Oleksandr Pavliuk

Ukrainian lieutenant general (born 1970)
Олександр Павлюк
Pavliuk in 2021
Commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 February 2024PresidentVolodymyr ZelenskyyPrime MinisterDenys ShmyhalPreceded byOleksandr SyrskyiFirst Deputy Minister of DefenseIn office
14 February 2023 – 10 February 2024PresidentVolodymyr ZelenskyPrime MinisterDenys ShmyhalGovernor of Kyiv OblastIn office
15 March 2022 – 21 May 2022PresidentVolodymyr ZelenskyPreceded byOleksiy KulebaSucceeded byOleksiy Kuleba Personal detailsBorn
Oleksandr Oleksiiovych Pavliuk

(1970-08-20) 20 August 1970 (age 53)[1]
Novohrad-Volynskyi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet UnionNationalityUkrainianMilitary careerAllegiance UkraineYears of service1991–presentRank Lieutenant GeneralCommands held
  • Ukrainian Peacekeeping forces in Kosovo[2]
  • Operational Command West[2]
  • Commander, training of the Land Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine[2]
  • Commander, Joint Forces[2]
  • Kyiv Regional Military Administration[3]
Battles/wars Awards

Oleksandr Oleksiiovych Pavliuk (Ukrainian: Олександр Олексійович Павлюк; born 20 August 1970) is a Ukrainian general[6] serving as commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces since 11 February 2024.[7] He was a participant in the war in Donbas and the Ukrainian defense against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2] On 14 February 2023 he was appointed First Deputy Minister of Defense.[8]

From 15 March 2022 until 21 May 2022 Pavliuk was head (Governor) of Kyiv Oblast State Administration.[9]

Biography

Pavliuk was the commander of the Ukrainian peacekeeping forces in Kosovo from 2006 to 2007. He then commanded Operational Command West from 2017 to 2020, before being appointed as Commander of the training of the Land Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2020.[2]

On July 28, 2021, he was appointed the Commander of the Joint Forces. A command he held until 15 March 2022, when he was appointed commander of the "Kyiv Regional Military Administration".[3]

From 15 March 2022 until 21 May 2022 Pavliuk was head (Governor) of Kyiv Oblast State Administration.[9] According to Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko Pavliuk returned to military affairs.[9] Oleksiy Kuleba succeeded him as Governor.[9]

On 14 February 2023 Pavliuk was appointed First Deputy Minister of Defense.[8] On 11 February 2024, he was appointed as commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.[7]

Awards

On 3 March 2022, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy conferred the title of "Hero of Ukraine" to Pavliuk, citing his "personal courage and heroism", significantly contributing to the "protection of state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine".[4] He was previously awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky III class[10] and Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky II class.[5]

References

  1. ^ ПАВЛЮК Олександр Олексійович [PAVLIUK Oleksandr Oleksiiovych] (in Ukrainian). 19 March 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "The JF Commander Oleksandr Pavliuk: When we put our flags at the border, this will be a victory". USCC. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Zelensky appoints Pavliuk as Kyiv regional administration head, Moskaliov as JFO commander". Interfax-Ukraine. 15 March 2015. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  4. ^ a b УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №107/2022 [DECISION OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE No. 107/2022] (in Ukrainian). 3 March 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  5. ^ a b УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №538/2016 [DECISION OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE No. 538/2016] (in Ukrainian). 2 December 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  6. ^ Савченко, О. В. (2023-07-08). Павлюк Олександр Олексійович (in Ukrainian). Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України. ISBN 978-966-02-2074-4.
  7. ^ a b "Zelensky appoints 4 new high-level military commanders". The Kyiv Independent. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  8. ^ a b Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers appoints First Deputy Minister of Defence, Ukrainska Pravda (14 February 2023)
  9. ^ a b c d "Зеленський змінив голову Київської ОДА" [Zelensky replaced the head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration]. Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 21 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  10. ^ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 6 грудня 2012 year № 683/2012 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України» (in Ukrainian)
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