Commander of the Navy (Ukraine)

The Commander of the Ukrainian Navy (Ukrainian: Командувач Військово-Морських Сил) is the professional head of the Ukrainian Navy.

Commander of the Ukrainian Navy
Командувач Військово-Морських Сил ЗС України
Incumbent Oleksiy Neizhpapa since 11 June 2020[1]
Ukrainian Navy
Reports to	Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
Appointer	the President
Formation	April 1992
First holder	Boris Kozhin

List of commanders

No.	Picture	Commander	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Kozhin, BorisVice admiral Boris Kozhin (born 1944)	April 1992	October 1993	1 year, 6 months	.
2		Bezkorovainy, VolodymyrVice admiral Volodymyr Bezkorovainy (1944–2017)	October 1993	October 1996	3 years	.
3		Yezhel, MykhailoVice admiral Mykhailo Yezhel (born 1952)	October 1996	May 2003	6 years, 7 months	.
4		Knyaz, IhorVice admiral Ihor Knyaz [uk] (born 1955)	May 2003	March 2006	2 years, 10 months	.
5		Tenyukh, IhorAdmiral Ihor Tenyukh (born 1958)	March 2006	March 2010	4 years	.
6		Maksymov, ViktorAdmiral Viktor Maksymov [uk] (born 1951)	March 2010	June 2012	2 years, 3 months	.
7		Ilyin, YuriyAdmiral Yuriy Ilyin (born 1962)	July 2012	19 February 2014	1 year, 7 months	[2]
8		Berezovsky, DenisCounter admiral Denis Berezovsky (born 1974)	1 March 2014	2 March 2014	0 months	[3][4][5]
–		Hayduk, SerhiyVice admiral Serhiy Hayduk (born 1963) Acting	2 March 2014	7 March 2014	1 month	[6]
9		Hayduk, SerhiyVice admiral Serhiy Hayduk (born 1963)	7 March 2014	15 April 2016	2 years, 1 month	[7]
–		Voronchenko, IhorVice admiral Ihor Voronchenko (born 1963) Acting	25 April 2016	3 July 2016	2 months	[8]
10		Voronchenko, IhorAdmiral Ihor Voronchenko (born 1963)	3 July 2016	11 June 2020	3 years, 11 months	[9]
11		Neizhpapa, OleksiyVice admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa (born 1975)	11 June 2020	Incumbent	4 years, 5 months	[1]

See also

• Admiral (Ukraine)
• Commander of the Ground Forces (Ukraine)
• Commander of the Air Force (Ukraine)
• Commander of the Air Defence Forces (Ukraine)
• Commander of the Air Assault Forces (Ukraine)

References

1. Zelensky taps Rear Admiral Neizhpapa to command Ukraine's Navy (Photo), UNIAN (11 June 2020)
2. УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ № 84/2014. president.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 5 April 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
3. "Контр-Адмірала Дениса Березовського Призначено Командувачем Військово-Морських Сил Збройних Сил України". mil.gov.ua. 2006-04-05. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
4. Ukraine navy officers reject plea to defect to Russian-backed Crimea, The Guardian (3 March 2014)
5. Denis Berezovsky appointed commander-in-chief of Ukrainian Navy, Kyiv Post, March 1, 2014
6. "Ukraine army on alert after Russia approves troops". BBC News Online. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
7. "Rear Admiral D.V.Berezovsky was dismissed from duty as commander of the Naval Forces of Ukraine". Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. 2 March 2014. Archived from the original on March 3, 2014.
8. Poroshenko appoints Commander of Naval Forces of Ukraine, UNIAN (3 July 2016)
   "Poroshenko appoints Ihor Voronchenko as new acting head of Ukrainian Navy". Interfax-Ukraine. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
9. "Poroshenko appointed the Naval Commander (Порошенко призначив командувача ВМС)". Ukrayinska Pravda. 3 July 2016. Archived from the original on 3 July 2016.