Yevhen Marchuk

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. (Gen. Ret.) Yevhen K. Marchuk (Ukrainian: ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿, (born 28 January 1941) is a Ukrainian statesman and politician and former acting Prime minister of Ukraine, former presidential candidate, former secretary of the National Security and Defense Council and former Defense Minister of Ukraine. Marchuk is affiliated with the Ukrainian Den' newspaper, edited by his wife. In 1963, during his study in Kirovohrad Teachers' Institute, Marchuk was recruited by the KGB and steadily rose through the ranks. He served first in Kirovohrad Oblast, then in the republican KGB branch in Kiev. Marchuk has admitted specializing in secret police functions. However, he claims to have been a humane lawful agent, secretly protecting some Ukrainian dissidents from harsh persecution.