Anatoliy Hrytsenko

Anatoliy Stepanovych Hrytsenko (or Grytsenko) (Анатолій Степанович Гриценко; born October 25, 1957) is a former Minister of Defence of Ukraine.

Political affiliation: Member of Our Ukraine and leader of the All-Ukrainian Public Organization Civil Position and Civil Position.

Hrytsenko was a candidate for President of Ukraine in the 2010 Ukrainian presidential elections, during the election he received 1,2% of the votes. In the second round he called on voting against both candidates (Yulia Tymoshenko and Viktor Yanukovych).

Civil Position gained one seat in the Ternopil city council during the 2010 Ukrainian local elections. During the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election. Hrytsenko was elected into parliament under "umbrella" party "Fatherland".

Education

 * June 23, 1979 graduated with honors from Kiev Higher Military Aviation Engineering School
 * December 10, 1984 assigned Candidate of Science (Ph.D.) degree from Kiev Higher Military Aviation Engineering School
 * 1993 graduated from Defense Language Institute, U.S. Department of Defense
 * June 6, 1994 graduated from Resident Program of U.S. Air War College
 * October 30, 1995 graduated from Academy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine