Maksym Marchenko

Maksym Mikhailovich Marchenko (Ukrainian: Максим Михайлович Марченко; born 10 February 1983) is a Ukrainian colonel, former commander of the 28th Mechanized Brigade and the Aidar Battalion of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and the governor of Odessa Oblast since 1 March 2022.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Mikhailovich and the family name is Marchenko.
Maksym Marchenko
Максим Марченко
Marchenko in October 2020
15th Governor of Odessa Oblast
Assumed office
1 March 2022
PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy
Preceded bySerhiy Hrynevetsky
Personal details
Born (1983-02-10) 10 February 1983
Sloviansk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
NationalityUkrainian
Political partyIndependent
EducationKharkiv Institute of Tank Troops
National Defense University
Signature
Military service
Allegiance Ukraine
Branch/serviceUkrainian Army
Years of service2005–present
RankColonel
Unit28th Mechanized Brigade
Battles/warsRusso-Ukrainian War

Biography

Marchenko was born on 10 February 1983 in Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast. In 2005, he graduated from the Kharkiv Institute of Tank Troops and studied the Command and Staff Institute for the Use of Troops (Forces) of the National University of Defense of Ukraine.[1]

From 2015 to 2017 he served as the commander of one of the assault battalion of Ukrainian Ground Forces, the Aidar Battalion.

Later, in 2017, he was appointed Deputy Commander of the 92nd Mechanized Brigade, where he stayed for a short time because he led another brigade for a year.[2]

In April 2019, he was promoted to the rank of colonel.

Governor of Odessa Oblast

On 1 March 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he was appointed governor of Odessa Oblast, succeeding Serhiy Hrynevetsky.[3][4] On 15 March 2022, Marchenko appointed Anatoly Vorokhaev as his deputy.[5] The same day, Marchenko met with Bernard-Henri Lévy in Odessa.[6]

References
  1. "«Ми не здамо Одесу!» – керівник військово-цивільної адміністрації Максим Марченко". armyinform.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  2. "Командир одесской мехбригады досрочно получил очередное звание". Dumskaya (in Russian). 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  3. Decree of the President of Ukraine from 1 березня 2022 year № 90/2022 «Про призначення М.Марченка головою Одеської обласної державної адміністрації» (in Ukrainian)
  4. "Zelensky replaces heads of Odesa, Cherkasy regional state administrations". Ukrinform. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  5. "Глава Одесской ОВА Марченко уволил с должности заместительницу Светлану Фабрикант". 24 Канал (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  6. "Известный европейский философ приехал в Украину: обещает помочь с "закрытым небом"". Телеграф (in Russian). 2022-03-15. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
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