# Valeriy Hubenko

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{{Infobox officeholder
| name            = Valeriy Hubenko
| image           = Gubenko, Makarov.jpg
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| prime_minister1 = [Vitold Fokin](/source/Vitold_Fokin)<br/>[Leonid Kuchma](/source/Leonid_Kuchma)
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| term_start1     = 24 August 1991
| term_end1       = 21 July 1994
| birth_date      = {{birth date|1939|1|25}}
| birth_place     = [Kyiv](/source/Kyiv), [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine)
| death_date      = {{death date and age|2000|2|19|1939|1|25}}
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| allegiance      = {{flag|Soviet Union}}<br />{{flag|Ukraine}}
| service_years   = 1953-1994
| branch          = [Soviet Border Troops](/source/Soviet_Border_Troops)<br />[State Border Guard Service of Ukraine](/source/State_Border_Guard_Service_of_Ukraine)
| rank            = General of the Army 
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'''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](/source/State_Border_Guard_Service_of_Ukraine) in 1991–1994, the second recipient of the [General of the Army of Ukraine](/source/General_of_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](/source/Volodymyr_Melnykov)

== Biography ==
He was born on January 25, 1939, in [Kyiv](/source/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==
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{{Commons category| Valerii Hubenko}}
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{{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](/source/Volodymyr_Stus)}}
{{s-ttl | title = Commander of the Western Border District (USSR) | years = 1990–1991}}
{{s-aft | after = himself as<br><small>Commander of the Border Troops of Ukraine</small>}}
{{s-bef | before = himself as<br><small>Western Border District (USSR)</small>}}
{{s-ttl | title = Commander of the [Border Troops](/source/State_Border_Guard_Service_of_Ukraine) of Ukraine | years = 1991–1994}}
{{s-aft | after = [Viktor Bannykh](/source/Viktor_Bannykh)}}
{{s-bef | before = }}
{{s-ttl | title = Inspector General [General Military Inspectorate under the President of Ukraine](/source/%3Auk%3A%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%86%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%96_%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B8)| years = 1995–1998}}
{{s-aft | after = [Vasyl Sobkov](/source/Vasyl_Sobkov)}}
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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

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