| Ihor Voronchenko | |
| Birth Date: | 22 August 1964 |
| Birth Place: | Babai, Kharkiv Raion, Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
| Allegiance: |  Ukraine |
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| Serviceyears: | 1980s–2020 |
| Rank: | Admiral (2018) |
| Commands: | Commander of the Ukrainian Navy (2016–2020) Chief of the Main administration of personnel (2015–2016) Chief of the Coastal Defense Administration (2013–2015) 25th Regiment/501st Separate Mechanized Regiment (1998–2003) |
Ihor Oleksandrovych Voronchenko (Воронченко Ігор Олександрович; born 22 August 1964) is a Ukrainian admiral and a former commander of the Ukrainian Navy.[1] [2]
Before becoming commander of the Ukrainian Navy, Voronchenko held the staff position in General Staff, the position of chief of the Coastal Defense Administration (Ukrainian Navy), and was a commander of a former National Guard of Ukraine regiment that was later transformed into a battalion of Marine Infantry. Voronchenko served in Crimea starting in 1998.
Voronchenko was born 22 August 1964 in the village of Babai in Kharkiv Raion.[3]
After graduation from the Tashkent Higher Tank Command School Voronchenko was assigned to East-Germany where he was commander of a tank platoon until 1988.[3] Voronchenko then became a commander of a tank company in the Belarusian Military District.[3] After the collapse of the Soviet Union he returned to Ukraine and continued service in the National Guard of Ukraine in Kharkiv.[3] Then he graduated from the Academy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Starting in 1998, he served in Crimea on the post of commander of a National Guard regiment.[3] And then became Crimea's chief of the Coastal Defense Administration of the Ukrainian Navy.[3]
During the February/March 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea Voronchenko was captured and detained for 4 days in Crimea before being released on 27 March 2014.[4] [5]
Voronchenko was appointed acting commander of the Ukrainian Navy on 25 April 2016. And on 3 July 2016 President Petro Poroshenko appointed him as commander of the Ukrainian Navy.[6] The same day Voronchenko was conferred the rank of Vice Admiral (on 25 April 2016 he held the rank of Lieutenant General).[6] On 23 August 2018 he was promoted to the rank of Admiral.[7] On 11 June 2020 President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Oleksiy Neizhpapa as commander of the Ukrainian Navy.[2]