Stepan Poltorak
Stepan Poltorak | |
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Степан Полторак | |
Andriy Zahorodniuk | |
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| Born | Stepan Tymofiyovych Poltorak 11 February 1965 General of the army of Ukraine |
| Commands |  National Academy of Internal Troops (2002–2014) Internal Troops/National Guard (2014) |
Stepan Tymofiyovych Poltorak (
Biography
Poltorak was born on 11 February 1965 in the village
Poltorak has a
In March 2002 Poltorak was appointed head of the Academy of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine in Kharkiv.[6][7]
On 28 February 2014 acting President of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov appointed Poltorak commander of the Internal Troops of Ukraine.[6]
When the
On 14 October 2014, Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada approved Poltorak's appointment as Ukraine's Minister of Defence.[9][10][11] , replacing Valeriy Heletey, who was appointed head of the State Security Administration after President Petro Poroshenko accepted his resignation.[12]
President Poroshenko accepted Poltorak's resignation from military service on 13 October 2018.[4] Poltorak stayed on as Minister of Defence.[4]
Poltorak resigned at the request of newly inaugurated president
Family and personal life
Poltorak is married to Inna (who is two years younger than him) and has an adult son called Ihor.[13] His wife is a captain at Poltorak former posting, the Academy of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine in Kharkiv.[13]
Awards and decorations
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Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky 1st class[4]
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Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky 3rd class[14] |
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Medal "For Irreproachable Service"[14] |
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Defender of the Motherland Medal[14] |
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Medal of Zhukov[14] |
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Medal for Battle Merit[14]
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Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"[14] |
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Medal "For Impeccable Service"[14] |
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References
- ^ a b "Квота Зеленського: Рада призначила міністра оборони".
- ^ a b c d Turchynov proposes parliament appoint Poltorak as National Guard commander, Interfax-Ukraine (19 March 2014)
- ^ "Про присвоєння військових звань".
- ^ (13 October 2018)
- ^ a b "Ukraine's Defence Minister Poltorak resigns".
- ^ a b c d e (in Ukrainian) Turchynov appointed a new commander of the Internal Troops Archived 2014-04-16 at the Wayback Machine, Espreso TV (28 February 2014)
- ^ (in Russian) Former head of the Kharkov Academy of Internal Troops became the commander of the National Guard, sq.com.ua (15 April 2014)
- ^ Parliament appoints Poltorak as commander of National Guard of Ukraine, Interfax-Ukraine (15 April 2014)
- ^ "Poltorak becomes Defense Minister". ukrinform.ua. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ^ "Rada okays Poltorak's appointment as Ukrainian defense minister". Interfax-Ukraine. No. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ^ "Rada approves Poltorak as defense chief". unian.info. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ^ "Ukrainian Ex-Defense Minister Appointed Head of State Protection Service". RIA Novosti. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ^ a b (in Russian) Poltorak's wife is the captain of the militia, Vesti (15 October 2014)
- ^ a b c d e f g (in Ukrainian) Biography on the official website of Kharkiv
- ^ (in Russian) Small biography, LB.ua (10 October 2016)
External links
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- ^ About amendments to some legislative acts of Ukraine. Law of Ukraine. 13 March 2014