Andriy Taran

Andriy Taran
Андрій Таран
Taran in 2022
16th Minister of Defence
In office 4 March 2020 – 3 November 2021[1]
President	Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime Minister	Denys Shmyhal
Preceded by	Andriy Zahorodniuk
Succeeded by	Oleksii Reznikov
First Deputy Commander of the Ground Forces
In office December 2015 – April 2016
Ambassador of Ukraine to Slovenia
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 May 2022
President	Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Preceded by	Mykhailo Brodovych
Personal details
Born	(1955-03-04) 4 March 1955 (age 69) Frankfurt an der Oder, Brandenburg, East Germany (now Germany)
Political party	Strength and Honor
Education	Kyiv Higher Engineer School of Artillery National Defence University
Occupation	Lieutenant general (retired) Politician
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union  Ukraine
Branch/service	Armed Forces of Ukraine
Years of service	1972–2016
Rank	Lieutenant general

Andriy Vasylyovych Taran (Ukrainian: Андрій Васильович Таран; born 4 March 1955) is Ukraine's ambassador to Slovenia. He was the 16th Minister of Defence of Ukraine and before that a lieutenant general in the Ukrainian Armed Forces.