Chief of the General Staff (Ukraine)
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The Chief of the General Staff (Ukrainian: Начальник Генерального штабу) is the chief of staff of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He/she is appointed by the President of Ukraine.[1] If the Minister of Defense is a civilian the Chief of the General Staff becomes the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.[2] The current Chief of the General Staff is Viktor Muzhenko.[1]
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Chiefs of Staff
General Bulawa
General Bulawa was a name of the General Staff of Ukraine in 1917-1920[3]
- Colonel - Oleksandr Slyvynsky - April 1918
- General - Oleksander Hrekov - (since November 1918 - Deputy Chief Otaman)
- General - Oleksander Osetsky[4] - (during anti hetman revolution, Deputy Chief Otaman)
- General - Mykola Yunakiv - August 1919 (with unification of the Ukrainian People's Army and the Ukrainian Galician Army, Deputy Chief Otaman)
- General - Volodymyr Sinclair end of 1919 (acting)
- General - Volodymyr Sinclair March - June 1920
West Ukrainian National Republic
- Ukrainian Military Committee (September - November 1918)[5]
- Captain - Dmytro Vitovsky September - November 1918
- General - Oleksander Hrekov - January 22, 1918[6] -
Ukrainian Armed Forces
The office created upon the reorganization of the Soviet Kiev Military District when its head, Colonel General Viktor Chechevatov,[7] refused to pledge his allegiance to the people of Ukraine.
- Lieutenant General Hryhoryi Zhyvytsia[8] - December 1991 - June 1992
- Colonel General Vasyl Sobkov[8] - June 1992 - September 1992
- Colonel General Anatoliy Lopata[8] - January 1993 - August 1996[9]
- Colonel General Oleksandr Zatynayko[8] - March 1996 - September 1998
- General of Army of Ukraine Volodymyr Shkidchenko[8] - October 1998 - November 2001
- Colonel General Petro Shuliak (ru:Шуляк, Пётр Иванович)[8] - November 2001 - July 28, 2002[10]
- Lieutenant General Mykola Palchuk[8] - July 2002 - August 2002[10] (Acting)
- Colonel General Oleksandr Zatynayko[8] - 13 August 2002[10] - June 2004
- General of Army of Ukraine Sergiy Kirichenko[8] - June 2004 - November 14, 2009 (tendered his resignation in early October)[11]
- Colonel General Ivan Svyda[11] November 14, 2009 - May 31, 2010 (submitted a letter of resignation on May 29, 2010[12])
- Colonel General Hryhoriy Pedchenko[13] May 31, 2010 - February 18, 2012[14][15]
- Lieutenant General Volodymyr Zamana February 18, 2012[14][15] - February 19, 2014
- Admiral Yuriy Ilyin February 19, 2014 - February 28, 2014[16][17]
- Lieutenant General Mykhailo Kutsyn February 28, 2014[18] - July 3, 2014
- Lieutenant General Viktor Muzhenko July 3, 2014[1][19] - present
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ukraine's new defence minister promises Crimea victory, BBC News (3 July 2014)
President appoints Muzhenko as commander-in-chief of Armed Forces, Ukrinform (3 July 2014) - ↑ http://www.nau.kiev.ua/nau10/ukr/getcnt.php?uid=1093.2712.0&nobreak
- ↑ General Bulawa at the Handbook on history of Ukraine
- ↑ журнал "Воєнна історія" #1 за 2003 рік Старшинський корпус армії УНР періоду Директорії
- ↑ Encyclopedia of Ukraine (English)
- ↑ Army of the Ukrainian National Republic
- ↑ Viktor Chechevatov (English)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 Ministry of Defense' Army of Ukraine magazine
- ↑ Новини Управління Прес-служби МО
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Zatynaiko appointed head of Ukraine's General Staff," Interfax, 13 August 2002
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 ru:Педченко, Григорий Николаевич, Kyiv Post (November 14, 2009)
- ↑ Chief of General Staff Svyda resigns, Kyiv Post (May 29, 2010)
- ↑ By the Presidential decree №656/2010
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Yanukovych reshuffles leadership of defense ministry, army, Kyiv Post (18 February 2012)
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 President appoints new Chief of General Staff of Ukraine, President.gov.ua (18 February 2012)
- ↑ http://gazeta.ua/ru/articles/politics/_anukovich-smenil-glavnokomanduyuschego-vooruzhennyh-sil/542944
- ↑ Ilyin dismissed as head of Ukraine's General Staff, commander-in-chief of Ukrainian Armed Forces, Interfax-Ukraine (28 February 2014)
- ↑ Mykhailo Kutsyn appointed chief of general staff - commander-in-chief of Ukrainian army, Interfax-Ukraine (28 February 2014)
- ↑ Poroshenko appointed the new chief of General Staff. Ukrayinska Pravda. July 3, 2014
