
– Volodymyr Rokytsky
(born ?)
acting		 19 January 2012 3 February 2012 15 days [4][5]
11 Ihor Kalinin
(born 1959)		 3 February 2012 9 January 2013 341 days [4]
12 Major General
Oleksandr Yakymenko
(born 1964)		 9 January 2013 24 February 2014 1 year, 46 days [6][7]
(9) Valentyn Nalyvaichenko
(born 1966)		 24 February 2014 18 June 2015 1 year, 114 days [8]
[9][7]
13 General of the Army
Vasyl Hrytsak
(born 1967)		 2 July 2015 22 May 2019 3 years, 324 days [10]
14 Ivan Bakanov
(born 1975)		 29 August 2019 17 July 2022 2 years, 322 days [11][12]
– Lieutenant General
Vasyl Malyuk
(born 1983)		 17 July 2022 7 February 2023 205 days [13]
15 7 February 2023 5 January 2026 2 years, 332 days [14][15]
– Major General
Yevhenii Khmara
(born ?)
acting		 5 January 2026 16 July 2026 192 days [15][16]
– Major General
Oleksandr Poklad
(born 1974)
acting		 16 July 2026 Incumbent 46 days

References

  1. ↑ Korduban, Pavel (22 March 2009). "NEWS ANALYSIS: Nalyvaichenko becomes SBU chief after two years in legal limbo". The Ukrainian Weekly. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  2. ↑ Interfax-Ukraine (6 March 2009). "Nalyvaichenko appointed chief of Ukrainian Security Service". Kyiv Post. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  3. ↑ Yanukovych dismisses Khoroshkovsky from military service, Kyiv Post (19 January 2012)
  4. 1 2 Yanukovych names new Kalinin as state security chief, Kyiv Post (3 February 2012)
  5. ↑ Yanukovych appoints Rokytsky as acting SBU chief, Kyiv Post (19 January 2012)
  6. ↑ President calls on officials for joint work on reform in SBU, Kyiv Post (10 January 2013)
  7. 1 2 Ukrainian parliament appoints Nalyvaichenko as security service chief, Interfax-Ukraine (24 February 2014)
  8. ↑ "Ukrainian Security Service Chief Fired". REF/RL. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "Rada dismisses SBU chief Nalyvaichenko". UNIAN. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  10. ↑ Rada appoints Vasyl Hrytsak Ukrainian Security Service chief, Interfax-Ukraine (2 July 2015)
  11. ↑ "Рада затвердила людину Зеленського на чолі СБУ". Українська правда.
  12. ↑ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №499/2022". ПРЕЗИДЕНТ УКРАЇНИ. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  13. ↑ "Ukraine names corruption department head as acting security agency chief". Reuters. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  14. ↑ "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.
  15. 1 2 Yuliia Dysa; Max Hunder (5 January 2026). "Ukraine replaces spy boss who oversaw 'Spiderweb' airbases attack". Reuters. Retrieved 7 January 2026. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy named Major-General Yevhenii Khmara as the acting head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) following the replacement of Vasyl Maliuk.
  16. ↑ Romanenko, Valentyna (5 January 2026). "Зеленський призначив нового в.о. голови СБУ" [Zelenskyy appointed a new acting head for the Security Service of Ukraine]. Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian).
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