National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine

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National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC)
Рада національної безпеки і оборони України (РНБО)
Volodymyr Zelensky,
President of Ukraine and Chairman of NSDC
  • Oleksandr Lytvynenko[2], Secretary of NSDC
  • Parent agencyPresident of Ukraine
    WebsiteOfficial website

    The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC; Ukrainian: Рада національної безпеки і оборони України, romanizedRada natsionalnoyi bezpeky i oboroni Ukrayiny, RNBO or RNBOU) is the coordinating state body of the executive power under the President of Ukraine on issues of national security and defense.[3]

    It is a state agency tasked with developing and coordinating a policy of national security on domestic and international matters in advising the

    Presidential Administration Building. The agency's membership is determined by the President, but it must include the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Minister of Defense, Minister of Internal Affairs, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs.[3] The council is headed by secretary Oleksiy Danilov since 3 October 2019.[2][3]

    Current composition

    As of March 2023, the National Security and Defence Council consists of the following members:[4]

    Name Title
    Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine and Chairman of the NSDC
    Oleksandr Lytvynenko Secretary of the NSDC
    Denys Shmyhal Prime Minister of Ukraine
    Rustem Umerov Minister of Defense
    Dmytro Kuleba Minister of Foreign Affairs
    Serhiy Marchenko Minister of Finance
    Ihor Klymenko Minister of Internal Affairs
    Herman Halushchenko
    Minister of Energy
    Yulia Laputina Minister for Veterans Affairs
    Valerii Zaluzhnyi Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
    Vasyl Malyuk Head of the Ukrainian Security Service
    Andriy Kostin Prosecutor General of Ukraine
    Andriy Yermak Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine
    Anatoliy Zahorodniy President of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
    Oleksandr Lyvtynenko Chairman of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine
    Oleksandr Kamyshin
    Minister for Strategic Industries
    Yulia Svyrydenko First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy
    Ruslan Stefanchuk Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
    Olha Stefanishyna Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine
    Mykhailo Fedorov Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation
    Ihor Cherkaskyy Head of the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine
    Andriy Pyshnyy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine

    History

    Presidential Administration Building, Kyiv
    .

    Defense Council

    The Defense Council was created by the provision of

    Supreme Council of Ukraine
    #1658-12 on October 11, 1991. The Defense Council was defined as the highest state body of collegiate governing on matters of defense and security of Ukraine with following goals:

    • Protecting sovereignty
    • Constitutional order
    • Territorial integrity and inviolability of the republic
    • Developing strategies and continuous improvement of policy in sphere of defense and state security
    • Comprehensive scientific assessment of the military threat nature
    • Determining position toward modern warfare
    • Effective control over the execution of the tasks of the state and its institutions keeping defense capabilities of Ukraine at the level of defense sufficiency

    On January 23, 1992 the President of Ukraine appointed Myroslav Vitovsky as a secretary of the Defense Council, a position which Vitovsky held until November 30, 1995.

    Initial composition

    • Chairman of the Supreme Council of Ukraine[5]
    • Prime Minister of Ukraine[5]
    • Head of commission of the Supreme Council of Ukraine on issues of defense and state security of Ukraine[5]
    • State Minister on issues of defense, national security and emergency situations in Ukraine[5]
    • State Minister on issues of defense complex and conversion of Ukraine[5]
    • Minister of Defense of Ukraine[5]
    • Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine[5]
    • Director of the Security Service of Ukraine[5]
    • Commander of Border Troops of Ukraine[5]
    • Commander of the National Guard of Ukraine[5]
    • Chief of Staff of the Civil defense of Ukraine[5]

    After the establishment and elections of the President of Ukraine the composition of the council was reformed on April 9, 1992 by a provision of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament).[6]

    National Security Council

    The Council was originally created under temporary provision on July 3, 1992 as the National Security Council, but significantly revamped and strengthened under

    President Leonid Kuchma
    in 1994. The council was headed by a Presidential adviser in national security matters:

    On August 23, 1994 President of Ukraine adopted new provision for the Council. After the adaptation of the Constitution of Ukraine on June 28, 1996, the provisions of the council (National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine) were outlined in the Article 107. Thus the National Security Council was merged with the already existing Defense Council of Ukraine and was adapted by the Presidential edict on August 30, 1996.

