Ruslan Khomchak

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Ruslan Khomchak
Official portrait, 2021
Native name	Руслан Борисович Хомчак
Birth name	Ruslan Borysovych Khomchak
Born	(1967-06-05) 5 June 1967 (age 56) Lviv,[1] Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union[2]
Allegiance	Soviet Union  Ukraine
Service/branch	Soviet Army  Ukrainian Ground Forces
Years of service	1988–present
Rank	Colonel general
Commands held	Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Chief of the General Staff Commander, Ukrainian Ground Forces 92nd Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)

Ruslan Borysovych Khomchak (Ukrainian: Русла́н Бори́сович Хомча́к; born 5 June 1967) is a Ukrainian Colonel-general who serves as the First Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine^[3] and former^[4][5] Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, until 28 March 2020 also holding the post of Chief of the General Staff.^[6]

Previously from 21 May 2019, he combined this post of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the post of Chief of the General Staff.^[7] On 28 March 2020, a decree by President Volodymyr Zelensky divided the posts of Commander in Chief and Chief of General Staff.^[6] On this day Zelensky dismissed Khomchak from the post of Chief of General Staff and appointed him Chief Commander of Armed Forces while simultaneously he appointed Serhiy Korniychuk Chief of the General Staff.^[6]

On July 27, 2021, Ruslan Khomchak was dismissed from the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine^[4] and appointed as the First Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.^[3]