Colonel General Ivan Vasylyovych Bizhan (; born 25 December 1941) was a Ukrainian military officer who served for short period (4-8 October 1993) as acting Minister of Defence. Bizhan has taken one of the most active roles in reestablishing of the

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in the beginning of 1990s. On 7 April 1992, he was member of Ukrainian delegation to

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led by the First Deputy Chairman of Verkhovna Rada

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, rear admiral Borys Kozhyn and accept the oath of allegiance of sailors who decided to join Ukrainian Navy.Volodymyr Chikalin.
He always was at spearhead of events (Був завжди на вістрі подій)
'. Narodna armiya. 26 November 2011. In June 1993, Bizhan also was a member of Ukrainian delegation in negotiations with the

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over the future 1997 friendship treaty.

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* Neshchadym, M.
Ivan Bizhan
'. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine. 1941 births Living people Military personnel from Vinnytsia Oblast Colonel Generals of Ukraine Ministers of defense of Ukraine Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union alumni Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 2nd class Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class {{Ukraine-mil-bio-stub