Roman Mashovets
Ukrainian politician (born 1976)
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Roman Vasyliovych Mashovets (Ukrainian: Роман Васильович Машовець; born 1976) is a Ukrainian politician and veteran of military intelligence and special forces.[1] Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.[2]
Roman Mashovets | |
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Роман Машовець | |
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| Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine | |
| In office April 22, 2020 – 30 December 2024 | |
| President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| Member of the National Council on Anti-Corruption Policy | |
| Assumed office June 1, 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | Ivan Bohun Military High School |
| Profession | combat diver |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Ukrainian military intelligence and Naval special forces |
| Battles/wars | |
Biography
He graduated from the Military Diplomatic Academy. He is a veteran of military intelligence and special forces.[1]
Roman Mashovets is a military officer: from the Ivan Bohun Military High School in 1993 to the Foreign Intelligence Department of the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine in 2008.[3]
After graduating from the military school, he began serving in the naval special forces – combat divers.
He served in the special purpose unit of the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, in the peacekeeping mission in Sierra Leone, as well as in the Ukrainian contingent in Iraq.[4]
Since July 2014, he has been engaged in the organization of military-technical assistance for the Ukrainian Army.
Roman Mashovets stood at the origins of the creation of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[5]
He conducted 25 trips to the war zone in the east of Ukraine.[3]
Political career
Roman Mashovets founded the charitable public organization "National Values of Ukraine", which is engaged in tracking modern trends in the national security and defense sector, researching the real state of the Ukrainian army, preparing analytical reports that are sent to the state structures of Ukraine and the United States, and the problematic issues of reintegration of temporarily occupied territories.[6]
Since April 22, 2020, he was appointed Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.[7]
He is a member of the National Council on Anti-Corruption Policy (since June 1, 2020).[8]