Arsen Avakov

Arsen Avakov
Arsen Avakov
Арсен Аваков
	Avakov in 2010
Minister of Internal Affairs
	In office; 22 February 2014 – 15 July 2021; Acting: 22 February 2014 – 27 February 2014
President	Oleksandr Turchynov (acting); Petro Poroshenko; Volodymyr Zelenskyy;
Prime Minister	Oleksandr Turchynov (acting); Arseniy Yatsenyuk; Volodymyr Groysman; Oleksiy Honcharuk; Denys Shmyhal;
Preceded by	Vitaliy Zakharchenko
Succeeded by	Denys Monastyrsky
Personal details
Born	2 January 1964; Kirovsky, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Citizenship	Ukraine
Political party	People's Front (since 2014)
Other political; affiliations	Fatherland (2010–2014); Our Ukraine (until 2010);
Spouse	Inna Avakova
Children	1
Alma mater	Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute
Signature
Website	avakov.com

Arsen Borysovych Avakov (Ukrainian: Арсен Борисович Аваков, IPA: [ɐrˈsɛn boˈrɪsowɪtʃ ɐwɐˈkɔu̯]; born 2 January 1964) is a Ukrainian politician of Armenian descent who served as the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine from 2014 to 2021. He was the Chairman of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration from 2005 to 2010, a member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine from 2007 to 2008 and from 2014 to 2021 and a member of the Verkhovna Rada from 2012 to 2014. Outside politics, Avakov was a member of Euro 2012 Organizing Committee in 2007 and a member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine. He was awarded the Honored Economist of Ukraine in 2007.