Yuriy Kravchenko: Difference between revisions

| name = Yuriy Kravchenko<br>Юрій Кравченко

| image = Кравченко Юрій.jpg

| caption = Kravchenko in 2000

| death_placepredecessor5 = near [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]]=

| occupationsuccessor5 = Ukrainian police officer and= statesman

| officeoffice4 = Director of MVSthe inCriminal Kirovohrad OblastMilitsiya

| term_startterm_start4 = 19891992

| term_endterm_end4 = 19921994

| predecessorpredecessor4 =

| successorsuccessor4 =

| office1office3 = DirectorChairman of Criminalthe Militsiya[[State Fiscal Service (MVSUkraine)|State Customs Committee of Ukraine]]

| term_start1term_start3 = 19921994

| term_end1term_end3 = 19941995

| successor1successor3 = [[Leonid Derkach]]

| office2 = State[[Ministry Customsof CommitteeInternal ofAffairs (Ukraine)|Minister of Internal Affairs]]

| term_start2 = 19941995

| term_end2 = 19952001

| predecessor2 = Eduard= Miroshnychenko[[Volodymyr ''(acting)''Radchenko]]

| successor2 = [[LeonidYuriy Smirnov (minister)|Yuriy DerkachSmirnov]]

| office3office1 = [[MinistryGovernor of InternalKherson Affairs (Ukraine)|Minister of Internal AffairsOblast]] (MVS)

| term_start3term_start1 = 19952001

| term_end3term_end1 = 20012002

| predecessor3predecessor1 = [[VolodymyrOleksandr RadchenkoVerbytskyi]]

| successor3successor1 = [[Yuriy Smirnov (minister)|YuriyAnatoliy SmirnovYurchenko]]

| office4office = GovernorChairman of Khersonthe [[State Tax Administration of OblastUkraine]]

| term_start4term_start = 20012002

| term_end4term_end = 20022004

| predecessor4predecessor = [[OleksandrMykola VerbytskyiAzarov]]

| successor4successor = [[AnatoliyFedir YurchenkoYaroshenko]]

| office5 birth_date = State{{birth Tax Administration of Ukrainedate|1951|3|5}}

| term_end5death_date = 2004{{death date and age|2005|3|4|1951|3|5}}

| predecessor5death_place = near [[MykolaKyiv]], Azarov[[Ukraine]]

| successor5occupation = [[FedirUkrainian police officer and Yaroshenko]]statesman

'''Yuriy Fedorovych Kravchenko''' ({{lang-langx|uk|Юрій Федорович Кравченко}}; March 5, 1951 – March 4, 2005) was a [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[General of Army of Ukraine#Generals of Interior Service|General of Internal Service]] and statesman, serving as the country's [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ukraine)|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 R. Gongadze|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).

Born in [[Oleksandriia]], [[Kirovohrad Oblast]], Kravchenko attended the Oleksandriia Industrial Technical School from 1966 to 1970. In October 1970, he became an eletrictianelectrictian 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 [[Soviet Union|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.

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.<ref name="KPR29113PGC">[http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/court-gives-pukach-life-sentence-for-murdering-gongadze-disregards-contract-murder-319519.html Court sentences Pukach to life for murdering Gongadze, disregards claims against Kuchma, Lytvyn], [[Kyiv Post]] (29 January 2013)<br />[https://www.reuters.com/article/ukraine-gongadze-sentence-idUSL5N0AYEEJ20130129 Ukraine police officer accuses ex-president after being jailed for life], [[Reuters]] (29 January 2013)<br />[http://news.liga.net/video/politics/803761-ubiytsa_gongadze_ukazal_na_kuchmu_i_litvina_video_iz_suda.htm Gongadze killer pointed on Kuchma and Lytvyn]. [[LIGABusinessInform]]. 2013-1-29</ref>

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.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070313005958/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/806898971.html?dids=806898971:806898971&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+13%2C+2005&author=Kim+Murphy&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=A.1&desc=Untimely+Deaths+in+Ukraine Untimely Deaths in Ukraine; Strange suicides and car crashes among foes of the former regime bring calls for investigations] by [[Kim Murphy (journalist)|Kim Murphy]], [[L.A. Times]] (March 13, 2005)</ref><ref name=KravCPJAug11>[http://www.cpj.org/2011/08/gongadze-murder-suspects-trial-should-be-open-to-p.php Gongadze murder suspect's trial should be open to public], [[Committee to Protect Journalists]] (August 16, 2011)</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title = Suicide Or Homicide? In Ukraine, Old-Guard Officials Dying Mysteriously|url = http://www.rferl.org/content/suicide-homicide-ukraine-officials/26888375.html|newspaper = RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty|date = 2015-03-08|access-date = 2015-12-31|first = Marichka|last = Naboka}}</ref>

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