Vitaly Fedorchuk
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Vitaly Vasilyevich Fedorchuk (Russian: Виталий Васильевич Федорчук; Ukrainian: Віталій Васильович Федорчук, romanized: Vitalii Vasylovych Fedorchuk; 27 December 1918 – 29 February 2008) was a Ukrainian Soviet security and intelligence officer and politician who served as Chairman of the Committee for State Security of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1970 to 1982 and then Minister of Internal Affairs from 1982 to 1986.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vasilyevich and the family name is Fedorchuk.
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Vitaly Fedorchuk | |
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Виталий Федорчук | |
Minister of Interior Affairs of the Soviet Union | |
In office 17 December 1982 – 25 January 1986 | |
Preceded by | Nikolai Shchelokov |
Succeeded by | Alexander Vlasov |
5th Chairman of the Committee for State Security | |
In office 26 May 1982 – 17 December 1982 | |
Premier | Nikolai Tikhonov |
Preceded by | Yuri Andropov |
Succeeded by | Viktor Chebrikov |
Personal details | |
Born | Vitaly Vasilyevich Fedorchuk (1918-12-27)27 December 1918 Ogievka, Kiev Governorate, Ukrainian People's Republic |
Died | 29 February 2008(2008-02-29) (aged 89) Moscow, Russian Federation |
Resting place | Troyekurovskoye Cemetery, Moscow |
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1936-1991) |
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