Commander of the Navy (Ukraine)

The Commander of the Ukrainian Navy (Ukrainian: Командувач Військово-Морських Сил) is the professional head of the Ukrainian Navy.

Commander of the Ukrainian Navy
Командувач Військово-Морських Сил ЗС України
Incumbent
Oleksiy Neizhpapa
since 11 June 2020[1]
 Ukrainian Navy
Reports toChief Commander of Armed Forces
Appointerthe President
FormationApril 1992
First holderBoris Kozhin

List of Commanders
No. Picture CommanderTook officeLeft officeTime in officeRef
1
Kozhin, BorisVice admiral
Boris Kozhin
(born 1944)		April 1992October 19931 year, 6 months.
2
Bezkorovainy, VolodymyrVice admiral
Volodymyr Bezkorovainy
(1944–2017)		October 1993October 19963 years.
3
Yezhel, MykhailoVice admiral
Mykhailo Yezhel
(born 1952)		October 1996May 20036 years, 7 months.
4
Knyaz, IhorVice admiral
Ihor Knyaz
(born 1955)		May 2003March 20062 years, 10 months.
5
Tenyukh, IhorAdmiral
Ihor Tenyukh
(born 1958)		March 2006March 20104 years.
6
Maksymov, ViktorAdmiral
Viktor Maksymov
(born 1951)		March 2010June 20122 years, 3 months.
7
Ilyin, YuriyAdmiral
Yuriy Ilyin
(born 1962)		July 201219 February 20141 year, 7 months[2]
8
Berezovsky, DenisCounter admiral
Denis Berezovsky
(born 1974)		1 March 20142 March 20140 months[3][4][5]
–
Hayduk, SerhiyVice admiral
Serhiy Hayduk
(born 1963)
Acting		2 March 20147 March 20141 month[6]
9
Hayduk, SerhiyVice admiral
Serhiy Hayduk
(born 1963)		7 March 201415 April 20162 years, 1 month[7]
–
Voronchenko, IhorVice admiral
Ihor Voronchenko
(born 1963)
Acting		25 April 20163 July 20162 months[8]
10
Voronchenko, IhorVice admiral
Ihor Voronchenko
(born 1963)		3 July 201611 June 20203 years, 11 months[9]
11
Neizhpapa, OleksiyCounter admiral
Oleksiy Neizhpapa
(born 1975)		11 June 2020Incumbent7 months[1]

See also

References
  1. Zelensky taps Rear Admiral Neizhpapa to command Ukraine's Navy (Photo), UNIAN (11 June 2020)
  2. УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ № 84/2014. president.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  3. "Контр-Адмірала Дениса Березовського Призначено Командувачем Військово-Морських Сил Збройних Сил України". mil.gov.ua. 2006-04-05. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  4. Ukraine navy officers reject plea to defect to Russian-backed Crimea, The Guardian (3 March 2014)
  5. Denis Berezovsky appointed commander-in-chief of Ukrainian Navy, Kyiv Post, March 1, 2014
  6. "Ukraine army on alert after Russia approves troops". BBC News Online. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  7. "Rear Admiral D.V.Berezovsky was dismissed from duty as commander of the Naval Forces of Ukraine". Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. 2 March 2014. Archived from the original on March 3, 2014.
  8. 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.
  9. "Poroshenko appointed the Naval Commander (Порошенко призначив командувача ВМС)". Ukrayinska Pravda. 3 July 2016. Archived from the original on 3 July 2016.
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