National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine

Advisory state body to the president of Ukraine

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National Security and Defense Council of UkraineРада національної безпеки і оборони України

NSDC emblem

Agency overview
Formed| 11 October 1991
Preceding agency|

* Defense Council of the
National Security Council

Jurisdiction|  Ukraine
Headquarters| 8, Petra Bolbochana Street,
Kyiv, Ukraine, 01601[1]
Agency executives|

* Volodymyr Zelensky,
President of Ukraine and Chairman of NSDC
* Oleksandr Lytvynenko, Secretary of NSDC

Parent agency| President of Ukraine
Website| rnbo.gov.ua/en

The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, (abbr. NSDCU; Ukrainian: Рада національної безпеки і оборони України, romanized: Rada natsionalnoyi bezpeky i oboroni Ukrayiny, RNBOU) or RNBO, is the coordinating state body of the executive power under the President of Ukraine on issues of national security and defense.[2]

It is a state agency tasked with developing and coordinating a policy of national security on domestic and international matters in advising the President of Ukraine (currently Volodymyr Zelensky).[2] All the sessions of the council take place in 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.[2] As of December 2024, the council is headed by secretary Oleksandr Lytvynenko, who replaced Oleksiy Danilov on 26 March 2024.[3]

## Current composition

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As of March 2024, 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
Andrii Sybiha | 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
Oleksandr Syrsky | 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
Filip Pronin | Head of the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine
Andriy Pyshnyi [uk] | Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine

## History

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All the sessions take place in the Presidential Administration Building, Kyiv.

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### Defense Council

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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[citation needed] as a secretary of the Defense Council, a position which Vitovsky held until November 30, 1995.

#### Initial composition

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* 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]

* President of Ukraine[6]
* Chairman of the Supreme Council of Ukraine[6]
* Prime Minister of Ukraine[6]
* First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council of Ukraine[6]
* Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine[6]
* Minister of Defense of Ukraine[6]
* Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine[6]
* Minister of Machine-building, Military-Industrial Complex and Conversion of Ukraine[6]
* Chief of the Security Service of Ukraine[6]
* Commander of the National Guard of Ukraine[6]
* Commander of the Border Guard Service of Ukraine[6]

### National Security Council

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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:

* July 1, 1992 - April 19, 1993 Volodymyr Selivanov (Adviser of the President of Ukraine on national security matters - Secretary of National Security Council)
* before November 19, 1992 as State adviser of Ukraine on national security matters
* December 1, 1993 - August 5, 1994 Valeriy Kartavtsev (Secretary of National Security Council)
* August 5, 1994 - November 10, 1999 Volodymyr Horbulin (Secretary of National Security Council)
* since October 17, 1994 as Secretary of National Security Council - Adviser of the President of Ukraine on national security matters

On August 23, 1994, the 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 Prime Minister of Ukraine, Minister of Defense, Minister of Internal Affairs, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs.[2] The head of the council is the President of Ukraine assisted by the secretary whom they are allowed to appoint. In the absence of existing President of Ukraine, such as between elections, the acting chairman of the council is the Prime Minister. The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada is not a member of the council, but they are allowed to participate in the meetings. Members of the council may also be other chairmen of government bodies of 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

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No.  | Name  | Tenure

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|

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[16] — March 26, 2024[17]
14  | Oleksandr Lytvynenko | March 26, 2024 — present[17]

## References

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1. ^ "Official website". Mar 2017.
2. ^ a b c d Dickinson, Peter (Mar 31, 2021). "Ukraine's unlikely new political heavyweight". www.atlanticcouncil.org. Retrieved Jul 18, 2022.
3. ^ "Ukraine dismisses security council secretary Danilov". The Kyiv Independent. 2024-03-26. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
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. ^ Ex-deputy secretary of NSDC Danilov appointed its secretary – decree, Interfax-Ukraine (3 October 2019)
17. ^ a b "Ukraine dismisses security council secretary Danilov". The Kyiv Independent. 2024-03-26. Retrieved 2024-03-26.

## External links

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National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine

Permanent members|

* President (chair)
* Secretary*
* Prime Minister
* Minister of Defence
* Head of the Security Service
* Minister of Internal Affairs
* Minister of Foreign Affairs

Invited members|

* Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada
* Prosecutor General
* Chairman of the National Bank
* Minister of Justice
* Minister of Finance
* Chief of the Foreign Intelligence Service
* Head of the Presidential Administration
* Chief of the General Staff

Secretaries|

* Volodymyr Horbulin
* Yevhen Marchuk
* Volodymyr Radchenko
* Petro Poroshenko
* Anatoliy Kinakh
* Volodymyr Horbulin (acting)
* Vitaliy Haiduk
* Ivan Plyushch
* Raisa Bogatyrova
* Andriy Klyuyev
* Andriy Parubiy
* Oleksandr Turchynov
* Oleksandr Danylyuk
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* Oleksandr Lytvynenko

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