Arsen Borysovych Avakov (Ukrainian: Арсен Борисович Аваков; born January 2, 1964) is a Ukrainian politician and businessman. Between 2005 and 2010 he was Governor of Kharkiv Oblast. Following the February 2014 revolution, he was appointed Minister of Internal Affairs in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. He was reappointed to the same position in the December 2014.