Mykhailo Koval
Mykhailo Koval | |
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Михайло Коваль | |
Acting Minister of Defence of Ukraine | |
In office 25 March 2014 – 3 July 2014 | |
Prime Minister | Arseniy Yatsenyuk |
Preceded by | Ihor Tenyukh |
Succeeded by | Valeriy Heletey[1] |
Personal details | |
Born | Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) | 26 February 1956
Alma mater | Frunze Military Academy |
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Military service | |
Allegiance | Soviet Union (to 1991) Ukraine |
Branch/service | Soviet Army Ukrainian Ground Forces SBGS |
Years of service | 1979–2021 |
Battles/wars | Russo-Ukrainian War
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Mykhailo Volodymyrovych Koval (
Biography
Mykhailo Koval was born on 26 February 1956 in the city of Iziaslav, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukrainian SSR.[3]
Military service
From September 1971 to June 1975, he studied at the Kamianets-Podilsky Industrial College at the mine surveying department. After graduating, he received the qualification of a "mining technician- mine surveyor" and attended the Kamianets-Podilsky Higher Military-Engineer Command School as a Second Lieutenant in the Sappers.[4]
Until 1987 he served in the Sapper units of the
In 1997 he also graduated the
2014 Crimea crisis
On 5 March 2014, during the annexation of Crimea, Colonel-General of the Border Troops Koval was abducted by "unknown formations in military uniform" near the military unit near Yalta, where he came to "lift the morale of Ukrainian border guards."[5] According to Koval, he was kidnapped by the Russian Airborne Forces with the assistance of Crimean civilians.[6] He was released the same day.[7][8][9]
War in Donbas
On 25 March 2014, the Verkhovna Rada of approved him as Acting Minister of Defense of Ukraine, 251 deputies voted for this decision with the required minimum of 226 votes.[10][11]
On 3 July 2014, the Verkhovna Rada, at the proposal of the President, relieved Koval from the duties of the Minister of Defense. The decision was approved by 327 deputies with the required minimum of 226 votes.[12] On the same day, by presidential decree, he was appointed to the post of Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.[13] He served in this post until 27 February 2021, and from 17 February 2015, he became the First Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council.
From 24 February 2022 to 15 August 2022, he was the Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of the
Awards and decorations
- Order of Merit (Ukraine)
- Medal For Military Service to Ukraine
- Defender of the Motherland Medal
- Dignity and Honour Commendation
- Order of the Red Star
- Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR
- Medal for Battle Merit
- Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Medal "For Impeccable Service" (15 years)
- Medal "For Impeccable Service" (10 years)
See also
- 2014 Crimean crisis
- Minister of Defense (Ukraine)
References
- ^ Heletei appointed Ukrainian defense minister, Interfax-Ukraine (3 July 2014)
- Ukrayinska Pravda. March 25, 2014
- ^ "Биография Михаила Коваля". РИА Новости (in Russian). 25 March 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Виконуючий обов'язки Міністра оборони України генерал-полковник Коваль Михайло Володимирович". 24 April 2014. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ ""Подробности" изучили биографию Михаила Коваля". podrobnosti. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Коваль: российские военные не хотят выполнять преступные приказы Путина". Украинская правда (in Russian). Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Депутаты назначили Коваля и.о. министра обороны". BBC News Україна (in Russian). 25 March 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Рада приняла отставку и.о. министра обороны Тенюха - Новости Харькова и Харьковской области. МГ «Объектив»". archive.objectiv.tv. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ Ukraine, Izvestia. "За что "ушли" Тенюха – адмирала без флота и авторитета". izvestia.kiev.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "В должности и.о. министра обороны Украины утвержден Михаил Коваль". РИА Новости (in Russian). 25 March 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Новым врио министра обороны Украины назначен Михаил Коваль". Interfax.ru (in Russian). 25 March 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Верховная Рада освободила Михаила Коваля от исполнения обязанностей". РИА Новости (in Russian). 3 July 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Про призначення М. Коваля заступником Секретаря Ради національної безпеки і оборони України". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 6 August 2023.
External links
- Unknown kidnapped a Colonel General in Crimea. Espreso. March 5, 2014
- Leadership of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine