Stepan Poltorak
Stepan Poltorak | |
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Степан Полторак | |
Official portrait, 2013 | |
| 14th Minister of Defence of Ukraine | |
| In office 14 October 2014 – 29 August 2019 | |
| President | Petro Poroshenko Volodymyr Zelensky |
| Preceded by | Valeriy Heletey |
| Succeeded by | Andriy Zahorodniuk |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stepan Tymofiyovych Poltorak 11 February 1965 |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union (1983–1991) Ukraine (1992–2018) |
| Branch/service | Internal troops of the Soviet Union (1983-1991)
Internal Troops of Ukraine (1992-2014) National Guard of Ukraine (2014-2018) |
| Years of service | 1983–2018 |
| Rank | General of the army of Ukraine |
| Commands | National Academy of Internal Troops (2002–2014) Internal Troops/National Guard (2014) |
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Stepan Tymofiyovych Poltorak (Ukrainian: Степан Тимофійович Полторак) is a Ukrainian general who served as the Minister of Defence of Ukraine from 14 October 2014 until 29 August 2019. Previously he was the commander of the Internal Troops of Ukraine and National Guard of Ukraine. Poltorak's rank was General of the army of Ukraine. From 1 January 2019, Poltorak remained the country's defense minister as a civilian, after resigning from military service in October 2018. Poltorak resigned at the request of newly inaugurated president Volodymyr Zelensky on 20 May 2019.