Rustem Umerov
Rustem Umerov | |
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Рустем Умєров | |
 Official portrait, 2023 | |
| Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine | |
| Assumed office 3 August 2026 | |
| President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| Preceded by | Oleh Luhovsky |
| Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine | |
| In office 18 July 2025 – 3 August 2026 | |
| President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| Preceded by | Oleksandr Lytvynenko |
| Succeeded by | Ihor Klymenko |
| 18th Minister of Defense | |
| In office 6 September 2023 – 17 July 2025 | |
| President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| Prime Minister | Denys Shmyhal |
| Preceded by | Oleksii Reznikov |
| Succeeded by | Denys Shmyhal |
| Head of the State Property Fund of Ukraine | |
| In office 7 September 2022 – 5 September 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Denys Shmyhal |
| Preceded by | Dmytro Sennychenko |
| Succeeded by | Olha Pishchanska |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
| In office 29 August 2019 – 7 September 2022 | |
| Constituency | Holos, No. 18 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 April 1982 Krasnogvardeysk, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union |
| Party | Holos |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | National Academy of Management Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute |
Rustem Enverovych Umerov (Ukrainian: Рустем Енверович Умєров; Crimean Tatar: Rüstem Enver oğlu Ümerov; born 19 April 1982) 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 served as the Minister of Defence of Ukraine from 2023 to 2025 and as the Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council from 18 July 2025 to 3 August 2026. He is also a member of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief.
Umerov is a former deputy head of the permanent delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, a delegate of the Qurultay of the Crimean Tatar People, and an adviser to former Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People chair Mustafa Dzhemilev. Since December 2020, Umerov has also co-chaired the Crimea Platform diplomatic initiative. In September 2023, amidst the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy named Umerov to replace Oleksii Reznikov as defense minister of Ukraine.