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Anatoliy Hrytsenko

Anatoliy Hrytsenko
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Munich Security Conference, 4 February 2006
People's Deputy of Ukraine
Assumed office
15 December 2012
Minister of Defence of Ukraine
In office
4 February 2005 – 18 December 2007
Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko
Yuriy Yekhanurov
Viktor Yanukovych
Preceded by Oleksandr Kuzmuk
Succeeded by Yuriy Yekhanurov
Personal details
Born (1957-10-25) 25 October 1957 (age 59)
Zvenyhorodka Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Political party Civil Position
Spouse(s) Yuliia Volodymyrivna Mostova
Liudmyla Mykhailivna (divorced)
Children Oleksii (1979)
Svitlana (1982)
Hanna (2004)
Hlib Rozumkov (1998, stepson)
Residence Flag of Ukraine.svg Kyiv
Website grytsenko.com.ua

Anatoliy Stepanovych Hrytsenko (Ukrainian: Анатолій Степанович Гриценко; born 25 October 1957) is a Ukrainian politician, independentmember of the current Ukrainian parliament, former Minister of Defence, member of the Our Ukraine political party and leader of the Civil Position party.

Hrytsenko graduated with honours from Kyiv Higher Military Aviation Engineering School on 23 June 1979. On 10 December 1984 he was awarded a Candidate of Sciences (Ph.D.) degree from Kyiv Higher Military Aviation Engineering School. And in 1993 Hrytsenko graduated from the Defense Language Institute of the United States Department of Defense. On 6 June 1994 he graduated from the Resident Program of the U.S. Air War College And on 30 October 1995 Hrytsenko graduated from the Academy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Hrytsenko is author of more than 100 scientific papers published in Ukraine, Belgium, the Netherlands, United States, Germany and Switzerland.

Hrytsenko served 25 years in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, he served in combat units, as teacher at the military college and in staff positions in the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.


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