Mykola Vasylyovych Dzhyha (; born 15 May 1949, Yarove,

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) is a Ukrainian career militsiya officer and later politician, member of the Verkhovna Rada. He is a

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of Militsiya. In 1966-1971 Dzhyha started with small low pay jobs in

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. 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 (

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). Between 2002 and 2004 Dzhyha headed the

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National Bureau in Ukraine and the Tax Militsiya Investigation Administration. Dzhyha was a closer colleague of the Minister of Internal Affairs

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and conducted investigation relating to

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issue. Dzhyha also does not believe the official version that Kravchenko committed suicide.Governor with epaulettes. To conquer the oppositional Vinnytsia regional council, the President sent Colonel General of Militsiya (Губернатор в погонах. Покорять оппозиционный Винницкий облсовет Президент отправил генерал-полковника милиции)
DS News. 7 June 2010. 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 (

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). Leshchenko, S.
There was revealed a secret of the Mezhyhiria's price rent for Yanukovych (Розкрито таємницю ціни оренди "Межигір'я" Януковичем)
'.

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. 3 June 2010. With small break in 2006-2014 he was a member of Verkhovna Rada representing

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. In 2010-2012 he served as a Governor of Vinnytsia Oblast.

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Governor with epaulettes. To conquer the oppositional Vinnytsia regional council, the President sent Colonel General of Militsiya (Губернатор в погонах. Покорять оппозиционный Винницкий облсовет Президент отправил генерал-полковника милиции)
DS News. 7 June 2010. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dzhyha, Mykola 1949 births Living people Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv alumni Governors of Vinnytsia Oblast Fifth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Sixth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Seventh convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Party of Regions politicians Colonel Generals of Ukraine