Career
In 2000, while a Minister of Internal Affairs, Kravchenko became directly involved in the murder case of Georgiy Gongadze and subsequent Cassette Scandal. Later he was the governor of Kherson Oblast (December 2001 – April 2002) and Head of the State Tax Administration of Ukraine (December 2002 – June 2003). Born in Oleksandriia, Kirovohrad Oblast, Kravchenko was a militsiya officer who made the top-possible career in Ukrainian police.
Minister of Internal Affairs from 1995 until sacking in March 2001.
On 29 January 2013 a Ukrainian court ruled Oleksiy Pukach had murdered the journalist Georgiy Gongadze on orders from Kravchenko, who was seeking a career promotion. Kravchenko was found dead in his apartment near Kiev on March 4, 2005.
He was at that time called as a witness in the murder case of Gongadze. lieutenant was claimed that Kravchenko committed suicide, some news reports claim that he was shot twice in the head