Tetiana Ostashchenko

Tetiana Mykolaivna Ostashchenko Ukrainian: Тетяна Миколаївна Остащенко; born August 1974) is a Ukrainian military doctor, major general and Commander of the Medical Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces since 2021. She is the first woman in Ukraine's history to command a military branch, first woman to hold the rank of major general[1] as well as brigadier general.[2]

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Mykolaivna and the family name is Ostashchenko.

Tetiana Ostashchenko
Birth nameTetiana Mykolaivna Ostashchenko
BornAugust 1974 (age 49)
Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance Ukraine
Service/branch Ukrainian Armed Forces
Years of service1998–present
Rank Major general
Commands heldCommander of the Medical Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

Biography

Tetiana Ostashchenko was born in Lviv (Western Ukraine) in August 1974, her father served in the military.

In 1996, she graduated with honors from the Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University (Faculty of Pharmacy). In 1998, Ostashchenko graduated from the Ukrainian Military Medical Academy.[2]

In 2020, she completed courses in defense and security sector reform and strategic leadership for management at Cranfield University (United Kingdom).[2]

Tetiana Ostashchenko, along with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other officials and military commanders, is visiting a military hospital to meet Ukraine's defenders wounded in the course of the 2022 Russian invasion

Since 1998, she has served in the military, holding the positions of:[2]

  • Head of a military unit pharmacy;
  • Officer of the Military Medical Department of the Western Operational Command;
  • Chief of the Medical Procurement Department of the Central Military Medical Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces;
  • Unit Head at the Military Medical Department of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine and the General Directorate for Military Cooperation and Peacekeeping Operations of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces;
  • Chief of the Medical Procurement Department of the Main Military Medical Department;
  • Chief Inspector of the Main Inspectorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

In July 2021, she was appointed Commander of the Medical Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Tetiana Ostashchenko became the first woman in Ukraine's history to command a military branch, as well as the first woman to hold the rank of brigadier general.[2][3]

On 17 June 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, she was promoted to major general.[4]

References
  1. "Major General Tetiana Ostashchenko, Commander of the 🇺🇦 Medical Forces, is the first woman to become a genera". Twitter. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. "For the first time in history: Armed Forces now have a female commander". Rubryka. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  3. "Ukraine will receive a Role II field hospital from Estonia". Militarnyi. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  4. "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №421/2022" (in Ukrainian). 17 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
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