Chief of the General Staff (Ukraine)
Chief of the General Staff | |
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Ukrainian: Начальник Генерального штабу | |
Ministry of Defence | |
Member of | the General Staff |
Reports to | Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces |
Appointer | President of Ukraine |
Formation | April 1918 (historical) 23 December 1991 (current) |
First holder | Colonel |
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.[2] If the Minister of Defense is a civilian the Chief of the General Staff becomes the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[3] The current Chief of the General Staff is .
Previously the Chief of the General Staff also served concurrently as the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Головнокомандувач Збройних сил України), a position just second to the Supreme Commander in Chief. On 28 March 2020 a decree by President Volodymyr Zelensky divided the posts of Commander in Chief and Chief of General Staff.[4]
Chiefs of General Staff[]
Armed Forces of Ukraine[]
The office created upon the reorganization of the Soviet Kyiv Military District when its head, Colonel General Viktor Chechevatov,[5] after receiving the offer to be appointed to the post, refused to pledge his allegiance to the Ukrainian people. Originally it was known as Chief of the Headquarters and was designated as the First Deputy of the Minister of Defense. In 1996 it was changed to Chief of the General Staff. In 2002 as part of military reform, the post was separated from the civil service and lost its ministerial deputy functions. In 2005 Chief of the General Staff was reaffirmed as the primary commander of the Armed Forces in the country and was granted a parallel post of Commander-in-Chief. In 2020 another reorganization took place as part of ongoing military reform triggered by the Russian aggression and the post of Commander-in-Chief was split into a separate post.
No. | Portrait | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | Ref |
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– | (1937–2015) Acting | Lieutenant General23 December 1991 | 4 June 1992 | 164 days | Ukrainian Ground Forces | [6] | |
1 | (born 1944) | Lieutenant General4 June 1992 | 25 September 1992 | 113 days | Ukrainian Ground Forces | . | |
– | Ivan Bizhan (born 1941) Acting | Lieutenant General25 September 1992 | 24 March 1993 | 180 days | Ukrainian Ground Forces | . | |
2 | (born 1940) | Colonel General24 March 1993 | 10 February 1996 | 2 years, 323 days | Ukrainian Ground Forces | [6][7] | |
3 | Oleksandr Zatynaiko (born 1949) | Colonel General12 March 1996 | 30 September 1998 | 2 years, 202 days | Ukrainian Ground Forces | [6] | |
4 | Volodymyr Shkidchenko (born 1948) | General of Army of Ukraine1 October 1998 | 13 November 2001 | 3 years, 43 days | Ukrainian Ground Forces | [6] | |
– | (1945–2016) Acting | Lieutenant General13 November 2001 | 27 November 2001 | 14 days | Ukrainian Ground Forces | . | |
5 | Petro Shulyak (born 1945) | Colonel General27 November 2001 | 28 July 2002 | 223 days | Ukrainian Ground Forces | [6] | |
(3) | Oleksandr Zatynaiko (born 1949) | Colonel General13 August 2002 | 3 June 2004 | 1 year, 295 days | Ukrainian Ground Forces | [6][8] | |
6 | Serhiy Kirichenko (born 1952) | General of Army of Ukraine19 July 2004 | 18 November 2009 [a] | 7 years, 122 days | Ukrainian Ground Forces | [6][9] | |
7 | Ivan Svyda (born 1950) | Colonel General18 November 2009 | 31 May 2010 [b] | 194 days | Ukrainian Ground Forces | [9][10] | |
8 | Hryhoriy Pedchenko (born 1955) | Colonel General31 May 2010 | 18 February 2012 | 1 year, 263 days | Ukrainian Ground Forces | [11][12][13] | |
9 | Volodymyr Zamana (born 1959) | Lieutenant General18 February 2012 | 19 February 2014 | 2 years, 1 day | Ukrainian Ground Forces | [12][13] | |
10 | Yuriy Ilyin (born 1962) | Admiral19 February 2014 | 28 February 2014 | 9 days | Ukrainian Navy | [14][15] | |
11 | Mykhailo Kutsyn (born 1957) | Lieutenant General28 February 2014 | 3 July 2014 | 125 days | Ukrainian Ground Forces | [16] | |
12 | Viktor Muzhenko (born 1961) | General of the army of Ukraine3 July 2014 | 21 May 2019 | 4 years, 322 days | Ukrainian Ground Forces | [2][17] | |
13 | Ruslan Khomchak (born 1967) | Lieutenant General21 May 2019 | 28 March 2020 | 312 days | Ukrainian Ground Forces | [17][4] | |
14 | Serhiy Korniychuk (born 1965) | Lieutenant General28 March 2020 | 28 July 2021 | 1 year, 122 days | Ukrainian Ground Forces | [4] | |
15 | (born 1973) | Major General28 July 2021 | Incumbent | 56 days | Ukrainian Ground Forces | [18] |
Historical offices[]
Ukrainian People's Republic[]
- Ukrainian General Staff
No. | Portrait | Chief of the Ukrainian General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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1 | (1868–1933) | Major GeneralNovember 1917 | March 1918 | 4 months | |
2 | (1886–1956) | Colonel8 February 1918 | 12 February 1918 | 4 days | |
3 | Oleksander Osetsky (1873–1937) | Ensign general12 February 1918 | August 1919 | 4 months |
- Headquarters of the UPR
No. | Portrait | Chief of the Headquarters of the UPR | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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1 | (1890–1919) | Ensign general1919 | 8 September 1919 | 8 days | |
2 | Volodymyr Sinclair (1887–1919) | Colonel8 September 1919 | 26 September 1919 | 18 days |
- General Staff of UPR
No. | Portrait | Chief of the General Staff of UPR | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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1 | Volodymyr Sinclair (1887–1919) | Colonel28 October 1918 | 19 August 1921 | 2 years, 295 days | |
2 | Vsevolod Petriv (1883–1948) | Colonel19 August 1921 | June 1922 | 8 days |
West Ukrainian National Republic[]
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General Bulawa was a name of the General Staff of Ukraine in 1917–1920.[20]
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Notes[]
References[]
- ^ https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-defense/3288617-zelensky-goes-for-another-three-major-replacements-in-army-ranks.html
- ^ Jump up to: a b Poroshenko appointed the new chief of General Staff. Ukrayinska Pravda. July 3, 2014
- ^ http://www.nau.kiev.ua/nau10/ukr/getcnt.php?uid=1093.2712.0&nobreak
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Zelensky appoints Khomchak Chief Commander of Armed Forces, Korniychuk Chief of General Staff, Interfax-Ukraine (28 March 2020)
- ^ Viktor Chechevatov Archived 2007-03-20 at the Wayback Machine (in English)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Ministry of Defense' Army of Ukraine magazine" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
- ^ Новини Управління Прес-служби МО
- ^ "Zatynaiko appointed head of Ukraine's General Staff," Interfax, 13 August 2002
- ^ Jump up to: a b 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
- ^ Jump up to: a b Yanukovych reshuffles leadership of defense ministry, army, Kyiv Post (18 February 2012)
- ^ Jump up to: a b President appoints new Chief of General Staff of Ukraine Archived January 28, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, 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)
- ^ Jump up to: a b "President Zelensky appoints new chief of Ukrainian army's general staff". UNIAN. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/shodo-zmini-nachalnika-genshtabu-zbrojnih-sil-ukrayini-koman-69789
- ^ Army of the Ukrainian National Republic
- ^ General Bulawa at the Handbook on history of Ukraine
- Chiefs of the General Staff (Ukraine)