Ivan Bizhan
4 October 1993 – 8 October 1993
(1941-12-25)25 December 1941
Yalanets, Tomashpil Raion Transnistria Governorate, Kingdom of Romania
Ukraine
Colonel General Ivan Vasylyovych Bizhan (Ukrainian: Іван Васильович Біжан; born 25 December 1941) was a Ukrainian military officer who served for short period (4-8 October 1993) as acting Minister of Defence.
Bizhan has taken one of the most active roles in reestablishing of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the beginning of 1990s. On 7 April 1992, he was member of Ukrainian delegation to Sevastopol led by the First Deputy Chairman of Verkhovna Rada Vasyl Durdynets and left for Sevastopol for official ceremony of presenting a commander of the revived Ukrainian Navy, rear admiral Borys Kozhyn and accept the oath of allegiance of sailors who decided to join Ukrainian Navy.[1] In June 1993, Bizhan also was a member of Ukrainian delegation in negotiations with the Russian Federation over the future 1997 friendship treaty.[1]
References
- ^ a b Volodymyr Chikalin. He always was at spearhead of events (Був завжди на вістрі подій). Narodna armiya. 26 November 2011.
External links
- Neshchadym, M. Ivan Bizhan. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine.
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Preceded by Vasyl Sobkov | (acting) Chief of the General Staff 1992 – 1993 | Succeeded by Anatoliy Lopata |
Preceded by Kostyantyn Morozov | (acting) Minister of Defence 1993 | Succeeded by Vitaliy Radetsky |
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(1918–1921)
- Oleksander Slyvynsky
- Oleksander Hrekov
- Oleksander Osetsky
- Mykola Yunakiv
- Volodymyr Sinclair
- Symon Petlyura
- Vsevolod Petriv
- Vasyl Tyutyunyk
- Volodymyr Salsky
(since 1991)
- Heorhiy Zhyvytsia*
- Vasyl Sobkov
- Ivan Bizhan*
- Anatoliy Lopata
- Oleksandr Zatynaiko
- Volodymyr Shkidchenko
- Mykola Palchuk*
- Petro Shulyak
- Oleksandr Zatynaiko
- Serhiy Kyrychenko
- Ivan Svyda
- Hryhoriy Pedchenko
- Volodymyr Zamana
- Yuriy Ilyin
- Mykhailo Kutsyn
- Viktor Muzhenko
- Ruslan Khomchak
- Serhiy Korniychuk
- Serhiy Shaptala
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