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 ShelestovCommander of the Transbaikal Border District (USSR) 1987–1990Succeeded byKonstantin Pleshko
Preceded byVolodymyr StusCommander of the Western Border District (USSR) 1990–1991Succeeded byhimself as Commander of the Border Troops of Ukraine
Preceded byhimself as Western Border District (USSR)Commander of the Border Troops of Ukraine 1991–1994Succeeded byViktor Bannykh
Preceded byInspector General General Military Inspectorate under the President of Ukraine 1995–1998Succeeded byVasyl Sobkov