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Main article: General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
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 is appointed by the President of Ukraine. If the Minister of Ukraine is a civilian the Chief of the General Staff becomes the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces[1]. The current Chief of the General Staff is Lieutenant General Hryhoriy Pedchenko.[2]
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Chiefs
General Bulawa
- Colonel - Oleksandr Slyvynsky - April 1918
- General - Oleksander Hrekov - (since November 1918 - Deputy Chief Otaman)
- General - Oleksander Osetsky[3] - (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
- Chief Otaman
The office introduced on November 13, 1918 by General Oleksander Hrekov and served as the office of the commander-in-chief.
- Chief Otaman - Symon Petlyura - November 1918 - May 1926
West Ukrainian National Republic
- Ukrainian Military Committee (September - November 1918)[4]
- Captain - Dmytro Vitovsky September - November 1918
- General - Oleksander Hrekov - January 22, 1918[5] -
Ukrainian Armed Forces
The office created upon the reorganization of the Soviet Kiev Military District when its head, Colonel General Viktor Chechevatov,[6] refused pledge his allegiance to people of Ukraine.
- Lieutenant General Hryhoryi Zhyvytsia[7] - December 1991 - June 1992
- Colonel General Vasyl Sobkov[7] - June 1992 - September 1992
- Colonel General Anatoliy Lopata[7] - January 1993 - August 1996[8]
- Colonel General Oleksandr Zatynayko[7] - March 1996 - September 1998
- General of Army of Ukraine Volodymyr Shkidchenko[7] - October 1998 - November 2001
- Colonel General Petro Shuliak[7] - November 2001 - July 28, 2002[9]
- Lieutenant General Mykola Palchuk[7] - July 2002 - August 2002[9] (Acting)
- Colonel General Oleksandr Zatynayko[7] - 13 August 2002[9] - June 2004
- General of Army of Ukraine Sergiy Kirichenko[7] - June 2004 - November 14, 2009 (tendered his resignation in early October)[2]
- Colonel General Ivan Svyda[2] November 14, 2009 - May 31, 2010 (submitted a letter of resignation on May 29, 2010[10])
- Colonel General Hryhoriy Pedchenko[11] May 31, 2010 - present
References
- ^ http://www.nau.kiev.ua/nau10/ukr/getcnt.php?uid=1093.2712.0&nobreak
- ^ a b c ru:Педченко, Григорий Николаевич, Kyiv Post (November 14, 2009)
- ^ 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)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Ministry of Defense' Army of Ukraine magazine
- ^ Новини Управління Прес-служби МО
- ^ a b c "Zatynaiko appointed head of Ukraine's General Staff," Interfax, 13 August 2002
- ^ Chief of General Staff Svyda resigns, Kyiv Post (May 29, 2010)
- ^ By the Presidential decree №656/2010
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