Viktor Muzhenko

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Viktor Muzhenko
General of the army of Ukraine
Commands heldChief 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 (

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

References

External links

  • Profile at the Official Website of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence (in Ukrainian)
Military offices
Preceded by Chief of the General Staff
2014–2019
Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander of the 8th Army Corps
2010–2012
Succeeded by