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Mykola Ivanovych Balan ( uk, Микола Іванович Балан) is a Ukrainian military official. He was commander of the National Guard of Ukraine.

Biography

Balan is a native of western Ukraine who in 1992 graduated the

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Higher Military Command School of the Red Banner of Feliks Dzerzhinsky of the

Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR (MVD; russian: Министерство внутренних дел СССР (МВД)) was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union from 1946 to 1991. The MVD was established as the successor to the ...

. In 2003 he also graduated the Khmelnytskyi National Academy of the Border Troops of Ukraine. Balan graduated with honors from the

National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine The National Academy of State Administration ( uk, Національна академія державного управління) of the President of Ukraine is the main state higher educational establishment in Ukraine for preparation and im ...

. In 2010 was appointed as a chief officer of the Crimean territorial command of the Internal Troops of Ukraine. Since 2014 he became among the leading commanding officers as a deputy commander of the newly revived National Guard in place of Internal Troops. On 14 June 2019

President of Ukraine The president of Ukraine ( uk, Президент України, Prezydent Ukrainy) is the head of state of Ukraine. The president represents the nation in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the state, condu ...

Volodymyr Zelensky Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy, ; russian: Владимир Александрович Зеленский, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zelenskyy, (born 25 January 1978; also transliterated as Zelensky or Zelenskiy) is a Ukrainian politicia ...

appointed Mykola Balan commander of the National Guard of Ukraine.Zelenskyi appointed new leadership of the National Guard (Зеленський призначив нове керівництво Нацгвардії)

Ukrayinska Pravda ''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukraini ...

. 14 June 2019 Balan resigned as commander of the National Guard of Ukraine due to a shooting involving servicemen in

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. He was officially dismissed by President Zelensky on 27 January 2022.Shooting in Dnipro: Zelensky officially fired the commander of the National Guard

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(27 January 2022)

Decorations

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, 2nd degree (24 March 2017) – ''for personal courage and high professionalism discovered in defense of state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, exemplary execution of military duty'' *

, 3rd degree (23 March 2012) – ''for a significant personal contribution in strengthening the rule of law and order, the fight against crime, exemplary performance of official duty, high professionalism and on the occasion of the Day of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine''Ukrainian presidential decree.
About the awarding of state awards of Ukraine (Про відзначення державними нагородами України)
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Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

. 23 March 2012

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Balan, Mykola 1968 births Living people People from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast National Academy of State Administration alumni Lieutenant generals of Ukraine People of the National Guard of Ukraine Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class