Yuriy Kravchenko

Chairman of the State Tax Administration of UkraineIn office
2002–2004Preceded byMykola AzarovSucceeded byFedir YaroshenkoGovernor of Kherson OblastIn office
2001–2002Preceded byOleksandr VerbytskyiSucceeded byAnatoliy YurchenkoMinister of Internal AffairsIn office
1995–2001Preceded byVolodymyr RadchenkoSucceeded byYuriy SmirnovChairman of the State Customs Committee of UkraineIn office
1994–1995Preceded byEduard Miroshnychenko (acting)Succeeded byLeonid DerkachDirector of the Criminal MilitsiyaIn office
1992–1994Director of MVS in Kirovohrad OblastIn office
1989–1992 Personal detailsBorn(1951-03-05)March 5, 1951
Oleksandriia, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet UnionDiedMarch 4, 2005(2005-03-04) (aged 53)
near Kyiv, UkraineOccupationUkrainian police officer and statesman

Yuriy Fedorovych Kravchenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Федорович Кравченко; March 5, 1951 – March 4, 2005) was a Ukrainian General of Internal Service and statesman, serving as the country's Minister of Internal Affairs (1995—2001). In 2000, while he was serving as the Minister of Internal Affairs, Kravchenko became directly involved in the murder case of Georgiy Gongadze and the subsequent "Cassette Scandal." Kravechenko later was the governor of the Kherson Oblast (2001—2002) and Head of the State Tax Administration of Ukraine (2002—2003).

Biography

Born in Oleksandriia, Kirovohrad Oblast, Kravchenko attended the Oleksandriia Industrial Technical School from 1966 to 1970. In October 1970, he became an electrictian and worked in the Kirovohrad Oblast. Served in the Soviet Army from 1970 to 1972. From 1974 until 1978, he studied at the Higher School of the MVD of the USSR, and afterwards worked as a police inspector in the Kirovohrad Oblast. From 1981 to 1986, he worked in several supervisory positions. In April 1986, Kravchenko became the head of the department for combating drug trade in the Criminal Investigation Directorate of the MVD of the Ukrainian SSR. In September 1989, he became the head of the MVD regional directorate in the Kirovohrad Oblast.

Gongadze Case and Cassette Scandal

On 29 January 2013 a Ukrainian court ruled Oleksiy Pukach had murdered the journalist Georgiy Gongadze on orders from Kravchenko, who was seeking a career promotion.^[1]

Death

Kravchenko was found dead in his apartment near Kyiv on March 4, 2005. He was at that time called as a witness in the murder case of Gongadze. It was claimed that Kravchenko committed suicide. Some news reports claim that he was shot twice in the head.^[2][3][4]

See also

• Leonid Kuchma
• Ukraine without Kuchma
• Politics of Ukraine
• Government of Ukraine
• Multiple gunshot suicide

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