Viktor Muzhenko
Viktor Muzhenko | |
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General of the army of Ukraine | |
Commands held | Chief of the General Staff (2014-2019) Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (2012-2014) 8th Army Corps (Ukraine) (2010–2012) |
Viktor Mykolayovych Muzhenko (
general who was the Chief of the General Staff and the commanding officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
from 2014 to 2019.
Biography
In 1983 Muzhenko graduated from the
multinational force in Iraq.[1] In 2005 Muzhenko graduated from the Faculty training of operational and strategic levels of the National Defence Academy of Ukraine.[1] In 2005 he was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army Corps of Ukrainian Ground Forces, a post he held till 2010.[1] In 2010–2012, he served as commander of the 8th Army Corps.[1] On 10 May 2012 Muzhenko was appointed Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[1] On 24 August 2012 Muzhenko was awarded the rank of lieutenant general.[1] Muzhenko was elected deputy of the Zhytomyr Oblast Council for the Party of Regions, but left the party in February 2014.[1] 20 May 2014 decree of the Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov appointed him first deputy head of the counterterrorist center at the Security Service of Ukraine.[1]
Muzhenko was appointed
2014 insurgency in Donbas).[3] Muzhenko had also entered into combat in the Donbas region during the same operation.[1]
Awards and decorations
- Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky 3rd class (4 July 2016).[4]
- Order of Danylo Halytsky (2004)[1]
- Medal "For Irreproachable Service"
- Defender of the Motherland Medal
- Medal "For Impeccable Service"
- Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Medal "For Distinction in Military Service"
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q (in Russian) Short bio, LIGA
- ^ Ukraine's new defence minister promises Crimea victory, BBC News (3 July 2014)
President appoints Muzhenko as commander-in-chief of Armed Forces, Ukrinform (3 July 2014) - ^ Poroshenko: Former Ukrainian General Staff chief shell-shocked in southeastern combat zone, Interfax-Ukraine (3 July 2014)
- ^ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 4 липня 2016 year № 293/2016 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України» (in Ukrainian)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Viktor Muzhenko.
- Profile at the Official Website of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence (in Ukrainian)