Arsen Avakov

Arsen Avakov
Arsen Avakov
Арсен Аваков
	Avakov in 2010
11th Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
	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 (age 61); 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: [ɐrˈsen bɔˈrɪs.ɔ.ʋet͡ʃ ɐ.ʋɐˈkɔu̯]; 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.^[3]^[4] 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.