Oleksandr Pivnenko
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Oleksandr Pivnenko | |
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Олександр Півненко | |
 Pivnenko in 2023 | |
| Commander of the National Guard of Ukraine | |
| Assumed office 8 July 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Yuriy Lebid |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1986 (age 39–40) |
| Citizenship | Ukraine |
| Alma mater | Military Institute of Tank Troops of NTU "KhPI", National Defense University of Ukraine |
| Website | www |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service |  Internal Troops of Ukraine (2008–2014) National Guard of Ukraine (2014–present) |
| Years of service | 2008–present |
| Rank | .svg){kind=small} Brigadier general |
| Commands | National Guard Commander National Defense University of Ukraine (until 2023) |
| Battles/wars | Russo-Ukrainian War |
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Oleksandr Serhiiovych Pivnenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Сергійович Півненко; born 1986) is a Ukrainian athlete, serviceman, and the commander of the National Guard of Ukraine (NGU).[1] He is also a member of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief since July 25, 2023.[2] He currently holds the rank of Brigadier general,[3] and is also awarded with the title Hero of Ukraine.
Russo-Ukrainian War
Oleksandr Pivnenko was born in 1986 in East Germany to a military family.[4][5]
Pivnenko graduated from the Kryvyi Rih Lyceum with enhanced physical training, the Kharkiv Institute of Tank Troops, and the National Defense University of Ukraine (operational and tactical level).[4] He served in the Omega Special Forces Detachment of the National Guard of Ukraine in Kyiv.[4] As of 2011, he was an officer of the Special Forces and Counterterrorism Unit of the 1st Presidential Operational Brigade.[6]
On 2018, Pivnenko joined the Eastern Territorial Directorate of the NGU, and actively took part in the War in Donbas.[4]
During the initial stages of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Pivnenko participated in the battle of Kharkiv including the liberation of Kutuzivka, Mala Rohan and Tsyrkuny from Russian occupation.[4] He also participated in fighting around the Toretsk direction in Donetsk Oblast.[4] In July 2022, he was appointed commander of the 3rd Operational Brigade.[7]
In 2023, he was appointed head of the Eastern Territorial Directorate of the NGU.[4]
On July 8, 2023, Pivnenko was appointed Commander of the National Guard of Ukraine by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.[1][8][9][10] On July 10, he was introduced by Ihor Klymenko, Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, to the National Guard's command staff.[11] On July 25, he was admitted into the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief.[2] On November 29, he was assigned the rank Brigadier general by President Zelenskyy.[1]
