Vitaly Fedorchuk

Vitaly Fedorchuk
Виталий Федорчук
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office
17 December 1982  25 January 1986
Preceded byNikolai Shchelokov
Succeeded byAlexander Vlasov
5th Chairman of the Committee for State Security
In office
26 May 1982  17 December 1982
PremierNikolai Tikhonov
Preceded byYuri Andropov
Succeeded byViktor Chebrikov
Personal details
Born
Vitaly Vasilyevich Fedorchuk

(1918-12-27)27 December 1918
Ogievka, Kiev Governorate, Ukrainian People's Republic
Died29 February 2008(2008-02-29) (aged 89)
Moscow, Russian Federation
Resting placeTroyekurovskoye Cemetery, Moscow
NationalityUkrainian
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1936-1991)

Vitaly Vasilyevich Fedorchuk (Russian: Виталий Васильевич Федорчук; Ukrainian: Віталій Васильович Федорчук, romanized: Vitalii Vasylovych Fedorchuk; 27 December 1918 – 29 February 2008) was a Soviet security and intelligence officer and politician who served as Chairman of the Committee for State Security of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1970 to 1982 and then Minister of Internal Affairs from 1982 to 1986.