Vasylyshyn was an army general He was appointed interior minister to
the cabinet led by Prime Minister
Vitold Fokin following the fall of the communist regime in 1991. He was reappointed to the post in the cabinet led by Prime Minister
Leonid Kuchma in October 1992. He was dismissed by the Prime Minister in July 1994. He was replaced by Volodymyr Radchenko in the post. Vasylyshyn was the president of the
International Police Association Ukrainian section and an advisor to the Ukraine's
ministry of interior. ==Death==