Vitaliy Radetsky | |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Office: | Minister of Defense |
Term Start: | 8 October 1993 |
Term End: | 25 August 1994 |
Predecessor: | Ivan Bizhan (acting) |
Successor: | Valeriy Shmarov |
Birthname: | Vitaliy Hryhorovych Radetsky |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1944 |
Birth Place: | Khrystynivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Allegiance: | |
Serviceyears: | 1964-2005 |
Rank: | General |
Commands: | Southern Operational Command (1992-1993) |
Vitalii Hryhorovych Radetskyi (Ukrainian: Віталій Григорович Радецький; born January 1, 1944) is a Ukrainian military, General of the Army who served as the Minister of Defence and chief of the National University of Defense of Ukraine. He also was the last commander of the Odesa Military District when it was transformed into the Southern Operational Command.