President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed Oleksiy Danilov from the post of Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) and appointed Oleksandr Lytvynenko to the position.
This decision was enshrined in Decrees 186/2024 and 188/2024 of March 26, 2023, respectively.
On the same day, the President signed Decree No. 187/2024 dismissing Oleksandr Lytvynenko as the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service and Decree No. 189/2024 appointing Oleh Ivashchenko as the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service.
Oleksandr Lytvynenko was appointed Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service on July 23, 2021. He worked as Director of the National Institute for Strategic Studies (2019-2021), Deputy Secretary of State of the National Security and Defense Council (2014-2019).
Doctor of Political Science (2002), Professor (2011), Major General (2015).
