Vitaliy Yuriyovych Zakharchenko (Ukrainian: ??????? ???????? ??????????; born January 20, 1963) is a Ukrainian and Russian politician who is a senior consultant at Russia's Rostec state corporation.
He previously served as Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs from 7 November 2011 until he was suspended from duties by the Ukrainian parliament on 21 February 2014 shortly after signing a decree authorizing the use of live ammunition against protesters.
In that position, he was the head of the Ukrainian national police service, the Militsiya.