Drapatyi Mykhailo Vasylovych

Date of birth: 21.11.1982
Place of birth: Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnitsk oblast
Age: 43 years 9 months 3 days
Political party: Non-party
Education: Kharkov Institute of Tank Troops (2004),
National University of Defense of Ukraine named after Ivan Chernyakhovskyi (2017)
Profession: military

Government positions

from 21.07.2026 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU)
03.06.2025 - 21.07.2026 Commander of the Joint Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
29.11.2024 - 01.07.2025 Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU)
10.02.2024 - 29.11.2024 Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Mikhail Fedorov: The format of my possible participation in the presidential or parliamentary elections will be determined "when we reach that point."
21 hours back
Volodymyr Zelenskyy: "I believe that during a war like this, elections in general pose a major risk. Elections right now would be a tsunami for the state, which would divide Ukraine. My strategy is to see the country through to the end of the war, preserving an independent and sovereign state. And I will implement it."
21 hours back
Former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov: Ukraine needs to find a mechanism to hold elections amid war. All Ukrainians must have the opportunity to vote.
5 days back
Volodymyr Zelenskyy: "Everything depends on these next few months—whether we'll have the opportunity to end the war before the fall. Before the elections—important, influential elections in the United States. If we can achieve peace, then we have a window of opportunity; that window is now open."
177 days back