Yulia Anatoliyivna Laputina ( uk, Юлія Анатоліївна Лапутіна; born 1967) is a Ukrainian politician who has served as Minister of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine in the

Shmyhal Government The Shmyhal government ( uk, Уряд Дениса Шмигаля) is the current government of Ukraine, formed on 4 March 2020 and led by Denys Shmyhal, who was previously acting vice prime minister, and earlier the Governor of Ivano-Frankivsk ...

since December 2020.

Career

In 1988, Laputina graduated from the

National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport is a Ukrainian university in Kyiv. History The university opened in 1930 as the National Institute of Physical Education of Ukraine in Kharkiv. In 1944 the institute was transferred ...

with a teacher and trainer diploma. In 1996, she graduated in law from the National Academy of the

Security Service of Ukraine The Security Service of Ukraine ( uk, Служба безпеки України, translit=Sluzhba bezpeky Ukrainy}) or SBU ( uk, СБУ, link=no) is the law enforcement authority and main intelligence and security agency of the Ukrainian ...

in Kyiv. She obtained the degree of candidate of sciences in the field of psychology. She was a researcher at one of the research institutes, in 1992 she became an officer of the Security Service of Ukraine. She held managerial positions in the SBU structure, she was responsible, inter alia, counterintelligence. During the war in Donbas, she led a task force for the service within the ATO (anti-terrorist operation). In March 2020, Laputina was promoted to the rank of major general of the SBU. In the same year, she retired from service, and later served as the director general in the communication and information policy directorate of the

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. In December 2020, she was Minister for Veterans Affairs in the government of

Denys Shmyhal Denys Anatoliyovych Shmyhal ( uk, Денис Анатолійович Шмигаль; born 15 October 1975) is a Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur who is the current Prime Minister of Ukraine since 2020. Prior to his appointment as prime m ...

Personal life

Laputina's husband also works in the Security Service of Ukraine. They have two daughters.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Laputina, Yulia 1967 births Living people Politicians from Kyiv Veterans affairs ministers of Ukraine 21st-century Ukrainian women politicians Women government ministers of Ukraine 21st-century Ukrainian politicians National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Security Service of Ukraine officers Eastern Orthodox Christians from Ukraine