1. Stepan Tymofiyovych Poltorak is a Ukrainian general who served as the Minister of Defence of Ukraine from 14 October 2014 until 29 August 2019.
10 Facts About Stepan Poltorak
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From 1 January 2019, Poltorak remained the country's defense minister as a civilian, after resigning from military service in October 2018.
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Stepan Poltorak resigned at the request of newly inaugurated president Volodymyr Zelensky on 20 May 2019.
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Stepan Poltorak was born on 11 February 1965 in the village Vesela Dolyna.
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Stepan Poltorak has served in the military since August 1983.
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Stepan Poltorak is a graduate from Ordzhonikidzevsky highest military command college of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR.
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In March 2002 Stepan Poltorak was appointed head of the Academy of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine in Kharkiv.
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Stepan Poltorak resigned at the request of newly inaugurated president Volodymyr Zelensky on 20 May 2019.
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Stepan Poltorak is married to Inna and has an adult son called Ihor.
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Stepan Poltorak's wife is a captain at Poltorak former posting, the Academy of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine in Kharkiv.