Background
Poltorak was born on 11 February 1965 in the village Vesela Dolyna (located in the Tarutyne Raion, Odessa Oblast).
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Poltorak was born on 11 February 1965 in the village Vesela Dolyna (located in the Tarutyne Raion, Odessa Oblast).
Poltorak"s rank is General of the army of Ukraine. He has served in the military since August 1983. Poltorak is a graduate from Ordzhonikidzevsky highest military command college of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. In March 2002 Poltorak was appointed head of the Academy of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine in Kharkiv.
On 28 February 2014 acting President of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov appointed Poltorak commander of the Internal Troops of Ukraine.
When the National Guard of Ukraine was reestablished on 13 March 2014 Poltorak became its first commander on 15 April 2014. On 14 October 2014, Ukraine"s Verkhovna Rada approved Poltorak"s appointment as Ukraine"s Minister of Defence.
, replacing Valeriy Heletey, who was appointed head of the State Security Administration after President Petro Poroshenko accepted his resignation.
Poltorak is a Doctor of Philosophy In 2003 he successfully defended his thesis on "Pedagogical conditions of the skills of the commander unit in the future officers of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine".