Valeriy Hubenko
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Valeriy Oleksandrovych Hubenko (Ukrainian: Валерій Олександрович Губенко, 1939-2000) was a Ukrainian military leader. He was the very first chief of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine in 1991–1994, the second recipient of the General of the Army of Ukraine (1994).
External links
- at the Dovidka: Ukraine official today
- at the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine website
- . Author Volodymyr Melnykov
Biography
He was born on January 25, 1939, in Kyiv, Ukraine. He began his career in Melitopol. In 1958, he was drafted into the Border Guard troops and served in the Georgian Border District.
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byAleksei Shelestov | Commander of the Transbaikal Border District (USSR) 1987–1990 | Succeeded byKonstantin Pleshko |
| Preceded byVolodymyr Stus | Commander of the Western Border District (USSR) 1990–1991 | Succeeded byhimself as Commander of the Border Troops of Ukraine |
| Preceded byhimself as Western Border District (USSR) | Commander of the Border Troops of Ukraine 1991–1994 | Succeeded byViktor Bannykh |
| Preceded by | Inspector General General Military Inspectorate under the President of Ukraine 1995–1998 | Succeeded byVasyl Sobkov |