Volodymyr Shkidchenko

Volodymyr Shkidchenko
Володимир Шкідченко
Shkidchenko in 2002
5th Minister of Defence of Ukraine
In office 12 November 2001 – 25 June 2003
President	Leonid Kuchma
Preceded by	Oleksandr Kuzmuk
Succeeded by	Yevhen Marchuk
2nd Chief of the General Staff
In office 30 September 1998 – 13 November 2001
Preceded by	Oleksandr Zatynaiko
Succeeded by	Petro Shulyak
Personal details
Born	(1948-01-01) 1 January 1948 Chita, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
Awards	Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 2nd & 3rd class
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union (1970–1991) Ukraine (1991–2003)
Branch/service	Soviet Army Ukrainian Ground Forces
Years of service	1970–2003
Rank	General of the army

Volodymyr Petrovych Shkidchenko (Ukrainian: Володимир Петрович Шкідченко; born January 1, 1948) is a Ukrainian military officer, General of Army of Ukraine. Minister of Defence of Ukraine from November 12, 2001 to June 25, 2003.

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