The Chief of the General Staff (Ukrainian: Начальник Генерального штабу) is the chief of staff of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He/she is appointed by the President of Ukraine. If the Minister of Defense is a civilian the Chief of the General Staff becomes the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The current Chief of the General Staff is Viktor Muzhenko.
General Bulawa was a name of the General Staff of Ukraine in 1917-1920
Colonel - Oleksandr Slyvynsky - April 1918General - Oleksander Hrekov - (since November 1918 - Deputy Chief Otaman)General - Oleksander Osetsky - (during anti hetman revolution, Deputy Chief Otaman)General - Mykola Yunakiv - August 1919 (with unification of the Ukrainian People's Army and the Ukrainian Galician Army, Deputy Chief Otaman)General - Volodymyr Sinclair end of 1919 (acting)General - Volodymyr Sinclair March - June 1920Ukrainian Military Committee (September - November 1918)Captain - Dmytro Vitovsky September - November 1918General - Oleksander Hrekov - January 22, 1918 -The office created upon the reorganization of the Soviet Kiev Military District when its head, Colonel General Viktor Chechevatov, refused to pledge his allegiance to the people of Ukraine.
Lieutenant General Hryhoryi Zhyvytsia - December 1991 - June 1992Colonel General Vasyl Sobkov - June 1992 - September 1992Colonel General Anatoliy Lopata - January 1993 - August 1996Colonel General Oleksandr Zatynayko - March 1996 - September 1998General of Army of Ukraine Volodymyr Shkidchenko - October 1998 - November 2001Colonel General Petro Shuliak (ru:Шуляк, Пётр Иванович) - November 2001 - July 28, 2002Lieutenant General Mykola Palchuk - July 2002 - August 2002 (Acting)Colonel General Oleksandr Zatynayko - 13 August 2002 - June 2004General of Army of Ukraine Sergiy Kirichenko - June 2004 - November 14, 2009 (tendered his resignation in early October)Colonel General Ivan Svyda November 14, 2009 - May 31, 2010 (submitted a letter of resignation on May 29, 2010)Colonel General Hryhoriy Pedchenko May 31, 2010 - February 18, 2012Lieutenant General Volodymyr Zamana February 18, 2012 - February 19, 2014Admiral Yuriy Ilyin February 19, 2014 - February 28, 2014Lieutenant General Mykhailo Kutsyn February 28, 2014 - July 3, 2014General of the army of Ukraine Viktor Muzhenko July 3, 2014 - present
