Ivan Bizhan | |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Office: | Minister of Defense (acting) |
Term Start: | 4 October 1993 |
Term End: | 8 October 1993 |
Predecessor: | Kostyantyn Morozov |
Successor: | Vitaliy Radetsky |
Birthname: | Ivan Vasylovych Bizhan |
Birth Date: | 25 December 1941 |
Birth Place: | Yalanets, Tomashpil Raion Transnistria Governorate, Kingdom of Romania |
Allegiance: | |
Rank: | Colonel General |
Colonel General Ivan Vasylyovych Bizhan (uk|Іван Васильович Біжан; born 25 December 1941) was a Ukrainian military officer who served for short period (4-8 October 1993) as acting Minister of Defence.
Bizhan has taken one of the most active roles in reestablishing of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the beginning of 1990s. On 7 April 1992, he was member of Ukrainian delegation to Sevastopol led by the First Deputy Chairman of Verkhovna Rada Vasyl Durdynets and left for Sevastopol for official ceremony of presenting a commander of the revived Ukrainian Navy, rear admiral Borys Kozhyn and accept the oath of allegiance of sailors who decided to join Ukrainian Navy.[1] In June 1993, Bizhan also was a member of Ukrainian delegation in negotiations with the Russian Federation over the future 1997 friendship treaty.[1]