Volodymyr Shkidchenko

5th Minister of Defence of UkraineIn office
12 November 2001 – 25 June 2003PresidentLeonid KuchmaPreceded byOleksandr KuzmukSucceeded byYevhen Marchuk2nd Chief of the General StaffIn office
30 September 1998 – 13 November 2001Preceded byOleksandr ZatynaikoSucceeded byPetro Shulyak Personal detailsBorn (1948-01-01) 1 January 1948 (age 76)
Chita, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
(now Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, RussiaAwardsOrder of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 2nd & 3rd classMilitary serviceAllegiance Soviet Union (1970–1991)
 Ukraine (1991–2003)Branch/serviceSoviet Army
Ukrainian Ground ForcesYears of service1970–2003RankGeneral of the army

Volodymyr Petrovych Shkidchenko (Ukrainian: Володимир Петрович Шкідченко; born January 1, 1948) is a Ukrainian military officer, General of Army of Ukraine. Minister of Defence of Ukraine from November 12, 2001 to June 25, 2003.

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Military offices
Preceded by Vitaliy Radetsky	Commander of the 6th Army Corps 1992–1993	Succeeded by Oleh Shustenko
Preceded by Vitaliy Radetsky	Commander of the OK South (Odessa Military District) 1993–1998	Succeeded by Oleksandr Zatynaiko
Preceded by Oleksandr Zatynaiko	Chief of the General Staff 1998–2001	Succeeded by Mykola Palchuk