Michail Koval
Date of Birth: 26.02.1956
Place of Birth. Education.
Born in Izyaslav, Khmelnytskyi region. In 1979, he graduated from the Kamianets-Podilskyi Higher Military Engineering Command School. In 1990, he graduated from the Frunze Military Academy in Moscow. In 1997, he graduated from the Academy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.Career.
From 1979 to 1983, he served in a separate Guard Engineer-Sapper Battalion of the Airborne Division as a platoon leader and battalion commander.From 1983 to 1984, he was the head of the training center.
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From 1984 to 1987, he served in the Guard Airborne Regiment of the Airborne Division as the deputy commander and commander of the battalion.
From 1990 to 1995, he was the deputy head and head of the training center for training young specialists of the Airborne Brigade.
From 1997 to 1999, he was the chief of staff and commander of the tank division of the army corps of the Northern Operational Command.
From 1999 to 2001, he was the chief of staff - 1st deputy commander of the army corps of the Western Operational Command.
From 2001 to 2002, he was the chief of staff - 1st deputy head of the Main Department of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
From 2002 to 2003, he was the 1st deputy chairman of the State Committee for the Protection of the State Border of Ukraine - commander of the Border Troops of Ukraine.
From 2003 to 2014, he was the 1st deputy chairman of the State Border Service of Ukraine - director of the personnel department.
On March 25, 2014, he was appointed acting Minister of Defense of Ukraine (as the successor of Igor Tenyukh, who resigned).
On July 3, 2014, President Petro Poroshenko appointed Michail Koval as deputy secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
On February 17, 2015, Koval was appointed by presidential decree as the 1st deputy secretary of the NSDC (Oleksandr Turchynov).
On July 20, 2021, President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Michail Koval from his position as 1st deputy secretary of the NSDC.
Awards.
Colonel General.03.03.2022