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On 5 March 2022, in the midst of the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Lieutenant General Zaluzhnyi was promoted by President Zelenskyy to the rank of General,<ref>{{Cite web |title=УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №108/2022 |url=https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/1082022-41565}}</ref> the highest possible rank in the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]].
On 5 March 2022, in the midst of the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Lieutenant General Zaluzhnyi was promoted by President Zelenskyy to the rank of General,<ref>{{Cite web |title=УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №108/2022 |url=https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/1082022-41565}}</ref> the highest possible rank in the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]].


Zaluzhnyi posed with a [[swastika]]-armband for his [https://twitter.com/CinC_AFU/status/1578083916296192000 Tweet made on 6 October 2022].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deutsche-wirtschafts-nachrichten.de/700618/Oberkommandierender-der-Ukraine-zeigt-sich-mit-Hakenkreuz |title=Oberkommandierender der Ukraine zeigt sich mit Hakenkreuz |accessdate=2022-10-09 |author=Gregor Uhlig
|date=2022-10-09 |format= |work= |publisher=Deutsche Wirtschaftsnachrichten |pages= |language=de |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>


== Military ranks ==
== Military ranks ==

Revision as of 19:47, 9 October 2022

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Fedorovych and the family name is Zaluzhnyi.

Valerii Zaluzhnyi
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Assumed office
27 July 2021
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime MinisterDenys Shmyhal
Preceded byRuslan Khomchak
Personal details
Born
Valerii Fedorovych Zaluzhnyi

(1973-07-08) 8 July 1973 (age 51)
Novohrad-Volynskyi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Alma materIvan Chernyakhovsky National Defense University of Ukraine, Odessa Military Academy
Known forBeing the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Nickname"Iron General"[1][2]
Military service
AllegianceUkraine
Years of service1993–present
RankGeneral
CommandsCommander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Operational Command North
Joint Operational Headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Operational Command West
51st Guards Mechanized Brigade
24th Guards Mechanized Brigade
Battles/wars

Valerii Fedorovych Zaluzhnyi (Ukrainian: Вале́рій Фе́дорович Залу́жний;[a][3] born 8 July 1973) is a Ukrainian four-star general who has served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since 27 July 2021. He is also concurrently a member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.

Zaluzhnyi was the Commander of the North Operational Command (2019–2021), Chief of the Joint Operational Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine — First Deputy Commander of the Joint Forces (2018), Chief of Staff – First Deputy Commander of the West Operational Command (2017), Commander of the 51st Guards Mechanized Brigade (2009–2012).

Zaluzhnyi was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022.[4]

Biography

In 1989, he graduated from the city school No. 9 and entered the Novohrad-Volynskyi Machine-Building Technical School, from which he graduated in 1991 with honors.

He later entered the general military faculty of the Odessa Institute of Land Forces. In 1997 he graduated with honors from the institute, after which he passed all stages of military service: platoon commander, training platoon commander, combat platoon commander, training company commander, cadet company commander, battalion commander.

In 2005 he entered the National Academy of Defense of Ukraine. In 2007 he graduated with a gold medal, was appointed Chief of Staff and First Deputy Commander of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade in Yavoriv, Lviv Oblast. He successfully served in this position for two and a half years.[5]

By the decision of the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 13 October 2009, he was appointed commander of the 51st separate mechanized brigade. He commanded it until 2012.[6]

In 2014 he graduated from the Ivan Cherniakhovskyi National Defense University of Ukraine. As the best graduate of the operational and strategic level of training, he was awarded the Transitional Sword of the Queen of Great Britain [clarification needed].[7]

In 2017 he was appointed Chief of Staff – First Deputy Commander of the Operational Command West.[8]

In 2018 he was appointed Chief of the Joint Operational Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine – First Deputy Commander of the Joint Forces.[9]

On 9 December 2019, he was appointed Commander of the Operational Command North.[10]

In December 2020 he graduated from the National University Ostroh Academy with a master's degree in International Relations.