    According to former secretary Andriy Klyuyev, 460 people worked at the Council in 2010, while in April 2012 the number of employees was 90.[7] President Viktor Yanukovych limited the number of employees of the Council to 180 on 9 April 2012.[7]

    The agency's membership is determined by the President, but it must include the

    executive branch
    . Any other individual is only allowed by special invitation from the Chairman of the Council.

    If the President resigns, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada becomes the acting head of the National Security and Defense Council.[8]

    Secretaries since 1994

    # Name Secretary of Council
    1 Volodymyr Horbulin August 30, 1994 — November 10, 1999
    2 Yevhen Marchuk November 10, 1999 — June 25, 2003
    3 Volodymyr Radchenko September 2, 2003 — January 20, 2005
    4 Petro Poroshenko February 8, 2005 — September 8, 2005
    5 Anatoliy Kinakh September 27, 2005 — May 16, 2006
    act. Volodymyr Horbulin May 24, 2006 — October 10, 2006
    6 Vitaliy Haiduk October 10, 2006 — May 12, 2007[9]
    7 Ivan Plyushch May 12, 2007 — November 26, 2007
    8
    Raisa Bogatyrova
    December 24, 2007 — February 14, 2012
    9 Andriy Klyuyev February 14, 2012 — January 24, 2014[10]
    10 Andriy Parubiy February 27, 2014 — August 7, 2014[11][12]
    11 Oleksandr Turchynov December 16, 2014[12] — May 19, 2019[13]
    12 Oleksandr Danylyuk May 28, 2019[14] — September 27, 2019[15]
    13 Oleksiy Danilov October 3, 2019[2] — March 26, 2024[16]
    14 Oleksandr Lytvynenko March 26, 2024 — present[16]

    Notes

    References

    1. ^ "Official website". Mar 2017.
    2. ^ a b c Ex-deputy secretary of NSDC Danilov appointed its secretary – decree, Interfax-Ukraine (3 October 2019)
    3. ^ a b c d e Dickinson, Peter (Mar 31, 2021). "Ukraine's unlikely new political heavyweight". www.atlanticcouncil.org. Retrieved Jul 18, 2022.
    4. ^ "National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine". National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
    5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Statement of Verkhovna Rada about creation of the Defense Council of Ukraine. Official document. October 11, 1991
    6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l History of RNBOU Archived 2014-06-26 at the Wayback Machine. RNBOU official website.
    7. ^ a b Decree:At most 180 people to work in National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Kyiv Post (9 April 2012)
    8. ^ Poroshenko signs law expanding powers of National Security and Defense Council and its secretary, Interfax-Ukraine (23 December 2014)
    9. ^ #12 Richest: Vitaliy Haiduk, 53, Kyiv Post (17 December 2010)
    10. ^ Kliuyev appointed presidential chief of staff, Interfax-Ukraine (24 January 2014)
    11. ^ Parubiy steps down as secretary of Ukraine's NSDC, Interfax-Ukraine (7 August 2014)
      Poroshenko signs decree dismissing Parubiy as NSDC secretary, Interfax-Ukraine (7 August 2014)
    12. ^ a b Turchynov becomes secretary of Ukraine's NSDC, Interfax-Ukraine (16 December 2014)
      President Poroshenko decides to appoint Turchynov Ukraine's NSDC secretary – source, Interfax-Ukraine (16 December 2014)
    13. ^ "Secretary of Ukraine's Security and Defense Council Turchynov resigns (Document)". www.unian.info. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
    14. ^ Ukraine president names ex-finance minister Danylyuk as top security official, Reuters (28 May 2019)
    15. ^ Inc, TV Rain (2019-09-27). "Секретарь Совета нацбезопасности Украины подал в отставку". tvrain.ru. Retrieved 2019-09-27. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
    16. ^ a b "Ukraine dismisses security council secretary Danilov". The Kyiv Independent. 2024-03-26. Retrieved 2024-03-26.

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