Serhiy Knyazev

Serhiy Knyazev is the former head of the National Police of Ukraine. He began his career in the internal affairs bodies in 1992 as a police officer in the security department in Bila Tserkva. From 2008, Knyazev headed the police of Kyiv Oblast. In April 2016, Knyazev was transferred to the post of head of the Rivne Oblast police with the task of putting an end to illegal amber mining.

A few months later, Knyazev was appointed head of the Criminal Investigation Department of the National Police of Ukraine. He headed the National Police from February 2017, after the dismissal of Khatia Dekanoidze, having won a competition.

On September 24, at a briefing, he announced that he was resigning. On the eve of his resignation, information appeared on social networks and in the media that Knyazev's ex-wife had been detained at the Polish-Ukrainian border with 650,000 euros in cash. The official stated on Facebook that he and his ex-wife had become victims of an information attack.