Mykhailo Yezhel

Mykhailo Yezhel
Mykhailo Bronislavovych Yezhel
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Admiral Mykhailo Yezhel
Born October 19, 1952
Barskyi Raion, Ukrainian SSR
Allegiance Ukraine
Service/branch Navy
Years of service July 1970 - October 2003
Rank Admiral

Admiral (Ret.) Mykhailo Bronislavovych Yezhel (Ukrainian: Михайло Броніславович Єжель) is the Minister of Defence of Ukraine since March 11, 2010[1] and a former Commander of the Ukrainian Navy.

Mykhailo Yezhel was born on October 19, 1952 in a small village of Sloboda-Yaltushkivska, Barskyi Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union.

In 1970 he completed 10th grade in a Republican specialized boarding school in Kiev and went on military career. Having served in the Pacific Fleet of the Soviet Navy from 1975 till 1993, Yezhel acquired citizenship of the newly-independent Ukraine and joined its Navy from the very beginning of its foundation.[citation needed]

From August 20, 2001 until April 25, 2003 he served as commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Navy. He retired in October 2003.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Valeriy Ivaschenko (acting)
Minister of Defence
2010-
Succeeded by
Incumbent

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