Sergei Potapenko
| Sergei Potapenko | |
|---|---|
| Сяргей Патапенка | |
| Deputy Defense Minister of Belarus | |
|
Assumed office 12 January 2016 | |
| President | Alexander Lukashenko |
| Preceded by | Mikhail Kuzikov |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
14 March 1961 Rzhavka, Minsk, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 USSR Belarus |
| Years of service | 1982-present |
| Rank | Major General |
Sergei Potapenko (Belarusian:Сяргей Патапенка) is a Belarusian Military leader and the current Deputy Minister of Defense. He was born on 14 March 1961 in Rzhavka, a section of the Minsk region, of the Belarusian SSR, which is modern day Belarus.
In 1982, he graduated from the Ulyanovsk Guards Higher Tank Command School. He served as a commander of a tank platoon.
He graduated from the Malinovsky Military Armoured Forces Academy in 1992 He worked for the 72nd Joint Training Centre on several staff positions and rose through the ranks from being a senior officer of the training division to the head of the training centre.
In 2008, Potapenko was appointed deputy commander of the North-Western Operational Command. He also Commanded the Western Operational Command from 2010 to 2015,
In June 2015, he served as the head of the Main Combat Training Directorate of the Belarusian Armed Forces. On January 12, 2016 Potapenko was appointed Deputy Minister of Defence by order of a presidential decree.[1]
References
- ↑ "Sergei Potapenko | Official Website of Belarus MoD". www.mil.by. Retrieved 2017-04-02.