Leonid Pasechnik

Leonid Ivanovich Pasechnik (Russian: Леони́д Ива́нович Па́сечник, Ukrainian: Леонід Іванович Пасічник; Leonid Ivanovych Pasichnyk; born 15 March 1970) is the leader of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic since 2018. Before, he was the Minister of State Security from 2014 to 2017.^[1][2][3][4]

Leonid Pasechnik
Леонид Иванович Пасечник Леонід Іванович Пасічник
Head of the Luhansk People's Republic
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 November 2018 Acting: 24 November 2017 – 21 November 2018
Prime Minister	Sergey Kozlov
Preceded by	Igor Plotnitsky
Minister of State Security of the Luhansk People’s Republic
In office 9 October 2014 – 28 November 2017
President	Igor Plotnisky
Preceded by	Post established
Personal details
Born	(1970-03-15) 15 March 1970 (age 54) Voroshilovgrad, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Peace for Luhansk Region (2014-present) United Russia (2021-present)
Awards	Medal For Military Service to Ukraine
Military service
Allegiance	Ukraine  Luhansk People's Republic
Branch/service	Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Ministry of State Security of the Luhansk People's Republic
Years of service	2014–2017
Rank	Major General (MSS of the LPR)

References

1. Леонид Пасечник стал и.о. главы ЛНР
2. "Анатолий Антонов возглавил Министерство госбезопасности ЛНР". Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
3. Former SBU agent, whom Yushchenko gave a medal. Who is the new leader of "LPR" (Бывший СБУшник, которому дал медаль Ющенко. Кто такой новый главарь "ЛНР"). Espreso.tv. 24 November 2017
4. Who is Pasechnik and what type of conflict he had with Plotnitsky (Кто такой Пасечник и какой конфликт был у него с Плотницким). DNR 24. 24 November 2017