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 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 Sergiy Kirichenko.

Contents 1 Chiefs 1.1 Ukrainian People's Republic 1.2 West Ukrainian National Republic 1.3 Ukrainian Armed Forces 2 References

[edit] Chiefs

[edit] Ukrainian People's Republic

• General - Oleksander Osetsky^[2] -

[edit] West Ukrainian National Republic

• General - Oleksander Hrekov - January 22, 1918^[3] -

[edit] Ukrainian Armed Forces

• Lieutenant General Hryhoryi Zhyvytsia^[4] - December 1991 - June 1992
• Colonel General Vasyl Sobkov^[4] - June 1992 - September 1992
• Colonel General Anatoliy Lopata^[4] - January 1993 - August 1996^[5]
• Colonel General Oleksandr Zatynayko^[4] - March 1996 - September 1998
• General of the Army of Ukraine Volodymyr Shkidchenko^[4] - October 1998 - November 2001
• Colonel General Petro Shuliak^[4] - November 2001 - July 28, 2002^[6]
• Lieutenant General Mykola Palchuk^[4] - July 2002 - August 2002^[6]
• Colonel General Oleksandr Zatynayko^[4] - 13 August 2002^[6] - June 2004
• Colonel General Sergiy Kirichenko^[4] - June 2004 - present

[edit] References