On 27 July 2021, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Zaluzhnyi Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[11][12][13] He replaced Ruslan Khomchak in this position.[14][15] The next day he was appointed a member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.[16]

He is called one of the most open-minded generals, who understands the problems of soldiers and junior officers.[17] As a representative of Ukrainian senior officers and a participant in the hostilities in the Donbass, who did not serve in the USSR, he has a positive attitude to the renewal of personnel by young people and the departure from Soviet practices.[18] One of his first steps in office was to allow the military at the front to open fire in response to the occupiers without the consent of the top leadership and eliminate the need for the military to fill out unnecessary documents.[19]

Regarding his priorities as Commander-in-Chief, Zaluzhnyi said: "The overall course of reforming Ukraine's Armed Forces in line with NATO principles and standards remains irreversible. And the key here is the principles. Changes must take place primarily in the worldview and attitude towards people. I would like you to turn your face to the people, to your subordinates. My attitude towards people has not changed throughout my service."[20]

On 2 November 2021, Zaluzhnyi appointed Dmytro Yarosh, former leader of Right Sector, as his Adviser; however, according to Ukrayinska Pravda, Yarosh was dismissed from this position in December 2021, when the (army) post of public advisers was liquidated.[21]

On 5 March 2022, in the midst of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Zaluzhnyi was promoted by President Zelenskyy to the rank of General,[22] the highest possible rank in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.


Military ranks

Notes

  1. ^ Sometimes transliterated as Valery or Valeriy Zaluzhny in English.

References

  1. ^ "Ukraine's 'iron general' is a hero, but he's no star". POLITICO. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  2. ^ Hoffman, Bryce. "Business Leaders Need To Be More Like Ukraine's "Iron General" And Less Like Russia's Dinosaurs". Forbes. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  3. ^ Nikiforov, Serhiy (27 July 2021). "Valeriy Zaluzhny appointed as Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces instead of Khomchak – Zelensky's press secretary" (Press release). Interfax-Ukraine.
  4. ^ "Valeriy Zaluzhnyy", Time, 23 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Валерій Залужний: "Новоград-Волинський був колискою мрій і прагнень, Володимир-Волинський дав можливість втілити їх у життя…"". zvyagel.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Звягель. 5 November 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  6. ^ "У найбільшої військової частини у Волинській області новий командир!". blogs.korrespondent.net (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  7. ^ "генерал-майор ЗАЛУЖНИЙ Валерій Федорович". www.zsu.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Президент України підписав Указ "Про присвоєння військових звань"". mil.gov.ua. 24 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Брифінг начальника штабу — першого заступника Командувача об'єднаних сил генерал-майора Валерія Залужного". Офіційний вебсайт Міністерства оборони України. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  10. ^ "В ОК "Північ" новий командувач — генерал-майор Валерій Залужний". armyinform.com.ua (in Ukrainian). АрміяInform. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  11. ^ "Сфера оборони має функціонувати стабільно, скоординовано, з чіткою перспективою та без непорозумінь між керівниками – Глава держави". Міністерство оборони України. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Президент призначив головнокомандувачем ЗСУ Валерія Залужного". www.ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  13. ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №320/2021". Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Хомчак іде з посади. Призначено нового головнокомандувача – ОП". Українська правда. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Названо наступника Хомчака на посаді головнокомандувача ЗСУ". РБК-Украина (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  16. ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №325/2021". Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  17. ^ "Хто такий новий головнокомандувач ЗСУ Валерій Залужний". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  18. ^ "Генерал Валерій Залужний. Що відомо про нового головнокомандувача ЗСУ" (in Ukrainian). BBC News Україна. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  19. ^ "Військовим в зоні ООС дозволили відповідати окупантам без узгодження з вищим керівництвом, - головнокомандувач ЗСУ Залужний". Еспресо - український погляд на світ! (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  20. ^ "Новий головнокомандувач ЗСУ Залужний назвав свої пріоритети на цій посаді". Еспресо - український погляд на світ! (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  21. ^ "Генштаб не зізнається про роль Яроша. Той проінспектував свою добровольчу армію". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 13 December 2021.
  22. ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №108/2022".
  23. ^ "Twitter account of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine". twitter.com. 5 March 2022.

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