Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Ministry of State Security of the Luhansk People's Republic
Years of service
1993–2017
Rank
Major General (MSS)
Leonid Ivanovich Pasechnik (Russian: Леони́д Ива́нович Па́сечник; Ukrainian: Леонід Іванович Пасічник, romanized: Leonid Ivanovych Pasichnyk; born 15 March 1970) is a Ukrainian-born politician who has served as Head of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) since 2017. He holds the position in acting capacity ever since the illegal and unrecognized Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts in 2022. Pasechnik had previously held office as the LPR's Minister of State Security from 2014 to 2018.[2][3][4]
Prior to his political career, Pasechnik served in the Security Service of Ukraine until the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine, which he supported.
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^"Executive Order on Acting Head of Lugansk People's Republic". 5 October 2022.
^Леонид Пасечник стал и.о. главы ЛНР
^Анатолий Антонов возглавил Министерство госбезопасности ЛНР
^Former SBU agent, whom Yushchenko gave a medal. Who is the new leader of "LPR" (Бывший СБУшник, которому дал медаль Ющенко. Кто такой новый главарь "ЛНР"). Espreso.tv. 24 November 2017
Leonid Ivanovich Pasechnik (Russian: Леони́д Ива́нович Па́сечник; Ukrainian: Леонід Іванович Пасічник, romanized: Leonid Ivanovych Pasichnyk; born 15 March...
coordinating a joint referendum with Luhansk People's Republic leader LeonidPasechnik on the question of joining the Russian Federation. The referendum,...
injuries took their toll." The website stated that security minister LeonidPasechnik had been named acting leader "until the next elections." Plotnitsky...
injuries, took their toll." The website stated that security minister LeonidPasechnik had been named acting leader "until the next elections." On September...
in Popasna Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine Luhansk People's Republic LeonidPasechnik – Head of the LPR Igor Plotnitsky (former) Valery Bolotov (former) †...
alleged audio recording between Head of the Luhansk People's Republic LeonidPasechnik and Russian President Vladimir Putin in which Pasichnik states that...
company. In the end, Plotnitsky resigned and LPR security minister LeonidPasechnik was named acting leader "until the next elections." Plotnitsky reportedly...
faster speeds". The acting head of the Luhansk People's Republic, LeonidPasechnik, paid tribute to Zakharchenko at a memorial service in the Republic...
Lugansk People's Republic In office 9 June 2022 – 15 March 2023 Head LeonidPasechnik Prime Minister Sergey Kozlov Vice Governor of Kurgan Oblast In office...
occupation forces' title Hero of the Luhansk People's Republic by LeonidPasechnik. He is married to his wife Tamara Borisovna, and has three sons, four...
company. In the end, Plotnitsky resigned and LPR Security Minister LeonidPasechnik was named acting leader "until the next elections." Plotnitsky reportedly...
Russia's irredentism at the expense of Ukraine. On 27 March 2022, LeonidPasechnik leader of the LPR said that the Luhansk People's Republic might hold...
Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics, respectively Denis Pushilin and LeonidPasechnik, requested that Putin officially recognise the republics' independence;...
Fleet, had been killed in Mariupol. On 22 March, the head of the LPR, LeonidPasechnik, claimed that "almost 80% of the territory" of the Luhansk region was...
together with the other pro-Russian occupation heads Denis Pushilin, LeonidPasechnik and Yevgeny Balitsky, Saldo attended in Moscow the ceremony in which...
Varvarivka [uk], north of Rubizhne. On 22 March, the head of the LPR, LeonidPasechnik, claimed that while "almost 80% of the territory" of the Luhansk region...
Kremlin Palace in Moscow in the presence of occupation authority heads LeonidPasechnik, Denis Pushilin, Yevgeny Balitsky, and Vladimir Saldo, and Russian...
(2014–2018) X Alexander Borodai (2014) Igor Girkin (2014) Pavel Gubarev (2014) LeonidPasechnik (2017–2022) Igor Plotnitsky (2014–2017) Valery Bolotov (2014) X Units...
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