Mykola Balan
Born (1968-12-12) 12 December 1968
Staryi Lysets, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance Ukraine
Service/branchInternal Troops of Ukraine Internal Troops of Ukraine
National Guard of Ukraine National Guard of Ukraine
Years of service1992–present
RankLieutenant general
Commands heldNational Guard of Ukraine
Crimean territorial command

Mykola Ivanovych Balan (Ukrainian: Микола Іванович Балан; born 12 December 1968) is a Ukrainian lieutenant general.[1] He was commander of the National Guard of Ukraine (May 7, 2019[2] – January 27, 2022[3]).

Biography

Balan is a native of western Ukraine who in 1992 graduated the Saratov Higher Military Command School of the Red Banner of Feliks Dzerzhinsky of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union. 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.

In 2010, was appointed as a chief officer of the Crimean territorial command of the Internal Troops of Ukraine.[4]

Since 2014, he became among the leading commanding officers as a deputy commander of the newly revived National Guard in place of Internal Troops.[4]

From February 6, 2015 to December 31, 2015, he served as the Commander of the National Guard of Ukraine.

On 14 June 2019 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Mykola Balan commander of the National Guard of Ukraine.[4] Balan resigned as commander of the National Guard of Ukraine due to a shooting involving servicemen in Dnipro, Ukraine.[5] He was officially dismissed by President Zelensky on 27 January 2022.[6]

Decorations

  • Order of Merit, 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[7]
  • Order of Merit, 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[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Командування – Національна гвардія України". 23 January 2022. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Президент України Володимир Зеленський. Офіційне інтернет-представництво. "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №407/2019. Про призначення М.Балана командувачем Національної гвардії України". president.gov.ua (in Ukrainian).
  3. ↑ Президент України Володимир Зеленський. Офіційне інтернет-представництво. "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №34/2022. Про звільнення М.Балана з посади командувача Національної гвардії України". president.gov.ua (in Ukrainian).
  4. 1 2 3 Zelenskyi appointed new leadership of the National Guard (Зеленський призначив нове керівництво Нацгвардії). Ukrayinska Pravda. 14 June 2019
  5. ↑ "Командувач Нацгвардії подав у відставку через стрілянину в Дніпрі". www.ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  6. ↑ (in Ukrainian) Shooting in Dnipro: Zelensky officially fired the commander of the National Guard, TSN (27 January 2022)
  7. ↑ Ukrainian presidential decree. About the awarding of state awards to servicemen of the National Guard of Ukraine (Про відзначення державними нагородами України військовослужбовців Національної гвардії України). Verkhovna Rada. 24 March 2017
  8. ↑ Ukrainian presidential decree. About the awarding of state awards of Ukraine (Про відзначення державними нагородами України). Verkhovna Rada. 23 March 2012
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