- Yuriy Kravchenko
Infobox Person
name = Yuriy Kravchenko
Юрій Кравченко
caption =
birth_date =March 5 ,1951
birth_place = flagicon|USSROleksandriia ,Kirovohrad Oblast ,Ukrainian SSR ,Soviet Union
death_date =March 4 ,2005
death_place = flagicon|Ukraine nearKiev ,Ukraine
occupation = Ukrainian police officer and statesmanYuriy Fedorovych Kravchenko ( _uk. Юрій Федорович Кравченко;
March 5 ,1951 –March 4 ,2005 ), was a Ukrainian police officer and statesman. In 2000, while a Minister of Internal Affairs, Kravchenko became directly involved in the murder case of Georgiy Gongadze and subsequentCassette Scandal . Later he was the governor ofKherson Oblast (December 2001 to April 2002) and Head of theState Tax Administration of Ukraine (December 2002 to June 2003).Early biography
Born in
Oleksandriia ,Kirovohrad Oblast , Kravchenko was a police officer that made the top-possible career in Ukrainian "militsiya ". Minister of Internal Affairs from 1995 until sacking in March 2001.Gongadze Case and Cassette Scandal
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Post-scandal career
uspicious death
Kravchenko was found dead in his apartment near
Kiev onMarch 4 ,2005 . He was at that time called as a witness in the murder case of Gongadze. It was claimed that Kravchenko committedsuicide ,who but some news reports [ [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/806898971.html?dids=806898971:806898971&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+13%2C+2005&author=Kim+Murphy&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=A.1&desc=Untimely+Deaths+in+Ukraine Untimely Deaths in Ukraine; Strange suicides and car crashes among foes of the former regime bring calls for investigations.] Kim Murphy, L.A. Times, Mar 13, 2005] have suggested that he suffered two gunshot wounds to the head - an uncommon circumstance, but not necessarily indicative offoul play .See also
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Leonid Kuchma
*Ukraine without Kuchma
*Politics of Ukraine
*Government of Ukraine
*Multiple gunshot suicide References
* [http://pravda.com.ua/news/2005/3/4/2287.htm "The Key Witness in the Gongadze Case Dead"] (March 2005 "
Ukrayinska Pravda " article on the death of Kravchenko, analysing also his role in Gongadze case - includes fragments of the Melnychenko recordings featuring Kravchenko)Persondata
NAME= Kravchenko, Yuriy Fedorovych
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Ukrainian police officer and statesman
DATE OF BIRTH= [March 5] , 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH=Oleksandriia ,Kirovohrad Oblast ,Ukrainian SSR
DATE OF DEATH=March 4 ,2005
PLACE OF DEATH=Kiev ,Ukraine
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