Valeriy Hubenko

{{one source|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Valeriy Hubenko | image = Gubenko, Makarov.jpg | image_size = | caption = | office1 = | prime_minister1 = Vitold Fokin Leonid Kuchma | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | term_start1 = 24 August 1991 | term_end1 = 21 July 1994 | birth_date = {{birth date|1939|1|25}} | birth_place = Kyiv, Ukraine | death_date = {{death date and age|2000|2|19|1939|1|25}} | death_place = | resting_place = | party = | alma_mater = | spouse = | children = | website = | allegiance = {{flag|Soviet Union}} {{flag|Ukraine}} | service_years = 1953-1994 | branch = Soviet Border Troops State Border Guard Service of Ukraine | rank = General of the Army }}

'''Valeriy Oleksandrovych Hubenko''' ({{langx|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).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Довідка: Губенко Валерій Олександрович |trans-title=Certificate: Gubenko Valerii Oleksandrovych |url=http://www.dovidka.com.ua/user/?code=40876 |website=dovidka.com.ua}}</ref>

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160401215521/http://dovidka.com.ua/user/?code=40876 Valeriy Hubenko profile] at the Dovidka: Ukraine official today * [https://web.archive.org/web/20131030050757/http://dpsu.gov.ua/ua/static_page/270.htm Valeriy Hubenko profile] at the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine website * [https://elib.nlu.org.ua/object.html?id=14846 About Valeriy Hubenko in the book «Друзям. Моим товарищам. To My Friends», - Kyiv: LOGOS Publishing House, 2003, on pp. 145-149]. Author Volodymyr Melnykov

== Biography == 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.

==References== <references/> {{Commons category| Valerii Hubenko}} {{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef | before = Aleksei Shelestov}} {{s-ttl | title = Commander of the Transbaikal Border District (USSR) | years = 1987–1990}} {{s-aft | after = Konstantin Pleshko}} {{s-bef | before = Volodymyr Stus}} {{s-ttl | title = Commander of the Western Border District (USSR) | years = 1990–1991}} {{s-aft | after = himself as Commander of the Border Troops of Ukraine}} {{s-bef | before = himself as Western Border District (USSR)}} {{s-ttl | title = Commander of the Border Troops of Ukraine | years = 1991–1994}} {{s-aft | after = Viktor Bannykh}} {{s-bef | before = }} {{s-ttl | title = Inspector General General Military Inspectorate under the President of Ukraine| years = 1995–1998}} {{s-aft | after = Vasyl Sobkov}} {{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hubenko, Valeriy}} Category:1939 births Category:2000 deaths Category:Military personnel from Kyiv Category:Frunze Military Academy alumni Category:Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union alumni Category:Recipients of the Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR" Category:Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class Category:Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Category:Recipients of the Order of the Red Star Category:Ukrainian border guards Category:Generals of the Army of Ukraine Category:Burials at Baikove Cemetery