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Former Minister of Defense of Ukraine Valery Shmarov died at the age of 74, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The editor-in-chief of the website “Space-Inform”, nicknamed “Nick Mitra”, reported this on Facebook .
“At the age of 74, Doctor of Technical Sciences, professor, former Minister of Defense of Ukraine and ex-director of the Aerospace Institute of the National Aviation University Valery Shmarov died,” the message says.
According to the report, Shmarov’s heart stopped beating the day before, on October 14.
What caused the death, when the farewell will take place and where Shmarov will be buried has not yet been reported.
Valery Shmarov was born on August 4, 1945 in the village of Zheloby, Vinnytsia region. In 1966 he graduated from the Kiev College of Radio Electronics, and in 1972 received higher education at the Kiev State University. Shevchenko.
Shmarov was the first deputy general director of the National Space Agency of Ukraine. Participated in the development of the first National Space Program of Ukraine.
From 1993 to 1995 he served as Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for the military-industrial complex, and in 1994 he was appointed Minister of Defense. He was also a people's deputy.
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