As stated in the Decree of the President of Ukraine dated February 19, 2005 "On Some Issues of Organizing the Activities of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine," the full text of which is published today by the newspaper "Uryadovyi Kurier," the NSDC consists of 12 persons:
Viktor Yushchenko – President of Ukraine, Chairman of the Council;
Petro Poroshenko – Secretary of the NSDC;
Anatoliy Hrytsenko – Minister of Defense of Ukraine;
Oleksandr Zinchenko – State Secretary of Ukraine;
Volodymyr Lytvyn – Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (by consent);
Yuriy Lutsenko – Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine;
Vasyl Maliarenko – Chairman of the Supreme Court of Ukraine (by consent);
Sviatoslav Piskun – Prosecutor General of Ukraine;
Volodymyr Stelmakh – Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine (by consent);
Borys Tarasiuk – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine;
Yuliia Tymoshenko – Prime Minister of Ukraine;
Oleksandr Turchynov – Head of the Security Service of Ukraine.
Based on UNIAN materials