Yuriy Kravchenko

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Yuriy Fedorovych Kravchenko (Ukrainian: 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 subsequent Cassette Scandal. Later he was the governor of Kherson Oblast (December 2001 to April 2002) and Head of the State Tax Administration of Ukraine (December 2002 to June 2003.

Contents 1 Early biography 2 Gongadze Case and Cassette Scandal 3 Post-scandal career 4 Suspicious death 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Early biography

Born in Oleksandriya, Kirovohrads'ka 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.

[edit] Gongadze Case and Cassette Scandal

See also the "Eagles of Kravchenko".

[edit] Post-scandal career

[edit] Suspicious death

Kravchenko was found dead in his apartment near Kyiv on March 4, 2005. He was at that time called as a witness in the murder case of Gongadze. It was claimed that Kravchenko committed suicide, but some news reports[1] have suggested his head had two gunshot wounds.

[edit] See also

• Leonid Kuchma
• UBK
• Politics of Ukraine
• Government of Ukraine

[edit] References

• (Ukrainian) 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)