General of the Army of Ukraine

This article is about an Armed Forces of Ukraine rank. For other countries that use a General of the Army rank, see General of the Army.
General of the Army of Ukraine
Генерал армії України
Shoulder insignia
Country Ukraine
Service branch Ukrainian Ground Forces
Rank groupGeneral officer
Non-NATO rankOF-10
Formation19 August 1993
Abolished1 October 2020
Next lower rankGeneral

General of the Army of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Генерал армії України, romanized: Heneral armiyi Ukrayiny) was a general officer and was the highest possible rank in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[1] General of army of Ukraine ranks immediately above a colonel general and has no equivalent naval rank.[2] The rank was also given to general of interior service or civil defense of Ukraine.

The first person to be awarded the rank was Andriy Vasylyshyn on August 19, 1993.

On November 13, 1918, the Minister of Defense Oleksander Hrekov awarded to the soldier congress delegate in Directorate Symon Petlyura the rank of Supreme Otaman. That award was the only official occurrence of that unique rank.

After October 2020, the rank is not given.[3]

  1. ^ (in Ukrainian) President dismissed Nazarenko and made him an army general, Ukrainska Pravda, 25 July 2017
  2. ^ (in Ukrainian) The Law of Ukraine, On General Military Duty and Military Service
  3. ^ "Официально: в Украине вводятся новые воинские звания". sprotyv.info/ (in Russian). 24 July 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2021.