Chief of the General Staff (Ukraine)

The Chief of the General Staff (Начальник Генерального штабу) is the chief of staff of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He/she is appointed by the President of Ukraine. If the Minister of Defense is a civilian the Chief of the General Staff becomes the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The current Chief of the General Staff is Viktor Muzhenko.

General Bulawa
General Bulawa was a name of the General Staff of Ukraine in 1917-1920
 * Colonel - Oleksandr Slyvynsky - April 1918
 * General - Oleksander Hrekov - (since November 1918 - Deputy Chief Otaman)
 * General - Oleksander Osetsky - (during anti hetman revolution, Deputy Chief Otaman)
 * General - Mykola Yunakiv - August 1919 (with unification of the Ukrainian People's Army and the Ukrainian Galician Army, Deputy Chief Otaman)
 * General - Volodymyr Sinclair end of 1919 (acting)
 * General - Volodymyr Sinclair March - June 1920

West Ukrainian National Republic

 * Ukrainian Military Committee (September - November 1918)
 * Captain - Dmytro Vitovsky September - November 1918


 * General - Oleksander Hrekov - January 22, 1918 -

Ukrainian Armed Forces
The office created upon the reorganization of the Soviet Kiev Military District when its head, Colonel General Viktor Chechevatov, refused to pledge his allegiance to the people of Ukraine.
 * Lieutenant General Hryhoryi Zhyvytsia - December 1991 - June 1992
 * Colonel General Vasyl Sobkov - June 1992 - September 1992
 * Colonel General Anatoliy Lopata - January 1993 - August 1996
 * Colonel General Oleksandr Zatynayko - March 1996 - September 1998
 * General of Army of Ukraine Volodymyr Shkidchenko - October 1998 - November 2001
 * Colonel General Petro Shuliak (ru:Шуляк, Пётр Иванович) - November 2001 - July 28, 2002
 * Lieutenant General Mykola Palchuk - July 2002 - August 2002 (Acting)
 * Colonel General Oleksandr Zatynayko - 13 August 2002 - June 2004
 * General of Army of Ukraine Sergiy Kirichenko - June 2004 - November 14, 2009 (tendered his resignation in early October)
 * Colonel General Ivan Svyda November 14, 2009 - May 31, 2010 (submitted a letter of resignation on May 29, 2010 )
 * Colonel General Hryhoriy Pedchenko May 31, 2010 - February 18, 2012
 * Lieutenant General Volodymyr Zamana February 18, 2012 - February 19, 2014
 * Admiral Yuriy Ilyin February 19, 2014 - February 28, 2014
 * Lieutenant General Mykhailo Kutsyn February 28, 2014 - July 3, 2014
 * Lieutenant General Viktor Muzhenko July 3, 2014 - present