Head of the Security Service of Ukraine

The Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Голова Служби безпеки України) serves as the director of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the internal security agency of the Ukrainian government. The head of the Security Service of Ukraine is ex officio a member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, and is appointed or dismissed by the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament) on proposition of the President of Ukraine.

Head of the Security Service of Ukraine
Голова Служби безпеки України
Standard of the Head of the SBU
Battle standard of the Head of the SBU
Incumbent Vasyl Malyuk since 7 February 2023[1]
Member of	National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine
Residence	Kyiv
Appointer	President of Ukraine
Term length	Constitutionally undefined
Inaugural holder	Yevhen Marchuk
Formation	20 September 1991
Website	sbu.gov.ua

List of heads of the Security Service of Ukraine

• Nikolai Golushko (acting), 20 September 1991 – 6 November 1991
• Yevhen Marchuk, 6 November 1991 – 12 July 1994
• Valeriy Malikov, 12 July 1994 – 3 July 1995
• Volodymyr Radchenko, 3 July 1995 – 22 April 1998
• Leonid Derkach, 22 April 1998 – 10 February 2001
• Volodymyr Radchenko, 10 February 2001 – 2 September 2003
• Ihor Smeshko, 4 September 2003 – 4 February 2005
• Oleksandr Turchynov, 4 February 2005 – 8 September 2005
• Ihor Drizhchany, 8 September 2005 – 22 December 2006
  • Valentyn Nalyvaichenko 22 December 2006 – 6 March 2009
• Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, 6 March 2009 – 11 March 2010
• Valeriy Khoroshkovsky, 11 March 2010 – 18 January 2012^[2]
  • Volodymyr Rokytsky (acting), 19 January 2012 – 3 February 2012^[3][4]
• Ihor Kalinin, 3 February 2012 – 9 January 2013^[3]
• Oleksandr Yakymenko, 9 January 2013 – 24 February 2014^[5][6]
• Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, 24 February 2014 – 18 June 2015^[7][8][6]
• Vasyl Hrytsak, 2 July 2015 – 22 May 2019^[9]
• Ivan Bakanov, 29 August 2019 – 17 July 2022^[10]
• Vasyl Malyuk, 7 February 2023^[1] – present (acting head from 17 July 2022^[11] to 7 February 2023)