Valeriy Hubenko | |
Primeminister1: | Vitold Fokin Leonid Kuchma |
Term Start1: | 24 August 1991 |
Term End1: | 21 July 1994 |
Birth Date: | 25 January 1939 |
Birth Place: | Kyiv, Ukraine |
Nationality: | Ukrainian |
Allegiance: | Ukraine |
Serviceyears: | 1953-1994 |
Branch: | Soviet Border Troops State Border Guard Service of Ukraine |
Rank: | General of the Army |
Valeriy Oleksandrovich Hubenko (uk|Валерій Олександрович Губенко, 1939-2000) was a Ukrainian military leader. He was the very first chief of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine in 1991–1994, the second recipient of the General of the Army of Ukraine (1994).[1]
He was born on January 25, 1939, in Kyiv, Ukraine. He began his career in Melitopol. In 1958, he was drafted into the Border Guard troops and served in the Georgian Border District.