The Commander of the Ukrainian Navy (Ukrainian: Командувач Військово-Морських Сил) is the professional head of the Ukrainian Navy.
| Commander of the Ukrainian Navy | |
|---|---|
| Командувач Військово-Морських Сил ЗС України | |
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 Ukrainian Navy | |
| Reports to | Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces |
| Appointer | the President |
| Formation | April 1992 |
| First holder | Boris Kozhin |
List of commanders edit
| No. | Picture | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vice admiral Boris Kozhin (born 1944) | April 1992 | October 1993 | 1 year, 6 months | . | |
| 2 | Vice admiral Volodymyr Bezkorovainy (1944–2017) | October 1993 | October 1996 | 3 years | . | |
| 3 | Vice admiral Mykhailo Yezhel (born 1952) | October 1996 | May 2003 | 6 years, 7 months | . | |
| 4 | Vice admiral Ihor Knyaz (born 1955) | May 2003 | March 2006 | 2 years, 10 months | . | |
| 5 | Admiral Ihor Tenyukh (born 1958) | March 2006 | March 2010 | 4 years | . | |
| 6 | Admiral Viktor Maksymov (born 1951) | March 2010 | June 2012 | 2 years, 3 months | . | |
| 7 | Admiral Yuriy Ilyin (born 1962) | July 2012 | 19 February 2014 | 1 year, 7 months | [2] | |
| 8 | Counter admiral Denis Berezovsky (born 1974) | 1 March 2014 | 2 March 2014 | 0 months | [3][4][5] | |
| – | Vice admiral Serhiy Hayduk (born 1963) Acting | 2 March 2014 | 7 March 2014 | 1 month | [6] | |
| 9 | Vice admiral Serhiy Hayduk (born 1963) | 7 March 2014 | 15 April 2016 | 2 years, 1 month | [7] | |
| – | Vice admiral Ihor Voronchenko (born 1963) Acting | 25 April 2016 | 3 July 2016 | 2 months | [8] | |
| 10 | Vice admiral Ihor Voronchenko (born 1963) | 3 July 2016 | 11 June 2020 | 3 years, 11 months | [9] | |
| 11 | Vice admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa (born 1975) | 11 June 2020 | Incumbent | 3 years, 10 months | [1] |
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Zelensky taps Rear Admiral Neizhpapa to command Ukraine's Navy (Photo), UNIAN (11 June 2020)
- ^ УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ № 84/2014. president.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 5 April 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ "Контр-Адмірала Дениса Березовського Призначено Командувачем Військово-Морських Сил Збройних Сил України". mil.gov.ua. 2006-04-05. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ^ Ukraine navy officers reject plea to defect to Russian-backed Crimea, The Guardian (3 March 2014)
- ^ Denis Berezovsky appointed commander-in-chief of Ukrainian Navy, Kyiv Post, March 1, 2014
- ^ "Ukraine army on alert after Russia approves troops". BBC News Online. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ "Rear Admiral D.V.Berezovsky was dismissed from duty as commander of the Naval Forces of Ukraine". Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. 2 March 2014. Archived from the original on March 3, 2014.
- ^ Poroshenko appoints Commander of Naval Forces of Ukraine, UNIAN (3 July 2016)
"Poroshenko appoints Ihor Voronchenko as new acting head of Ukrainian Navy". Interfax-Ukraine. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016. - ^ "Poroshenko appointed the Naval Commander (Порошенко призначив командувача ВМС)". Ukrayinska Pravda. 3 July 2016. Archived from the original on 3 July 2016.