Pavlo Lebedyev (Ukrainian: Павло Лебедєв) was the Minister of Defense of Ukraine between December 2012 and February 2014, the Honorary president of the Inter Car Group, president of the Social-Economical Sevastopol Development Fund. He is participant of liquidation of the Chernobyl disaster consequences and the Merited Economist of Ukraine (2011). The appointment became surprising to many politicians, because of a limited information about the politician.