Serhiy Lysak
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Serhii Lysak | |
|---|---|
Сергій Лисак | |
 Official portrait, 2022 | |
| Head of the Odesa City Military Administration | |
| Assumed office 15 October 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Gennadiy Trukhanov[1] (as Mayor of Odesa[1]) |
| Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | |
| In office 7 February 2023 – 15 October 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Volodymyr Orlov (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Vladyslav Haivanenko (acting)[2] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 December 1975 |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Ukraine |
| Branch/service | Security Service of Ukraine |
| Years of service | 2014–present |
| Rank | Brigadier general |
| Battles/wars | |
Serhii Petrovych Lysak (Ukrainian: Сергій Петрович Лисак) is a Ukrainian brigadier general currently serving as head of the city military administration of Odesa since 15 October 2025.[1]
Lysak is a former agent of the Security Service of Ukraine who was the Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast from February 2023 to his appointment as head of the Odesa city military administration.[4][5]
Lysak is a former agent of the Security Service of Ukraine and studied at the National Academy of the Security Service of Ukraine.[6] He started his career in the early 2000s, holding operational position in the central office of the SBU.[6] His specialization was in counterintelligence and counterterrorism.[6] During the start of the 2010s, he served in regional SBU offices in Kyiv, Odesa, and Zhytyomyr.[6]
Lysak participated in the War in Donbas in the years 2014 and 2015 and in 2017.[5]
From May 2020 to July 2022, Lysak headed the Department of Security of Zhytomyr Oblast.[5] Following the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine he fought against the Russian occupation of the region.[5] On 25 March 2022 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy by decree promoted Lysak to the rank of brigadier general.[5] In July 2022 he was appointed the head of the Security Service of Ukraine in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.[5]
On 7 February 2023, President Zelenskyy appointed Lysak the new Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.[4][5]
On 15 October 2025 President Zelenskyy decreed that Odesa had been placed under a city military administration.[1] The same day President Zelenskyy appointed Lysak as the head of the Odesa city military administration.[1]
