A list of Ministers of Internal Affairs of historical states located on the territory of what is now Ukraine. Ukrainian People's Republic The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian People's Republic: Volodymyr Vynnychenko June 28, 1917 – January 30, 1918 (at first as a secretary of the Russian Provisional Government later as an independent Ministry) Pavlo Khrystiuk January 30, 1918 – February 1918 Mykhailo Tkachenko February 1918–April 29, 1918 Vyshnevsky April 30, 1918–May 4, 1918 Fedir Lyzohub May 4, 1918–November 14, 1918 Ihor Kistiakivsky November 14, 1918–December 14, 1918 O.Mytsiuk December 26, 1918–February 13, 1919 Dmytro Chyzhevsky February 13, 1919–April 9, 1919 Isaak Mazepa April 9, 1919–May 26, 1920 O.Salikovsky May 26, 1920–in exile Soviet period Yevgenia Bosch December 30, 1917 – March 1, 1918 (acting Prime-Minister) Yuriy Kotsiubynsky March 7, 1918 – April 18, 1918 (government disbanded) Vasiliy Averin November 28, 1918–January 29, 1919 (as the Temporary Workers'-Peasants' Government) Kliment Voroshilov (as part of the Russian Narkom) Christian Rakovsky Kin Antonov Mykola Skrypnyk 1921–1922 Mantsev 1922–1923 Nykolayenko 1923 (acting) Buzdalin 1923–1924 Vsevolod Balytsky March 1924–December 1930 (ministry disbanded) Vsevolod Balytsky 1934–1937 (acting) Vasiliy Ivanov 1937 Izrail Leplevsky 1937–1938 Oleksandr Uspensky 1938 (acting) Amayak Kobulov 1938–1939 Ivan Serov 1939–1941 Vasyl Serhiyenko 1941–1943 1946–1953 Tymofiy Strokach 1953–1953 Pavlo Meshik 1953–1956 Tymofiy Strokach 1953–1956 Oleksiy Brovkin 1962–1982 Ivan Holovchenko 1982–1990 Ivan Hladush 1990–1991 Andriy Vasylyshyn Independent Ukraine References Interior ministers