Vadym Troyan

Vadym Anatoliyovych Troyan (Ukrainian: Вади́м Анато́лійович Троя́н; born 12 September 1979) is a Ukrainian government official and military leader who is currently the chief of police for the Kiev Region. He was formerly the deputy commander of the Azov Battalion with the rank of colonel.

Troyan was born on 12 September 1979 in a village Orylka, Loziv district, Kharkiv region. In 2000 he graduated in Law from Kharkiv National University. Until 2003 he served as an investigator at the Loziv district police station in Kharkiv region.

Since the beginning of the military operation in the Eastern region of Ukraine he defended the independence and the territorial integrity of Ukraine as deputy commander of the Azov Battalion, a then far right all-volunteer infantry military unit linked to Neo-Nazism.

He has been awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky of the 3rd degree, as well as the personal award weapon and extraordinary special ranks. The Mariupol City Council has awarded him the title "Honorary citizen of Mariupol". May 2014 – September 2014 – the deputy battalion commander of "Azov" at the Ministry of Interior of Ukraine in the Kiev region.

September 2014 – October 2014 – the deputy regiment commander of "Azov" at the Ministry of Interior of Ukraine in the Kiev region.

30 October 2014 – now – the Head of the Main Department of the Ministry of Interior of Ukraine in the Kiev region.

He is one of the first officers who supports and works at the process of reforming of the Ministry of Interior. He has conducted the drastic personnel reform at the Police Department in the Kiev region. He has released the District police departments` leaders who personally took part at the process of execution of criminal orders given by the government of Yanukovych. He has expressed the full mistrust to the leading staff of the Department for Economic Crimes` Combating of the Main Department, putting them on retention. With the purpose to study the situation in the region he holds "VECHE" – the joint meetings of the local authorities, NGOs, activists, police officers in the districts. These events gave the opportunity to set up an open dialogue between the Ministry of Interior and the public.

Within the frameworks of the law enforcement bodies' reform he is taking an active part in the creation of a new police force. Thanks to an introduced experiment on the district police departments in Vasylkiv and Obukhiv districts of the Kiev region reorganization he brought the public service of the patrol service to a new level. The competitive recruitment into the police force was one of the first in Ukraine announced in the district town of Boryspil.

The new software has been developed in order to quick respond to the reports of citizens. The received information is being transferred to a system of a single line for all the districts. He has initiated the creation of a single regional line – 102.

At present time he continues to work on the position of the Head of the Main Department of the Ministry of Interior of Ukraine in the Kiev region.

On 16 November 2016 Troyan was appointed acting Chief of theNational Police of Ukraine.