Sergei Potapenko

Sergey Vladimirovich Potapenko (Belarusian: Сяргей Уладзіміравіч Патапенка, Siargiej Uladzimiravič Patapienka) is a Belarusian Military leader and the current Deputy Minister of Defense.[1] He was born on 14 March 1961 in Rzhavka, a section of the Minsk region, of the Belarusian SSR, which is modern day Belarus.

Sergei Potapenko
Сяргей Патапенка
Сергей Потапенко
Deputy Defense Minister of Belarus
Assumed office
12 January 2016
PresidentAlexander Lukashenko
Preceded byMikhail Puzikov
Personal details
Born (1961-03-14) 14 March 1961
Rzhavka, Minsk, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Belarus
Years of service1982-present
RankMajor General

In 1982, he graduated from the Ulyanovsk Guards Higher Tank Command School. He served as a commander of a tank platoon.

He graduated from the Malinovsky Military Armoured Forces Academy in 1992. He worked for the 72nd Joint Training Centre on several staff positions and rose through the ranks from being a senior officer of the training division to the head of the training centre.

In 2008, Potapenko was appointed deputy commander of the North-Western Operational Command. He also commanded the Western Operational Command from 2010 to 2015.

In June 2015, he served as the head of the Main Combat Training Directorate of the Belarusian Armed Forces. On 12 January 2016, Potapenko was appointed Deputy Minister of Defence by order of a presidential decree.[2][3][4] It was in this position where he has commanded every Minsk Independence Day Parade since July 2016 on Victors Avenue.

References
  1. "Сергей Потапенко назначен замминистра обороны Беларуси". Белорусское телеграфное агентство (in Russian). 2016-01-12. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  2. "Sergei Potapenko | Official Website of Belarus MoD". www.mil.by. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
  3. "Генерал-майору С.В. Потапенко исполнилось 50 лет - Минское суворовское военное училище". mnsvu.org (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  4. "Потапенко Сергей Владимирович | Belarus Profile - директория представителей белорусской политики, гражданского общества и бизнеса". belarusprofile.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-11-15.


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