Legal status of the Commander of the National Guard of Ukraine: historical and legal aspects

The article establishes that the legal status of Commander National Guard Ukraine is a combination his rights, duties, guarantees activity, responsibility and peculiarities relations with other structural elements security defense sector determined by Constitution laws Ukraine. content due to fact Ukraine, first all, military formation. constituent under study are inherent in heads command control bodies.
 development legislation regulating can be divided into four stages: a) period laying foundations for functioning formations law enforcement agencies when search an optimal model distribution powers between various state institutions was carried out (1991-1994); b) clarifying competence, structure subordination internal troops Ministry Internal Affairs destruction (1995-2000); c) opposition conflicts related attempts highest political forces increase their influence on its Commander, which ended Revolution Dignity disbandment (2001-2013); d) restoration addition commander activity rule preventive mechanisms (2014 – etc.).An analysis governing allows us identify following pattern: dominance individual totalitarian tendencies government contributes conciseness norms determine competence this official. democratic specification rights obligations activities, specifics President Commander-in-Chief Armed Forces officials, as well establishment legislative safeguards usurpation power continuity command.