Maksym Mykhaylovych Marchenko (; born 10 February 1983) is a Ukrainian colonel, former commander of the

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and the

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of the

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and he was

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from 1 March 2022 to 15 March 2023.

Biography

Marchenko was born on 10 February 1983 in

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. 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

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. From 2015 to 2017 he served as the commander of one of the assault battalion of

, the

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

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Governor of Odesa Oblast

On 1 March 2022, during the

Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

, he was appointed

, succeeding Serhiy Hrynevetsky.Decree of the President of Ukraine from 1 березня 2022 year № 90/202
«Про призначення М.Марченка головою Одеської обласної державної адміністрації»
On 15 March 2022, Marchenko appointed Anatoly Vorokhaev as his deputy. The same day, Marchenko met with

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. Marchenko was dismissed as Governor by Presidential decree on 15 March 2023.

References

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Living people 1983 births People from Sloviansk Military personnel from Donetsk Oblast Governors of Odesa Oblast Pro-Ukrainian people of the war in Donbas Ukrainian military personnel of the war in Donbas Pro-Ukrainian people of the Russian invasion of Ukraine {{Ukraine-bio-stub