Oleksandr Pavliuk

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Oleksiiovych and the family name is Pavliuk.
Oleksandr Pavliuk
Олександр Павлюк
Pavliuk in 2021
Commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 February 2024
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime MinisterDenys Shmyhal
Preceded byOleksandr Syrskyi
First Deputy Minister of Defense
In office
14 February 2023 – 10 February 2024
PresidentVolodymyr Zelensky
Prime MinisterDenys Shmyhal
Governor of Kyiv Oblast
In office
15 March 2022 – 21 May 2022
PresidentVolodymyr Zelensky
Preceded byOleksiy Kuleba
Succeeded byOleksiy Kuleba
Personal details
Born
Oleksandr Oleksiiovych Pavliuk

(1970-08-20) 20 August 1970 (age 54)[1]
Novohrad-Volynskyi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityUkrainian
Military career
Allegiance Ukraine
Years of service1991–present
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands
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]

  1. ^ ПАВЛЮК Олександр Олексійович [PAVLIUK Oleksandr Oleksiiovych] (in Ukrainian). 19 March 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "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 "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. ^ УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №107/2022 [DECISION OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE No. 107/2022] (in Ukrainian). 3 March 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  5. ^ 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. ^ "Zelensky appoints 4 new high-level military commanders". The Kyiv Independent. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  8. ^ Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers appoints First Deputy Minister of Defence, Ukrainska Pravda (14 February 2023)
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference Pavliuk7347639 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).