Alexander Litvinenko

Date of Birth: 27.04.1972

Alexander Valerievich Litvinenko - Director of the National Institute for Strategic Studies (2019-2021), Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (2014-2019). Since July 23, 2021, he has been the Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service.

Doctor of Political Sciences (2002), Professor (2011), Major General in Reserve (2015).

Place of Birth. Education. Born in Kiev. In 1994, he graduated from the Institute of Cryptography, Communication and Computer Science of the FSB Academy of Russia in Moscow, obtaining a degree as a Mathematical Engineer with a focus on Applied Mathematics.

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In 1998, he obtained the scientific degree of Candidate of Political Sciences with a focus on 'Political Problems of International Systems and Global Development'. He defended his dissertation at the Institute of International Relations of the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kiev.

In 2002, he obtained the highest scientific degree of Doctor of Political Sciences with a focus on 'Fundamentals of National State Security'. He defended his dissertation at the National Institute for Strategic Studies.

In 2003, he was awarded the title of Senior Scientific Staff with a focus on 'Fundamentals of National State Security' and in 2011 the title of Professor.

He attended further training programs at York University in Toronto, Canada (2002) and at the Marshall Center in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (2005).

In 2009, he graduated from the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kiev in Law.

2012-2013 - Studied at the Royal College of Defence Studies in London, United Kingdom.

Career. From 1994 to 1998, he was an officer, then a senior officer, chief expert in information defense management of the main department of government communication of the Security Service of Ukraine.

1997-2007 - Assistant, part-time lecturer at the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko University of Kiev. Since 2010, Professor.

1998-2007 - senior adviser, head of department, deputy director, first deputy director of the National Institute for Strategic Studies.

From May 2005 to December 2007 - head of the department of state security issues, head of the expert commission, head of the state security department in the apparatus of the SNBO of Ukraine.

December 2007 - August 2009 - Deputy Head of the Information and Analytical Support Service of the SBU.

August 2009 - June 2010 - adviser to the Institute for National Security Issues at the SNBO of Ukraine.

June 2010 - January 2014 - Deputy Director of the National Institute for Strategic Studies.

From March 27 to April 4, 2014 - Adviser to the General Director of the state concern Ukroboronprom.

On April 5, 2014, he was appointed as the Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (Oleksandr Turchynov).

Reserve Major.

On August 13, 2019, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, dismissed Alexander Litvinenko from his position as Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine and appointed him as the Director of the National Institute for Strategic Studies.

On July 23, 2021, President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Alexander Litvinenko as the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service.

Awards. Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th Class (August 21, 2020).

Family. Married, raising a son and a daughter (born in 2011).

29.12.2023