Oleksandr Kuzmuk

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Oleksandr Kuzmuk
Олександр Кузьмук
Kuzmuk in 2001
4th and 7th Minister of Defence of Ukraine
In office 24 September 2004 – 3 February 2005
President	Leonid Kuchma
Preceded by	Yevhen Marchuk
Succeeded by	Anatoliy Hrytsenko
In office 11 July 1996 – 24 October 2001
President	Leonid Kuchma
Preceded by	Valeriy Shmarov
Succeeded by	Volodymyr Shkidchenko
Personal details
Born	(1954-04-17) 17 April 1954 (age 70) Diatylivka, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Party of Regions
Spouse	Lyudmila
Children	Ivan and Maria
Alma mater	Kharkiv Higher Armor Command College Malynovsky Military Academy of Armor Forces
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union (to 1991)  Ukraine
Branch/service	Soviet Army  Ukrainian Ground Forces
Years of service	1975–2019, 2022-
Rank	General of Army of Ukraine
Commands	32nd Army Corps Ukrainian National Guard

Oleksandr Ivanovych Kuzmuk (Ukrainian: Олекса́ндр Іва́нович Кузьму́к; born 17 April 1954) is a Ukrainian politician and military commander, who was a member of the Party of Regions and also served as Minister of Defence of Ukraine on two occasions, from 1996 to 2001 and from 2004 to 2005. Kuzmuk formerly commanded the National Guard of Ukraine (1995–1996) and holds the highest rank in the Ukrainian military, General of the Army of Ukraine (1998).