# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leonid-derkach
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:24:23.154Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leonid-derkach"
name: "Leonid Derkach"
slug: "leonid-derkach"
description: "Leonid Vasyliovych Derkach was a Soviet and Ukrainian politician, intelligence officer, and general who was Head of the Security Service of Ukraine from 22 April 1998 to 10 February 2001. Called the \"Ukrainian Sorge\", he headed one of the five groups in the Dnipropetrovsk Mafia. The Derkach family maintains very close relationships with Oleg Deripaska, Mikhail Fridman's Moscow-based Alfa Group and Petr Aven's Alfa-Bank."
tagline: "Ukrainian politician (1939–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%87_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B4_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1939-07-19"
deathDate: "2022-01-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.69
  momentum:             3.768016472203157
  historical:           7.272216
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%87_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B4_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Деркач Леонід Васильович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "ليونيد ديركاتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Derkatsch"
    title: "Leonid Derkatsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Derkach"
    title: "Leonid Derkach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Derkat%C5%A1"
    title: "Leonid Derkatš"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AA%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%83%E3%83%81"
    title: "レオニード・デルカッチ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81eonid_Derkacz"
    title: "Łeonid Derkacz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%87%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Деркач, Леонид Васильевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4158965"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump