Mykhailo Yezhel

Mykhailo Bronislavovych Yezhel
Admiral Mykhailo Yezhel
Born	October 19, 1952 Barskyi Raion, Ukrainian SSR
Allegiance	Ukraine
Service/branch	Navy
Years of service	July 1970 - October 2003
Rank	Admiral

Admiral (Ret.) Mykhailo Bronislavovych Yezhel (Ukrainian: Михайло Броніславович Єжель) is the Minister of Defence of Ukraine since March 11, 2010^[1] and a former Commander of the Ukrainian Navy.

Mykhailo Yezhel was born on October 19, 1952 in a small village of Sloboda-Yaltushkivska, Barskyi Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union.

In 1970 he completed 10th grade in a Republican specialized boarding school in Kiev and went on military career. Having served in the Pacific Fleet of the Soviet Navy from 1975 till 1993, Yezhel acquired citizenship of the newly-independent Ukraine and joined its Navy from the very beginning of its foundation.^{[citation needed]}

From August 20, 2001 until April 25, 2003 he served as commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Navy. He retired in October 2003.

References

1. ^ VR of Ukraine appointed Yezhel Defense Minister of Ukraine, UNIAN (March 11, 2010)

External links

• Biography (In Ukrainian)

Political offices
Preceded by Valeriy Ivaschenko (acting)	Minister of Defence 2010-	Succeeded by Incumbent

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Name	Ezhel, Mykhailo
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Date of birth	1952
Place of birth	Barskyi Raion, Ukrainian SSR
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