Valeriy Heletey

Valeriy Heletey
Валерій Гелетей
Heletey in 2014
13th Minister of Defence of Ukraine
In office
3 July 2014  14 October 2014
PresidentPetro Poroshenko
Preceded byMykhailo Koval
Succeeded byStepan Poltorak
Chief of State Security Administration
In office
15 October 2014  29 May 2019
PresidentPetro Poroshenko
Preceded bySerhiy Kulyk
Succeeded byOleksiy Otserklevych
In office
2 March 2014  3 July 2014
PresidentOleksandr Turchynov (acting)
Petro Poroshenko
Preceded bySerhiy Kulyk
Succeeded bySerhiy Kulyk
In office
24 May 2007  14 July 2009
PresidentViktor Yushchenko
Preceded byPetro Plyuta
Succeeded byOleksandr Birsan
Personal details
Born
Valeriy Viktorovych Heletey

(1967-08-28) 28 August 1967
Verkhniy Koropets, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Alma materNational Academy of Internal Affairs (1994)
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union (to 1991)
 Ukraine
Branch/service Soviet Army
 Ukrainian Ground Forces
Years of service1985–2019

Valeriy Viktorovych Heletey (Ukrainian: Валерій Вікторович Гелетей; born 28 August 1967) is a Ukrainian Colonel General who served as Minister of Defense from 3 July to 14 October 2014.