Roman Mashovets

Roman Mashovets
Роман Машовець
Official portrait, 2021
Deputy Head of the
Office of the President of Ukraine
In office
April 22, 2020 – December 30, 2024
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Member of the National Council on Anti-Corruption Policy
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 1, 2020
Personal details
Born1976 (age 49–50)
EducationIvan Bohun Military High School
Professioncombat diver
Military service
Branch/serviceUkrainian military intelligence and Naval special forces
Battles/wars

Roman Vasyliovych Mashovets (Ukrainian: Роман Васильович Машовець; born 1976) is a Ukrainian politician and veteran of military intelligence and special forces. He was a Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine from 22 April 2020 to 30 December 2024.

Biography

He graduated from the Military Diplomatic Academy. He is a veteran of military intelligence and special forces.

Roman Mashovets is a military officer: from the Ivan Bohun Military High School in 1993 to the Foreign Intelligence Department of the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine in 2008.

After graduating from the military school, he began serving in the naval special forces – combat divers.

He served in the special purpose unit of the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, in the peacekeeping mission in Sierra Leone, as well as in the Ukrainian contingent in Iraq.

Since July 2014, he has been engaged in the organization of military-technical assistance for the Ukrainian Army.

Roman Mashovets stood at the origins of the creation of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

He conducted 25 trips to the war zone in the east of Ukraine.

Political career

Roman Mashovets founded the charitable public organization "National Values of Ukraine", which is engaged in tracking modern trends in the national security and defense sector, researching the real state of the Ukrainian army, preparing analytical reports that are sent to the state structures of Ukraine and the United States, and the problematic issues of reintegration of temporarily occupied territories.

On April 22, 2020, he was appointed Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine. He was dismissed from this position on 30 December 2024.

He is a member of the National Council on Anti-Corruption Policy (since June 1, 2020).

References

  1. 1 2 "Андрій Єрмак представив Романа Машовця на посаді заступника керівника Офісу Президента". Office of the President of Ukraine. April 22, 2020. Archived from the original on April 23, 2020. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Заступник Керівника Офісу Президента України". president.gov.ua. Archived from the original on July 3, 2020. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №889/2024 — Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України". Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України (in ua). Retrieved August 23, 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  4. 1 2 "Блог Романа Машовця". LB.ua. Archived from the original on July 14, 2022. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  5. ↑ Oleksii Horb (September 7, 2018). "Роман Машовець, ветеран воєнної розвідки України: "Ціна бойового досвіду воєнної розвідки України – безцінне життя героїв-розвідників"". Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. Archived from the original on December 5, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  6. ↑ "В Україні планують створити новий рід військ". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. April 20, 2015. Archived from the original on April 18, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  7. ↑ Yuri Lapaev (June 27, 2019). "Роман Машовець: "Відправка поранених на лікування в США важлива не лише для них самих. Це й значущий момент для взаємовідносин між Сполученими Штатами та Україною."". tyzhden.ua. Archived from the original on June 30, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  8. ↑ Decree of the President of Ukraine from April 22, 2020, year No. 153/2020 "Про призначення Р. Машовця Заступником Керівника Офісу Президента України" Archived January 27, 2022, at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)
  9. ↑ "Zelensky dismisses Presidential Office deputy head". The Kyiv Independent. December 31, 2024. Retrieved August 23, 2026.
  10. ↑ Decree of the President of Ukraine from June 1, 2020, year № 207/2020 "Питання діяльності Національної ради з питань антикорупційної політики" Archived June 13, 2020, at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)