Ruslan Khomchak

Ruslan Khomchak
Official portrait, 2021
Native name
Руслан Борисович Хомчак
Birth nameRuslan Borysovych Khomchak
Born (1967-06-05) 5 June 1967 (age 57)
Lviv, Soviet Union[1]
Allegiance
  • Soviet Union
  • Ukraine
Service / branch
Years of service1988–present
RankColonel general
Commands
Spouse(s)Anna Kovalenko

Ruslan Borysovych Khomchak (Ukrainian: Русла́н Бори́сович Хомча́к; born 5 June 1967) is a Ukrainian Colonel-general who serves as the First Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine[2] and former[3][4] Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, until 28 March 2020 also holding the post of Chief of the General Staff.[5]

Previously from 21 May 2019, he combined this post of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the post of Chief of the General Staff.[6] On 28 March 2020, a decree by President Volodymyr Zelensky divided the posts of Commander in Chief and Chief of General Staff.[5] On this day Zelensky dismissed Khomchak from the post of Chief of General Staff and appointed him Chief Commander of Armed Forces while simultaneously he appointed Serhiy Korniychuk Chief of the General Staff.[5]

On July 27, 2021, Ruslan Khomchak was dismissed from the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine[3] and appointed as the First Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.[2]

  1. ^ Ruslan Khomchak. Liga.net
  2. ^ a b DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE №322/2021 About the appointment of R. Khomchak as the First Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (in Ukrainian)
  3. ^ a b https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/758177.html Valerii Zaluzhnyi appointed as Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces instead of Khomchak – Zelensky's press secretary
  4. ^ DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE №319/2021 About the dismissal of R. Khomchak from the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (in Ukrainian)
  5. ^ a b c Zelensky appoints Khomchak Chief Commander of Armed Forces, Korniychuk Chief of General Staff, Interfax-Ukraine (28 March 2020)
  6. ^ "President Zelensky appoints new chief of Ukrainian army's general staff". UNIAN. 21 May 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.