Col. Gen. Smeshko’s academic credentials include a PhD in Technical Sciences and System Analyses, and a Master’s of Law. After his first appointment as Ukraine’s Defense Attaché to the United States, he held a variety of top-tier academic and leadership positions in governmental national security, law enforcement, and technical science agencies and committees, including that of Chairman of Ukraine’s Joint Intelligence Committee, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine, Chairman of Ukraine’s Security Service, and Acting Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council. Smeshko is the author of “Essays on the History of Ukraine.” He founded the “Center for Strategic Studies and Analysis,” and ran as the presidential candidate from the Conservative-Democratic “Strength and Honor” party.
