Oleksandr Pavliuk

Oleksandr Pavliuk
Oleksandr Pavliuk
Олександр Павлюк
	Pavliuk in 2021
Commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces
	In office; 11 February 2024 – 29 November 2024
President	Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime Minister	Denys Shmyhal
Preceded by	Oleksandr Syrskyi
Succeeded by	Mykhailo Drapatiy
First Deputy Minister of Defense
	In office; 14 February 2023 – 10 February 2024
President	Volodymyr Zelensky
Prime Minister	Denys Shmyhal
Governor of Kyiv Oblast
	In office; 15 March 2022 – 21 May 2022
President	Volodymyr Zelensky
Preceded by	Oleksiy Kuleba
Succeeded by	Oleksiy Kuleba
Personal details
Born	Oleksandr Oleksiiovych Pavliuk; 20 August 1970; Novohrad-Volynskyi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Ukrainian
Military career
Allegiance	Ukraine
Years of service	1991–present
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands	Ukrainian Peacekeeping forces in Kosovo; Operational Command West; Commander, training of the Land Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; Commander, Joint Forces; Kyiv Regional Military Administration;
Battles / wars	Peacekeeping operations in Kosovo; Russo-Ukrainian War Kyiv offensive; ;
Awards	Hero of Ukraine; Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky II class; Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky III class;

Oleksandr Oleksiiovych Pavliuk (Ukrainian: Олександр Олексійович Павлюк; born 20 August 1970) is a Ukrainian general serving as commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces from 11 February 2024 until 29 November 2024. He was a participant in the war in Donbas and the Ukrainian defense against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 14 February 2023 he was appointed First Deputy Minister of Defense.

From 15 March 2022 until 21 May 2022 Pavliuk was head (Governor) of Kyiv Oblast State Administration.