 From 1999 until 2001 — chief of the MVS Regional Directorate in the Kirovohrad Oblast.From November 2001 — deputy director of the administration of the President of Ukraine, head of the Main Directorate of Judicial Reforms, Actions of Military Formations and Law Enforcement Agencies.From 27 August 2003 until 3 February 2005 — Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.