Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk Succeeded by Valerii Heletei Name Mykhailo Koval | Signature Preceded by Ihor Tenyukh | |
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Born 26 February 1956 (age 68)
Izyaslav, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, USSR ( 1956-02-26 ) Alma mater Frunze Military Academy Education Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation | ||
Press conference by the acting minister of defence of ukraine mykhailo koval
Mykhailo Koval (Ukrainian: Михайло Володимирович Коваль; 26 February 1956) is a Colonel General of Ukraine who until 2014 worked in the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. During the 2014 Crimea crisis he was appointed as the Minister of Defence replacing Admiral Ihor Tenyukh who resigned.
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- Press conference by the acting minister of defence of ukraine mykhailo koval
- Professional career
- Awards and decorations
- References
Professional career
In 1979 Koval graduated the Kamianets-Podilsky Higher Military-Engineer Command School. Until 1987 he served in the Soviet Airborne Troops (VDV), after which he entered the Frunze Military Academy in Moscow and graduated it in 1990. In 1990-95 Koval served in a VDV training centre.
In 1997 he also graduated the National University of Defense of Ukraine. In 1997-99 Koval worked in commanding positions of the Northern Operation Command, in 1999–2001 - the Western Operation Command. In 2001-02 he served as the First Deputy Commander of the Internal Troops of Ukraine, since 2002 and until 2013 - the First Deputy Commander of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.