Serhiy Bessarab
Serhiy Borysovych Bessarab (Ukrainian: Сергій Борисович Бессараб; born 13 November 1955) is a Soviet and Ukrainian military serviceman, lieutenant general.[2] He served as a troop commander of the Territorial Directorate "North" (2005–2007), the First Deputy Commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces (2012–2015), and the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (2015–2020). On 4 March 2020, he was appointed as the Minister for Veterans Affairs of Ukraine in the Shmyhal Government.[2] He resigned due to ill health on 16 December 2020.[3]
Serhiy Bessarab Сергій Бессараб | |
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| Minister for Veterans Affairs | |
| In office 4 March 2020 – 16 December 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Denys Shmyhal |
| Preceded by | split from Minister of Occupied Territories, IDPs, and veterans |
| Succeeded by | Yulia Laputina[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Serhiy Borysovych Bessarab 13 November 1955 Stari Kodaky (historic Kodak), Dnipropetrovsk Raion, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Independent |
| Education | Kyiv Suvorov Military School Kyiv Higher Combined-Arms Command School Moscow Military Academy National Defense University of Ukraine |
Biography
Back at time of the Soviet Union, in 1977 Bessarab graduated from Kyiv Higher Combined-Arms Command School and in 1990 M. V. Frunze Military Academy in Moscow. Later in 2002 he also graduated from National Defense University of Ukraine.
References
- Laputina appointed as Ukraine’s minister for veterans afffairs, Ukrinform (18 December 2020)
- "Who's who in Ukraine's new Cabinet of Ministers". Kyiv Post. March 4, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- (in Ukrainian) The council fired the veterans' minister, Ukrayinska Pravda (16 December 2020)