General of the Army of Ukraine

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General of the Army of Ukraine Генерал армії України
Shoulder insignia
Country	Ukraine
Service branch	Ukrainian Ground Forces
Rank group	General officer
Non-NATO rank	OF-10
Formation	19 August 1993
Abolished	1 October 2020
Next lower rank	General

General of the Army of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Генерал армії України, romanized: Heneral armiyi Ukrayiny) was a general officer and was the highest possible rank in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.^[1] General of army of Ukraine ranks immediately above a colonel general and has no equivalent naval rank.^[2] The rank was also given to general of interior service or civil defense of Ukraine.

The first person to be awarded the rank was Andriy Vasylyshyn on August 19, 1993.

On November 13, 1918, the Minister of Defense Oleksander Hrekov awarded to the soldier congress delegate in Directorate Symon Petlyura the rank of Supreme Otaman. That award was the only official occurrence of that unique rank.

After October 2020, the rank is not given.^[3]

• The Armed Forces of Ukraine - Army^{[permanent dead link]}
• Supreme Otaman

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