Viktor Nazarenko
| Viktor Nazarenko | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
5 March 1956 Minsk, Belarus |
| Allegiance |
 Ukraine |
| Service/branch |
 SBGS |
| Years of service | 1977 – present |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Commands held | Chief of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine |
| Battles/wars |
Soviet war in Afghanistan War in Donbass |
Viktor Nazarenko (Belarusian: Віктар Назаранка; 5 March 1956, Minsk) is a Ukrainian military leader, Soviet veteran of the Afghan war (1979–89), doctor of military sciences.
Since October 2014 Nazarenko is the head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.[1]
Biography
Born in Minsk, in 1977 Nazarenko graduated the Higher Military-Political college in Lviv (today Sahaidachny Academy of Ground Forces) and then served in the Lviv Border Guard detachment of the Western Border Guard District. In 1983–86 he was studying at the Frunze Military Academy (today Combined Arms Academy), after graduation of which Nazarenko served for the Middle-Asian Border Guard District that at time was involved in the Soviet war in Afghanistan.
After the war and fall of the Soviet Union, he returned to his native Lviv Border Guard detachment where in 1992–94 Nazarenko served functions as a chief of staff. In 1994–95 he was a chief of the separate border checkpoint "Prykarpattia". Since 1995 Nazarenko served as a staff officer for the Northwestern and then Southern regional administrations of the Border Guard Troops.
In 2000–04 Nazarenko was a chief of the Azov-Black Sea Regional Administration (initially Crimean) of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine and headed the operation to prevent the Russian intrusion to the Tuzla island in 2003.
On 23 October 2014 President Petro Poroshenko appointed Nazarenko head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.[1]
Awards and decorations
Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Defender of the Motherland Medal
Order of the Red Star
Medal for Battle Merit
Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medal "For Impeccable Service"
Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Grateful People of Afghanistan Medal
Order of Friendship (Democratic Republic of Afghanistan)
References
- 1 2 President appoints Nazarenko as new border chief, Interfax-Ukraine (23 October 2014)
External links
- Profile at the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine website.