Ihor Oleksandrovych Voronchenko (Ukrainian: Воронченко Ігор Олександрович; born 22 August 1964) is a Ukrainian admiral and a former commander of the Ukrainian Navy.[2][1]
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| Born | 22 August 1964 Babai, Kharkiv Raion, Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union Ukraine |
| Service |  Ukrainian Ground Forces Ukrainian Navy |
| Years of service | 1980s–2020 |
| Rank | Admiral (2018) |
| Commands | Commander of the Ukrainian Navy (2016–2020[1]) Chief of the Main administration of personnel (2015–2016) Chief of the Coastal Defense Administration (2013–2015) 25th Regiment/501st Separate Mechanized Regiment (1998–2003) |
Before becoming commander of the Ukrainian Navy, Voronchenko held the staff position in General Staff, the position of chief of the Coastal Defense Administration (Ukrainian Navy), and was a commander of a former National Guard of Ukraine regiment that was later transformed into a battalion of Marine Infantry. Voronchenko served in Crimea starting in 1998.[3]
Career
editVoronchenko was born 22 August 1964 in the village of Babai in Kharkiv Raion.[3][4]
After graduation from the Tashkent Higher Tank Command School Voronchenko was assigned to East-Germany where he was commander of a tank platoon until 1988.[4] Voronchenko then became a commander of a tank company in the Belarusian Military District.[4] After the collapse of the Soviet Union he returned to Ukraine and continued service in the National Guard of Ukraine in Kharkiv.[4] Then he graduated from the Academy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Starting in 1998, he served in Crimea on the post of commander of a National Guard regiment.[4] And then became Crimea's chief of the Coastal Defense Administration of the Ukrainian Navy.[4]
During the February/March 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea Voronchenko was captured and detained for 4 days in Crimea before being released on 27 March 2014.[5][3]
Voronchenko was appointed acting commander of the Ukrainian Navy on 25 April 2016.[6] And on 3 July 2016 President Petro Poroshenko appointed him as commander of the Ukrainian Navy.[6] The same day Voronchenko was conferred the rank of Vice Admiral (on 25 April 2016 he held the rank of Lieutenant General).[6] On 23 August 2018 he was promoted to the rank of Admiral.[7] On 11 June 2020 President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Oleksiy Neizhpapa as commander of the Ukrainian Navy.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Zelensky taps Rear Admiral Neizhpapa to command Ukraine's Navy (Photo), UNIAN (11 June 2020)
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Poroshenko appointed the commander of the Navy, Ukrayinska Pravda (3 July 2016)
- ^ a b c (in Ukrainian) General Ihor Voronchenko: Bolotov, Pushilin, Gubarev - they are all pawns in this game, Ukrinform (12 August 2014)
- ^ a b c d e f (in Russian) Igor Voronchenko on February 23 - a feast for real men!, KP (23 February 2011)
- ^ Ukrainian soldiers released from detention in Crimea, United Press International (27 March 2014)
- ^ a b c 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. - ^ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 23 August 2018 year № 242/2018 «Про присвоєння військових звань» (in Ukrainian)