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Volodymyr Shkidchenko
Volodymyr Shkidchenko
Володимир Шкідченко
	Shkidchenko in 2002
5th Minister of Defence of Ukraine
	In office; 12 November 2001 – 25 June 2003
President	Leonid Kuchma
Preceded by	Oleksandr Kuzmuk
Succeeded by	Yevhen Marchuk
2nd Chief of the General Staff
	In office; 30 September 1998 – 13 November 2001
Preceded by	Oleksandr Zatynaiko
Succeeded by	Petro Shulyak
Personal details
Born	1 January 1948 (age 76); Chita, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union; (now Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
Awards	Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 2nd & 3rd class
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union (1970–1991) ; Ukraine (1991–2003)
Branch/service	Soviet Army; Ukrainian Ground Forces
Years of service	1970–2003
Rank	General of the army

Volodymyr Petrovych Shkidchenko (Ukrainian: Володимир Петрович Шкідченко; born January 1, 1948) is a Ukrainian military officer, General of Army of Ukraine. Minister of Defence of Ukraine from November 12, 2001 to June 25, 2003.

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Military offices
Preceded by Vitaliy Radetsky	Commander of the 6th Army Corps 1992–1993	Succeeded by Oleh Shustenko
Preceded by Vitaliy Radetsky	Commander of the OK South (Odessa Military District) 1993–1998	Succeeded by Oleksandr Zatynaiko
Preceded by Oleksandr Zatynaiko	Chief of the General Staff 1998–2001	Succeeded by Mykola Palchuk