Petro Ivanovych Shulyak (; born 29 March 1945 in Korshiv, Zdolbuniv Raion,

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) is a member of the Ukrainian military, Colonel General who served as the Chief of General Staff and Commander of the

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Career

Native of Ukraine, on 30 January 1992 Shulyak was dismissed from his post of chief of cadres (personnel) administration of the

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for expressing his interest in joining the

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as the "alien army".Andriy Myronchuk.
The Life dedicated to the Fatherland (Життя, присвячене Батьківщині)
'. Viysko Ukrayiny magazine. 3 April 2015 Following the incident, Minister of Defence of Ukraine Kostiantyn Morozov offered him the position of commander of the

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located in the

Carpathian Military District The Red Banner Carpathian Military District (, ) was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces during the Cold War and subsequently of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the early Post-Soviet period. It was established on 3 May 1946 on the ...

based in

Rivne Rivne ( ; , ) is a city in western Ukraine. The city is the administrative center of Rivne Oblast (province), as well as the Rivne Raion (district) within the oblast.

, a native region of Shulyak. Soon thereafter Shulyak was placed in charge of the

. As a commander of the district he played important role in formation, training and deployment of the Ukrainian peacekeeping military formations to

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and

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. Due to

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and financial crisis that followed, the district had difficult times to pay salary to military personnel and provide them with adequate housing, but was able to overcome it with help of local government. The Carpathian Military District became one of the first that joined the NATO program

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. As part of the program in 1995 near

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was conducted joined United States – Ukraine military exercise. Six years later Shulyak as a Commander of the

turned the Yavoriv field training site into a special Partnership for Peace training center. As part of international cooperation, Shulyak also was involved to creation of the Polish–Ukrainian Peace Force Battalion, the idea for which appeared soon after the visit of Polish general Zenon Brik to Carpathian Military District. Due to the 2002

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, Shulyak was dismissed from post of

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and Supreme commander-in-chief

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. In 2003 as a commander of the

, Colonel General Petro Shulyak with a group of officers visited Iraq where as part of multi-national force a peacekeeping mission was carried out by the 5th Separate Mechanized Brigade.Andriy Lysenko.
Petro Shulyak: In Iraq tempers the future of our Army (Петро ШУЛЯК: В Iраку гартується майбутнє нашої армії)
'. Den newspaper. 26 December 2003 Based in

Al Kut Kūt (), officially Al-Kut, also spelled Kutulamare, Kut al-Imara, or Kut Al Amara is a city in eastern Iraq, on the left bank of the Tigris River, about south east of Baghdad, and the capital of the Wasit Governorate. the estimated populat ...

, the Ukrainian military carried its mission mostly at the Iraq–Iran state border.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shulyak, Petro 1945 births Living people People from Rivne Oblast Colonel Generals of Ukraine Chiefs of the General Staff (Ukraine) Frunze Military Academy alumni 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