Viktor Muzhenko
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Viktor Muzhenko
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| Native name |
Віктор Миколайович Муженко
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| Birth name | Viktor Mykolayovych Muzhenko |
| Born | 10 October 1961 Vystupovichi, Ovruch Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine[1] |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union (1983–1992) Ukraine (1992–present) |
| Service/ |
 Soviet Army Ukrainian Ground Forces |
| Rank | General of the army of Ukraine |
| Commands held | 8th Army Corps (Ukraine) (2010-2012) Armed Forces of Ukraine (2014) |
Viktor Muzhenko (born 10 October 1961[1]) is Chief of the General Staff and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Biography
In 1983 Muzhenko graduated from the Leningrad Higher Military Command School.[1] He then served in the Soviet Union's Transcaucasian Military District, ending up being a commander of a motorized infantry battalion.[1] In 1992 he moved to the Carpathian Military District where he till 2000 served as its commander.[1] In 1996 Muzhenko graduated from the Academy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[1] From 2000 till 2003 he was chief of staff - deputy division commander of the Territorial Directorate "North".[1] From April 2003 to July 2004 he served as chief of staff - first deputy commander of a mechanized brigade of Ukrainian peacekeeping contingent of the multinational force in Iraq.[1] In 2005 Muzhenko graduated from the Faculty training of operational and strategic levels of the National Defence Academy of Ukraine.[1] In 2005 he was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army Corps of Ukrainian Ground Forces, a post he held till 2010.[1] In 2010-2012, he served as commander of the 8th Army Corps.[1] On 10 May 2012 Muzhenko was appointed Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[1] On 24 August 2012 Muzhenko was awarded the rank of lieutenant general.[1] Muzhenko was elected deputy of the Zhytomyr Oblast Council for the Party of Regions, but left the party in February 2014.[1] 20 May 2014 decree of the Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov appointed him first deputy head of the counterterrorist center at the Security Service of Ukraine.[1]
Muzhenko was appointed Chief of the General Staff by president Petro Poroshenko on 3 July 2014.[2] (According to Poroshenko) at the time his predecessor Mykhailo Kutsyn was suffering from shell-shock and a concussion and was staying at a hospital (he had been wounded while combating the 2014 insurgency in Donbass).[3] Muzhenko had also entered into combat in the Donbass region during the same operation.[1]
Awards and decorations
Order of Danylo Halytsky (2004)[1]
Medal "For Irreproachable Service"
Defender of the Motherland Medal- 60px Medal "For Impeccable Service"
Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medal "For Distinction in Military Service"
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 (Russian) Short bio, LIGA
- ↑ 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) - ↑ Poroshenko: Former Ukrainian General Staff chief shell-shocked in southeastern combat zone, Interfax-Ukraine (3 July 2014)
External links
- Profile at the Official Website of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence (Ukrainian)
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| Preceded by | Chief of the General Staff 2014 |
Incumbent |
| Preceded by | Commander of the 8th Army Corps 2010-2012 |
Succeeded by Petro Lytvyn |
- Articles with Russian-language external links
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- 1961 births
- Living people
- People from Ovruch Raion
- Pro-Ukrainian people of the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
- Soviet military personnel
- General of the Army (Ukraine)
- Recipients of the Order of Danylo Halytsky
- Party of Regions politicians
- Chief of the General Staff (Ukraine)
- Pro-Ukrainian people of the war in Donbass
