The National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, or RNBO, is the coordinating state body of the executive power under the President of Ukraine on issues of national security and defence.
All the sessions take place in the Presidential Administration Building, Kyiv.
Rustem Umerov
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Rustem Enverovych Umerov is a Ukrainian politician, businessman, investor, philanthropist and has served as the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine since 3 August 2026. Previously, he
National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine
…the Security Service of Ukraine Andriy Sibiha Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Rustem Umerov Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine Yevhenii Khmara Minister of Defence of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine…
Official portrait, 2023
Rustem Umerov (right), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud in Kyiv on 26 February 2023
Umerov introduced as the minister of defense by President Zelenskyy (7 September 2023)
Umerov with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in Kyiv, 20 November 2023