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Vitaliy Zakharchenko

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Vitaliy Yuriyovych Zakharchenko (Ukrainian: Віталій Юрійович Захарченко, Russian: Виталий Юрьевич Захарченко, born 20 January 1963) is a Ukrainian and Russian politician who is a senior consultant at Russia's Rostec state corporation. He previously served as Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs from 7 November 2011 until he was suspended from his duties by the Ukrainian parliament on 21 February 2014. His position as Minister of the Interior, had given him control over the Ukrainian national police service, the Militsiya. One day prior to his dismissal, he had signed a decree calling for the police to be armed with combat weapons, to be used in their ongoing battles against protesters in Kyiv's Maidan Nezalezhnosti. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Vitaliy Zakharchenko is the 17,422nd most popular politician (down from 16,737th in 2024), the 998th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 957th in 2019) and the 217th most popular Ukrainian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vitaliy Zakharchenko ranks 17,422 out of 19,576. Before him are Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset, Nur Misuari, Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev, Oswulf of Northumbria, Reinhard Bütikofer, and Anies Baswedan. After him are John Bell, Enrique Múgica, Yuli Tamir, Lajos Für, Jurelang Zedkaia, and Alfonso Dastis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Vitaliy Zakharchenko ranks 549. Before him are Mari Iijima, Govinda, Ambika, Daniel Roebuck, Jeff Ament, and Nadia Hasnaoui. After him are Dávid Bartimej Tencer, Edgar Martínez, Peter Fröjdfeldt, Andrei Lankov, Yuri Budanov, and Konstantin Meladze.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Vitaliy Zakharchenko ranks 998 out of 1,365. Before him are Dimitrij Ovtcharov (1988), Viktor Pasulko (1961), Natasha Yarovenko (1979), Taisia Povaliy (1964), Viktor Skrypnyk (1969), and Oleh Lyashko (1972). After him are Yuliia Paievska (1968), Sergei Semak (1976), Marians Pahars (1976), Nadiya Savchenko (1981), Yuri Budanov (1963), and Volodymyr Lyutyi (1962).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Vitaliy Zakharchenko ranks 217. Before him are Andriy Sadovyi (1968), Andrii Deshchytsia (1965), Lilia Podkopayeva (1978), Ivan Bakanov (1975), Vadym Prystaiko (1970), and Oleh Lyashko (1972). After him are Nadiya Savchenko (1981), Andriy Biletsky (1979), Valentyn Nalyvaichenko (1966), Valeriy Heletey (1967), Iryna Vereshchuk (1979), and Ihor Klymenko (1972).

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