Yuriy Smirnov (minister)

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Yuriy Smirnov
Юрій Смирнов
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office 26 March 2001 – 27 August 2003
Preceded by	Yuriy Kravchenko
Succeeded by	Mykola Bilokon
Personal details
Born	Yuriy Aleksandrovych Smirnov (1948-08-17) August 17, 1948 (age 76) Buy, Kostroma Oblast, Russian SFSR
Nationality	Ukrainian
Alma mater	Kharkov Law University
Profession	Investigator
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union  Ukraine
Branch/service	Soviet Army Militsiya of Ukraine
Years of service	1970 - 2003
Rank	Colonel General of Militsiya
Commands	Ministry of Internal Affairs
Awards	Order of Merit, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd class

Yuriy Oleksandrovych Smirnov (Ukrainian: Юрій Олександрович Смирнов; born 17 August 1948) is a Ukrainian politician. Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in 2001–2003. Colonel general of militsiya.

Born 17 August 1948 in the city of Buy, in the Kostroma Oblast of what was then the Russian SFSR.

In 1970, he graduated from the Kharkiv Law University with the specialty of law enforcement.

Smirnov worked in internal services after his army service. Since 1970 he worked in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR. Held the positions of investigator, inspector, chief of departments and directorates in the Kharkiv and Luhansk Oblasts.

Since 1997 — Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs for the Southeastern Region — chief of the MVS directorate in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Since May 2000 — Minister of Internal Affairs, chief of the Main Directorate of the MVS in Kyiv.

26 March 2001 he was appointed as the Minister of Internal Affairs by the decree of the President of Ukraine. In 2001—2003 he was the interior minister of Ukraine. In 2003—2005 Smirnov was an adviser of the President, deputy of the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.

Married, has two daughters.

•  Ukraine: Order of Merit (1st, 2nd, and 3rd class)

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