Anatoliy Barhylevych
Anatoliy Barhylevych | |
|---|---|
Анатолій Баргилевич | |
 Barhylevych in 2023 | |
| Chief of the General Staff | |
| In office 9 February 2024 – 16 March 2025 | |
| President | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| Prime Minister | Denys Shmyhal |
| Preceded by | Serhiy Shaptala |
| Succeeded by | Andrii Hnatov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 April 1969 |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Chirchiq Higher Tank Command and Engineering School National Defense University of Ukraine |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
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| Branch/service |  Ukrainian Ground Forces |
Years of service | 1986–present |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands | Territorial Defense Forces, 2023–2024 |
| Battles/wars | |
Anatoliy Vladyslavovych Barhylevych (Ukrainian: Анатолій Владиславович Баргилевич; born 8 April 1969) is a Ukrainian Lieutenant General (2024), commander of the Territorial Defense Forces from 9 October 2023,[1][2] until 9 February 2024, when he became Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine until 16 March 2025.[3][4]
Biography
He has been serving in the military since 1987. He graduated from the Tashkent Higher Tank Command School.[5]
In 2014, at the beginning of the war in eastern Ukraine, he served as Head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He later served at the headquarters of the Anti-Terrorist Operation.[5]
Since 2016, he served as Head of the Operations Directorate and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Ground Forces Command. He was promoted to Major general on 23 August 2017.[6][7]
From 2020 to 2022, he served as Deputy Commander of the Ground Forces and Commander of the Territorial Defence Command of Ukraine. From 2022, he served as Chief of Staff of the Khortytsia Operational-Strategic Grouping of Troops.
On 9 October 2023, he was appointed Commander of the Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[8] He halted a number of reforms that had been initiated after 2022, including dissolving a unit responsible for this area of work.[9]
On 10 February 2024, he was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[10]
He was promoted to Lieutenant general on 23 August 2024.[11]
On 16 March 2025 he was appointed Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine by decree of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the recommendation of then Defence Minister Rustem Umerov.
References
- ↑ "Ukraine's president replaces Territorial Defence Forces commander". reuters.com. Reuters. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ↑ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №679/2023 | Про призначення А.Баргилевича Командувачем Сил територіальної оборони Збройних Сил України" [DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE NO. 679/2023 | On the appointment of A.Bargylevych as the Commander of the Territorial Defence Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine]. president.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 9 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ↑ "Ucraina: Zelensky sostituisce anche il capo di stato maggiore" [Ukraine: Zelensky also replaces chief of staff]. rainews.it (in Italian). Rai News 24. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ↑ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №169/2025"Про звільнення А.Баргилевича з посади начальника Генерального штабу Збройних Сил України"". Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- 1 2 "Інтерв'ю генерал-майора Баргилевича: "Якщо мені доручили справу я буду робити її якісно"". Censor.NET. 29 July 2021.
- ↑ "Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 240/2017". President of Ukraine. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ↑ "Президент України підписав Указ «Про присвоєння військових звань»". Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. 24 August 2017. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ↑ "Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 679/2023". President of Ukraine. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
- ↑ "Заступником головкома вже працює і офіційно може стати Сергій Собко — критик Сирського, однодумець Драпатого, незручний правдоруб і генерал нового зразка. Невеликий (умовно) профайл". Babel (in Ukrainian). 10 August 2026. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
- ↑ Oliinyk, Tetiana (9 February 2024). "Зеленський призначив керівником Генштабу ЗСУ Анатолія Баргилевича". Ukrainska Pravda. Archived from the original on 15 January 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ↑ "Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 581/2024". President of Ukraine. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- "The President of Ukraine has appointed a new Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine". mod.gov.ua. MOD_Ukraine. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2025.