Andrii Ryzhenko

Andrii Ryzhenko

ASSOCIATE EXPERT OF THE CENTRE FOR GLOBAL STUDIES “STRATEGY XXI”

Graduated:

with honors Black Sea Higher Naval School (1990, Sevastopol);

US Navy Surface Officer School in 1996 (Coronado NAB, San Diego, California, USA);

Staff Course (2000) of the US Naval War College (New Port, Rhode Island, USA);

Command Course (2013) United States Naval War College (Newport, Rhode Island, USA).

He received a master's degree in military administration after completing the operational-tactical course of the Sevastopol Naval Institute named after Nakhimova (correspondence, 2001-2004).

Career path:

He served on board 5 different warships of the 1st rank of the Black Sea Fleet (1990-1994) and the Navy of Ukraine (1994-1997) in the positions of senior assistant commander of the ship.

Since 1997, he served in the headquarters of the Ukrainian Navy in the positions from officer to chief of the combat training department, chief of the defense planning and science department, deputy chief of the Navy staff for Euro-Atlantic integration.

In 2006-2010, he served in the J-7 (combat training department) of the NATO Air Force Headquarters (Mons, Belgium) as an officer of the headquarters element of the partnership.

In 2010-2011, he held the position of Deputy Chief of Staff of the Navy, in 2012-2020 - Deputy Chief of Staff of the Navy for Euro-Atlantic Integration.

In February-March 2020, he served as an assistant to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine.

He was released from the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on August 4, 2020.

In 2017-2018, he was the head of the working group of international experts on the development of the Strategy of the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 2035.

Publications: Has a number of publications in the Ukrainian mass media regarding defense and security reform, adaptation to NATO standards in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Awards: He has 1 state award of Ukraine (the Order of Danila Halytskyi), 11 Ukrainian military awards and one military award of the US Armed Forces (the US Navy medal "The Commendation Medal").

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