Mykola Dzhyha
Микола Васильович Джига
in 2014
Governor of Vinnytsia Oblast
In office
2010–2012
Preceded byVolodymyr Demishkan
Succeeded byIvan Movchan
Personal details
Born
Mykola Vasylyovych Dzhyha

(1949-05-15) 15 May 1949
Yarove, Sharhorod Raion, Ukrainian SSR
Political partyParty of Regions
Alma materAcademy of the USSR MVD
Kyiv University

Mykola Vasylyovych Dzhyha (Ukrainian: Микола Васильович Джига; born 15 May 1949, Yarove, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian career militsiya officer and later politician, member of the Verkhovna Rada. He is a Colonel General of Militsiya.

In 1966-1971 Dzhyha started with small low pay jobs in Fastiv. After finishing the Saratov specialized school of Militsiya, in 1973-2002 he made a career as a militsiya officer starting out as an investigator and finishing as a chief of the Central Administration for Combating Organized Crime (HUBOZ).

Between 2002 and 2004 Dzhyha headed the Interpol National Bureau in Ukraine and the Tax Militsiya Investigation Administration. Dzhyha was a closer colleague of the Minister of Internal Affairs Yuriy Kravchenko and conducted investigation relating to Georgiy Gongadze issue. Dzhyha also does not believe the official version that Kravchenko committed suicide.[1] During one of the Dzhyha's investigation, the documents that were showing a rent of land lot where Mezhyhiria is located were removed from the Vyshhorod district administration (Mezhyhirya Residence is located in Vyshhorod Raion).[2]

With small break in 2006-2014 he was a member of Verkhovna Rada representing Party of Regions. In 2010-2012 he served as a Governor of Vinnytsia Oblast.

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