Valeriy Malikov

Valeriy Vasylyovych Malikov (; 30 March 1942 in Mariupol, Nazi Germany occupation – 31 December 2016) was a Ukrainian statesman, and former Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (1994–1995). Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine (1995–1996).

Career Malikov was born on 30 March 1942 in Mariupol, which was then part of the Nazi German-occupied territories during World War II, but formally part of the Soviet Union. From 1961 to 1964 he served in the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union completely his mandatory conscription. Afterwards, he worked in various public organizations in Kharkiv until 1970 while also completing his degree from the Faculty of Economics of Kharkiv State University.

After serving as Head of the SBU and as advisor to the Prime Minister, he was elected to the Verkhovna Rada. In the Rada, he served as First Deputy Chairman of the Accounting Chamber until his dismissal in June 2004 due to the expiration of the term of his office. He would retire from politics thereafter, but continued serving as an adviser to the SBU until June 2015.

Tributes In March 2018, two years after his death, a memorial plaque was created in Kharkiv on the house where he lived when he worked in the city at 23 Kultury Street.