In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Yuriiovych and the family name is Reznikov.
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Oleksii Reznikov
Олексій Резніков
Official portrait, 2021
17th Minister of Defence
In office 4 November 2021 – 5 September 2023
President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime Minister
Denys Shmyhal
Preceded by
Andriy Taran
Succeeded by
Rustem Umerov
Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Minister of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories
In office 4 March 2020 – 3 November 2021[1]
President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime Minister
Denys Shmyhal
Preceded by
Oksana Koliada
Succeeded by
Iryna Vereshchuk
Personal details
Born
(1966-06-18) 18 June 1966 (age 57) Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party
Independent
Other political affiliations
European Solidarity
Education
University of Lviv
Military service
Allegiance
Soviet Union
Branch/service
Soviet Air Forces
Years of service
1984–1986
Rank
Sergeant
Oleksii Yuriiovych Reznikov (Ukrainian: Олексій Юрійович Резніков, IPA:[ɔ.lɛkˈsʲijˈju.rʲij.ɔ.ʋet͡ʃˈrɛz.nʲi.kɔu̯]; born 18 June 1966) is a Ukrainian lawyer and politician who served as the Minister of Defence of Ukraine from 4 November 2021 until his dismissal on 5 September 2023.[2][3] Reznikov previously has served in several other positions in the government of Ukraine: Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine,[4] deputy head of the Kyiv City State Administration from 2016 to 2018, and deputy mayor-secretary of the Kyiv City Council from June 2014[5] to December 2015.
^"Parliament sacks Deputy Prime Minister Reznikov". Ukrinform. 3 November 2021.
^Ukrainian Lawmakers Approve Reznikov As New Defense Minister, Radio Free Europe (4 November 2021)
^Ukraine's defence minister Oleksii Reznikov dismissed (3 September 2023)
^Kitsoft. "Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine - Verkhovna Rada has appointed the new composition of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine". www.kmu.gov.ua. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
^Oleksiy Reznikov elected as Kyiv City Council Secretary, Interfax-Ukraine (19 June 2014) (in Ukrainian) The Secretary of the Council have chosen a partner of the defender of Tymoshenko, Espreso TV (19 June 2014)
Oleksii Yuriiovych Reznikov (Ukrainian: Олексій Юрійович Резніков, IPA: [ɔ.lɛkˈsʲij ˈju.rʲij.ɔ.ʋet͡ʃ ˈrɛz.nʲi.kɔu̯]; born 18 June 1966) is a Ukrainian...
Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy named Umerov to replace OleksiiReznikov as defense minister of Ukraine. Umerov was born in 1982 in Bulungʻur...
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to have been used for this purpose. The Ukrainian Defence Minister OleksiiReznikov has explained the flaws in Iron Dome, if deployed to Ukraine: "We all...
Russian forces from the island on 30 June. Ukrainian Defense Minister OleksiiReznikov said at the beginning of 2023 that serial mass production of an improved...
2022 Kherson counteroffensive potentially serving as a precedent. OleksiiReznikov, Ukraine's Minister of Defense, also rejected comparisons of the counteroffensive...
actions against Donbas. On 3 December 2021 Ukrainian Minister of Defence OleksiiReznikov, spoke of the possibility of a "large-scale escalation" by Russia during...
accordance with it, men aged 18 to 60 will be mobilized. Defense Minister OleksiiReznikov said that the Ukrainian authorities plan to mobilize 1,000,000 people...
school in Idar-Oberstein. On 21 June, Ukrainian Minister of Defence OleksiiReznikov announced that the first PzH 2000s had entered Ukrainian service. Der...
Servant of the People parliamentary bloc, Davyd Arakhamia, stated that OleksiiReznikov would be replaced by Budanov as defence minister. However, the replacement...
culture during wartime. On 6 September 2023 Rustem Umierov replaced OleksiiReznikov as defense minister of Ukraine. 9th Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Including...
his wife Antonina, Mayor Vitali Klitschko of Kyiv, Defence Minister OleksiiReznikov, and former politicians Oleksandr Kuzmuk, Oleksandr Moroz, and Mustafa...
consequences." While in Ukraine, Anand met with Ukraine's Defence Minister OleksiiReznikov to discuss military aid to Ukraine, including in the area of cybersecurity...
peace, has to be neutralized.” On 22 July, Ukrainian Defence Minister, OleksiiReznikov acknowledged, in an interview with CNN, that the Crimea Bridge is a...
but we will not stop there". On 2 March, Ukrainian defense minister OleksiiReznikov announced the arrival of additional TB2 drones. According to video...
HIMARS arrived in Ukraine, according to Ukrainian Defense Minister OleksiiReznikov. On 25 June 2022, Ukraine started deploying the system against Russian...
previous 20 years. In October 2022, Ukraine's Ministry of Defence OleksiiReznikov revealed, that Poland had already donated three battalions of Krabs...
defense". LSM. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023. "In Vilnius, OleksiiReznikov signed the Memorandum on the establishing of the coalition for the...
South Korea and Japan joined virtually. Ukraine – Defence Minister OleksiiReznikov; Lt. Gen. Yevhen Moisiuk NATO – Assistant Secretary General for Operations...
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Soviet Air Forces