Yuriy Ilyin

Yuriy Ilyin
Ilyin in 2013
Native name
Юрій Іванович Ільїн
Birth nameYuriy Ivanovych Ilyin
Born (1962-08-21) 21 August 1962 (age 62)
Rahachow, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
AllegianceUkraine Ukraine
Soviet Union Soviet Union
Service / branch Soviet Navy
Ukrainian Navy
Years of service1983–2014
RankAdmiral
Commands
Spouse(s)Married, one daughter.

Yuriy Ivanovych Ilyin (Ukrainian: Юрій Іванович Ільїн; Belarusian: Юры Іванавіч Ільін, romanizedJury Ivanavič Iljin ; Russian: Юрий Иванович Ильин, romanizedJuri Ivanovič Iljin; born 21 August 1962) is a Ukrainian admiral and former commander of the Ukrainian Navy. He was elevated to the position of Chief of the General Staff by President Viktor Yanukovych on 19 February 2014 after the existing chief, Colonel General Volodymyr Zamana, was dismissed by the President during the February 2014 Euromaidan riots.

After an admission to hospital following a heart attack on 27 February 2014, Ilyin was dismissed from the post of Chief of the General Staff by interim president Oleksandr Turchynov on 28 February 2014.