Ivan Bizhan

Minister of Defense (acting)In office
4 October 1993 – 8 October 1993Preceded byKostyantyn MorozovSucceeded byVitaliy Radetsky Personal detailsBorn
(1941-12-25)25 December 1941
Yalanets, Tomashpil Raion Transnistria Governorate, Kingdom of RomaniaMilitary serviceAllegiance Soviet Union
 UkraineBranch/service Ukrainian Ground ForcesRankColonel General

Colonel General Ivan Vasylyovych Bizhan (Ukrainian: Іван Васильович Біжан; born 25 December 1941) was a Ukrainian military officer who served for short period (4-8 October 1993) as acting Minister of Defence.

Bizhan has taken one of the most active roles in reestablishing of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the beginning of 1990s. On 7 April 1992, he was member of Ukrainian delegation to Sevastopol led by the First Deputy Chairman of Verkhovna Rada Vasyl Durdynets and left for Sevastopol for official ceremony of presenting a commander of the revived Ukrainian Navy, rear admiral Borys Kozhyn and accept the oath of allegiance of sailors who decided to join Ukrainian Navy.^[1] In June 1993, Bizhan also was a member of Ukrainian delegation in negotiations with the Russian Federation over the future 1997 friendship treaty.^[1]

References

External links

• Neshchadym, M. Ivan Bizhan. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine.

Military offices
Preceded by Vasyl Sobkov	(acting) Chief of the General Staff 1992 – 1993	Succeeded by Anatoliy Lopata
Preceded by Kostyantyn Morozov	(acting) Minister of Defence 1993	Succeeded by Vitaliy Radetsky