Ivan Bizhan
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Ivan Bizhan | |
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Іван Біжан | |
Minister of Defense (acting) | |
In office 4 October 1993 – 8 October 1993 | |
Preceded by | Kostyantyn Morozov |
Succeeded by | Vitaliy Radetsky |
Personal details | |
Born | Ivan Vasylovych Bizhan 25 December 1941 Yalanets, Tomashpil Raion Transnistria Governorate, Kingdom of Romania |
Military service | |
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Rank | Colonel General |
Colonel General Ivan Vasylyovych Bizhan (Ukrainian: Іван Васильович Біжан; born 25 December 1941) was a Ukrainian military officer who served for short period (4-8 October 1993) as acting Minister of Defence.
Bizhan has taken one of the most active roles in reestablishing of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the beginning of 1990s. On 7 April 1992, he was member of Ukrainian delegation to Sevastopol led by the First Deputy Chairman of Verkhovna Rada Vasyl Durdynets and left for Sevastopol for official ceremony of presenting a commander of the revived Ukrainian Navy, rear admiral Borys Kozhyn and accept the oath of allegiance of sailors who decided to join Ukrainian Navy.[1] In June 1993, Bizhan also was a member of Ukrainian delegation in negotiations with the Russian Federation over the future 1997 friendship treaty.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Volodymyr Chikalin. He always was at spearhead of events (Був завжди на вістрі подій). Narodna armiya. 26 November 2011.
External links
[edit]- Neshchadym, M. Ivan Bizhan. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine.
- 1941 births
- Living people
- People from Vinnytsia Oblast
- Colonel Generals of Ukraine
- Defence ministers of Ukraine
- Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union alumni
- Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 2nd class
- Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class
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