Ivan Bakanov

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Ivan Bakanov Іван Баканов
Head of the Security Service of Ukraine[3]
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 May 2019[1] Acting until 29 August 2019[2]
Preceded by	Vasyl Hrytsak
Leader of the Servant of the People
In office 2 December 2017 – 27 May 2019
Succeeded by	Dmytro Razumkov
Personal details
Born	Ivan Hennadiyovych Bakanov (1975-05-02) 2 May 1975 (age 46) Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Children	1
Education	Kyiv National Economic University  [uk]

Ivan Hennadiyovych Bakanov (Ukrainian: Іван Геннадійович Баканов; born 2 May 1975, Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast) is a Ukrainian politician who has been the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine since 29 August 2019.^[4] Before that, he was a Deputy Head of the Security Service of Ukraine.^[5]

Ivan Bakanov is also a member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (since 2019).

Previousy, Ivan Bakanov was the leader of the Servant of the People party from 2017 to 2019.^[6]

Biography[]

Ivan Bakanov was born in Kryvyi Rih. He is a childhood friend of Volodymyr Zelensky.^[7] They studied together and later worked over different projects, in particular, LLC Kvartal 95 Studio.

Ivan Bakanov graduated from the Kyiv National Economic University (1997) and the Academy of Labor, Social Relations and Tourism (2006); specialty – “Court, advocacy and prosecution”.

He was the Head of LLC Kvartal 95 from January 2013 and LLC Kvartal 95 Studio since December 2013.^[8]

Ivan Bakanov was part of Volodymyr Zelensky's team during 2019 presidential campaign.^[9] He was the leader of the Servant of the People party from 2017 to 2019.^[6]

Appointment to the SBU[]

On 22 May 2019 President Zelensky appointed Bakanov the First Deputy Chief of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) - the Chief of the Main Directorate on Fight against Corruption and Organized Crime of the Central Department of the Security Service.^[10]

Bakanov was appointed as a Member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine on 28 May 2019.^[11]

On 29 May the SBU informed that Bakanov would hold the post of the Deputy Head of the Security Service of Ukraine since 3 June.^[12] The reason for that was the vacation of the Head of the SBU Vasyl Hrytsak.^[13]

Bakanov was awarded with the military rank of "lieutenant" in the end of May 2019 in order to have an access to classified information.^[14]

Member of the National Council on Anti-Corruption Policy (since 16 July 2019).^[15]

Bakanov was officially appointed as the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine by parliament on 29 August 2019.^[16]

Bakanov said during his address to the MPs:

Talking about the whole SBU reform, I suppose, we’ll need three years at least. Talking about first efficient steps, I presume, one year will be enough. -  Ivan Bakanov, 29 August, 2019

Activities as the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine[]

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The Security Service of Ukraine has conducted several notable operations under Bakanov’s leadership. In particular, one of the leaders of the Islamic State (IS) extremist group Al-Bara Shishani, who had been hiding in Ukraine, was apprehended.^[17]

Dozens of corruption schemes were exposed, costing the state hundreds of millions of dollars, especially in  the defense sphere. 50 Ukrainian officials were convicted and 150 received notices of suspicion.^{[citation needed]}

The SBU detained the largest in Ukraine’s history contraband batch of tobacco amounting to UAH 120 million.^{[citation needed]}

The SBU became more focused on national security, counterintelligence, it systematically conducts special operations in eastern Ukraine, counteracts the activities of Russian hackers.^{[citation needed][according to whom?]}

Bakanov himself said that the SBU should become more efficient – not only deal with the consequences, but also neutralize threats in the bud. A new law “On the SBU”, drafted under Bakanov’s leadership, is according to its makers to gain such results. In February 2020 it was expected to be passed in spring 2020.^[18] According to human rights lawyer Volodymyr Yavorsky the propesed law will “give virtually unlimited and uncontrolled powers to the SBU which are not typical for democratic countries.”^[19]

Family[]

Married. His wife is Oksana Lazarenko. His son Artur is a student of the Kyiv National Economic University (2014—2018 рр.).^[8]

Bakanov's wife has is a former Russian citizen, in June 2019 her husband stated that she is in line to get Ukrainian citizenship.^[20] She since 1998 lived and works in Ukraine with a permanent residence permit.^[21] According to Bakanov's 2019 e-declarations Oksana is since 2019 a citizen of Ukraine.^[22]

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