List of Ministers of Defense (Ukraine)
Ministers

List of Ministers of Defense (Ukraine)

Section Title: Ministers
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#	Picture	Name	Origin	Took Office	Left Office	Days served	President(s) served under	References

1	Kostyantyn Morozov	Luhansk Oblast	September 3, 1991	September 30, 1993	758	Leonid Kravchuk

Acting	Ivan Bizhan	Ivan Bizhan	Vinnytsia Oblast	October 4, 1993	October 8, 1993	4

2	Vitalyi Radetskyi	Vitalyi Radetskyi	Cherkasy Oblast	October 8, 1993	August 25, 1994	321	Leonid Kravchuk Leonid Kuchma

Acting	Valeriy Shmarov	Valeriy Shmarov	Vinnytsia Oblast	25 August, 1994	10 October, 1994	46	Leonid Kuchma

3	10 October, 1994	8 July, 1996	637

4	Oleksandr Kuzmuk	Oleksandr Kuzmuk	Khmelnytskyi Oblast	11 July, 1996	24 October, 2001	1931

Acting	Unknown	24 October, 2001	12 November, 2001	19

5	Volodymyr Shkidchenko	Volodymyr Shkidchenko	Russian SFSR	12 November, 2001	25 June, 2003	589

6	Yevhen Marchuk	Yevhen Marchuk	Kirovohrad Oblast	25 June, 2003	23 September, 2004	456

7	Oleksandr Kuzmuk	Oleksandr Kuzmuk	Khmelnytskyi Oblast	24 September, 2004	3 February, 2005	132	Leonid Kuchma Viktor Yushchenko

8	Anatoliy Grytsenko	Anatoliy Hrytsenko	Cherkasy Oblast	4 February, 2005	18 December, 2007	1047	Viktor Yushchenko

9	Yuriy Yekhanurov	Yuriy Yekhanurov	Russian SFSR	18 December, 2007	5 June, 2009	535

Acting	Valeriy Ivashchenko	Valeriy Ivashchenko	Zaporizhia Oblast	5 June, 2009	11 March, 2010	279	Viktor Yushchenko Viktor Yanukovych

10	Mykhailo Yezhel	Mykhailo Yezhel	Vinnytsia Oblast	11 March, 2010	8 February, 2012	699	Viktor Yanukovych

11	Dmytro Salamatin	Russian SFSR	8 February, 2012	24 December 2012	320

12	Pavlo Lebedyev	Pavlo Lebedyev	24 December 2012	27 February 2014	430	Viktor Yanukovych Oleksandr Turchynov

Commissar	Volodymyr Zamana	Volodymyr Zamana	Chernihiv Oblast	22 February 2014	27 February 2014	5	Oleksandr Turchynov

Acting	Ihor Tenyukh	Ihor Tenyukh	Lviv Oblast	27 February 2014	25 March 2014	26

Acting	Mykhailo Koval	Mykhailo Koval	Khmelnytskyi Oblast	25 March 2014	3 July 2014	100	Oleksandr Turchynov Petro Poroshenko

13	Valeriy Heletey	Valeriy Heletey	Zakarpattia Oblast	3 July 2014	14 October 2014	103	Petro Poroshenko

14	Stepan Poltorak	Stepan Poltorak	Odessa Oblast	14 October 2014	present	1626

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Pavlo Lebedyev served as Minister of Defense of Ukraine from 24 December 2012 to 27 February 2014.
Pavlo Lebedyev was the minister of Defense of Ukraine from 24 December 2012 to 27 February 2014.
Pavlo Lebedyev was Minister of Defense of Ukraine from 24 December 2012 to 27 February 2014.

final_sentence: Pavlo Lebedyev served as Minister of Defense of Ukraine from 24 December 2012 to 27 February 2014.
final_sentence: Pavlo Lebedyev was the minister of Defense of Ukraine from 24 December 2012 to 27 February 2014.
final_sentence: Pavlo Lebedyev was Minister of Defense of Ukraine from 24 December 2012 to 27 February 2014.