Serhiy Kirichenko

General of Army of Ukraine Serhiy Kirichenko (born May 4, 1952) was the 9th Chief of the General Staff and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[1]

Serhiy Kirichenko
Сергій Олександрович Кириченко
Born (1952-05-04) May 4, 1952
Novoselivka, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine
Allegiance Ukraine
Years of service1973 – present
RankGeneral of Army of Ukraine
Unit128th Mechanized Division
13th Army Corps
General Staff
Commands heldUkrainian Armed Forces
AwardsOrder of Bohdan Khmelnytsky Third Class

Early career

Serhiy Kirichenko was born on February 25, 1952 in Novoselivka, a small village in the Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine to a working-class family.[1]

Education

In 1973 Serhiy Kirichenko graduated from Kharkiv Armour Command school. In 1983 he graduated from command faculty of Malinovsky Military Armored Forces Academy.[1] In 2000 Serhiy Kirichenko graduated from the faculty of preparation of the operational-strategic level officers’ of the National Academy of Defence of Ukraine with golden medal.[1]

Assignments

Sergiy Kirichenko started his military career in Kiev Military District as commander of armour platoon.[1] During 1975–1992, he occupied positions of armour company commander, chief of staff of armour battalion, chief of staff of armour regiment, commander of armour regiment and deputy division commander.[1]

In 1992, after the fall of the Soviet Union, he joined the newly established Armed Forces of Ukraine. Until 2002, he served as commander of 128th mechanized division,[2] chief of staff of the Army Corps and commander of the 13th Army Corps.[1][3]

April 2002 Serhiy Kirichenko was assigned on position of Deputy of the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He was promoted to position of the Chief of the General Staff – the first Deputy of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in January 2003 and remained in that position until July 2004.[1]

On June 6, 2005 by Decree # 961/2005 of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, he was assigned to be the Chief of the General Staff – Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[1]

Dates of rank
  • Lieutenant, : 1973
  • Colonel, 128th Mechanized Division:
  • Major General, : August 23, 1995[2]
  • Lieutenant General, 13th Army Corps: 2002[3]
  • Colonel General, General Staff: January 2005
  • General of Army of Ukraine, General Staff: August 21, 2007[4]

Awards and decorations

Serhiy Kirichenko earned the following decorations and awards:

  • 10 Years Military Service
  • 15 Years Military Service
  • 20 Years Military Service
  • Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky Third Class – August 21, 2006[5]
  • For perfect service ІІІ-rd grade
  • 10 years of Ukrainian Armed Forces
  • Decoration of the Minister of Defense “Veteran of military service”
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References
  1. General of Army of Ukraine Sergiy Kirichenko
  2. (in Ukrainian) Officers promoted in August 1995
  3. (in Ukrainian) 10 years of National Defence Academy
  4. (in Ukrainian) Minister of Defence promoted officers Archived August 5, 2012, at Archive.today
  5. (in Ukrainian) Ukrainian presidential order № 708/2006 Archived May 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
Military offices
Preceded by
Oleksandr Zatynaiko		 Chief of the General Staff
2004–2009		 Succeeded by
Ivan Svyda
Preceded by
 Commander of the 13th Army Corps
1999–2002		 Succeeded by
Preceded by
Vyacheslav Zabolotnyi		 Commander of the 128th Mechanized Brigade
1995–1998		 Succeeded by
Oleksandr Maslenchuk
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