| Vitaly Fedorchuk Виталий Федорчук |
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| Minister of the Interior of the Soviet Union | |
| In office 17 December 1982 – 25 January 1986 |
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| Premier | Nikolai Tikhonov Nikolai Ryzhkov |
| Preceded by | Nikolai Shchelokov |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Vlasov |
| 5th Chairman of the State Committee for State Security | |
| In office 26 May 1982 – 17 December 1982 |
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| Premier | Nikolai Tikhonov |
| Preceded by | Yuri Andropov |
| Succeeded by | Viktor Chebrikov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 December 1918 Ogievka, Zhytomyr Oblast, Russian Empire |
| Died | 29 February 2008 (aged 89) Moscow, Russian Federation |
| Nationality | Soviet/Russian |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Other political affiliations |
Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Ukraine |
Vitaly Vasilyevich Fedorchuk (Russian: Виталий Васильевич Федорчук) (27 December 1918 – 29 February 2008) was a Ukrainian Soviet administrator. He was chairman of the KGB in 1982. He then became the Soviet interior minister from 1982 until 1986. He died after a long illness.
Fedorchuk was born in Ukraine to a peasant family. He joined the Soviet secret police in 1939 and served in the SMERSH during World War II. He rose through the ranks to become the chief of the Ukrainian KGB 1970. He succeeded his patron Yuri Andropov as the head of State Security on 26 May 1982.
When Andropov became the Soviet leader in November 1982, he named Fedorchuk the minister of interior of Soviet Union.
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| Preceded by Yuri Andropov |
Chairman of State Committee for State Security 1982 |
Succeeded by Viktor Chebrikov |