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Leonid Derkach

Military · Politician · Sanction-linked entity

Leonid Derkach is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Leonid Derkach · Leonid Derkatsch · Leonid Derkatš · Leonyid Vasziljovics Derkacs · Łeonid Derkacz · 4 more...				[sources]
Other name	Leonid Vasylovych Derkach · Leonid Wassylowytsch Derkatsch · Деркач Леонид Васильевич · Деркач, Леонид · Деркач, Леонид Васильевич · 3 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1939-07-19				[sources]
Place of birth	Dnipro				[sources]
Death date	2022-01-14				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Ukraine				[sources]
Citizenship	Soviet Union · Ukraine				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Leonid				[sources]
Last name	Derkach				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4158965				[sources]
Position	Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (1998-2001) · People's Deputy of Ukraine (2002-2006)				[sources]
Education	Oles Honchar Dnipro National University				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-11-03	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

Ukrainian politician (1939–2022)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-11-09

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Andrii Derkach Politician · Sanctioned entity	child · father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
People's Deputy of Ukraine	2002-05-14	2006-05-25

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,212

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External databases

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Wikidata334,059

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Graph-based entity tagging80,950

Automatically generated graph-based topic annotations

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions550,659

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