Anatoly Kostenko

Lieutenant-General Anatoly Ivanovich Kostenko (Belarusian: Анатоль Іванавіч Касценка; born on 27 January 1940) was the Minister of Defence of Belarus [1] from 28 July 1994-6 June 1995. He was preceded by Paul Kozlowski and succeeded by Leonid Maltsev.

Lieutenant-General

Anatoly Kostenko
Анатоль Іванавіч Касценка
Minister of Defence of Belarus
In office
28 July 1994 – 6 June 1995
Preceded byPaul Kozlowski
Succeeded byLeonid Maltsev
Personal details
Born (1940-01-27) 27 January 1940
Krasnodar Krai, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Alma materKiev Suvorov Military School
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Belarus
Years of service1982-present
RankLieutenant General

Biography

He graduated from the Kiev Suvorov Military School in 1959, the Odessa Higher Combined Arms Command School in 1962, the M. V. Frunze Military Academy in 1970 and the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces in 1981.

He served in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (1962-1967), commander of the 122nd separate motorized rifle battalion (1970-1971), chief of staff of the 296th guards motorized rifle of the Minsk-Gdansk Regiment (1971-1973), commander of the 307th guards training motorized rifle regiment, chief of staff of the 45th guards training tank Rivne division (1973-1979) of the Belarusian military district, commander of the 18th machine gun and artillery division on Iturup, Sakhalin (07.1981-04.1985), commander of the 5th combined arms army (04.1985 -10.1987) Far Eastern Military District, first deputy commander (10.1987-10.1989) and commander (10.1989-04.1992) troops of the Belorussian Military District.

On 28 July 1994 he was appointed Minister of Defense of Belarus. He was in office until 6 June 1995. After his resignation, he worked as a military attache at the Embassy of Belarus in Benelux and as a military representative to NATO.[2]

On his 80th birthday in 2020, Kostenko was congratulated by the Minister of Defense Viktor Khrenin and members of the collegium of the military department.[3][4][5]

References
  1. John M. Shields; William C. Potter; Sam Nunn (1997). Dismantling the Cold War: U.S. and NIS Perspectives on the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. MIT Press. p. 171.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20170506222332/http://www.vminsk.by/news/26/60492/
  3. "Анатолий Иванович, а помните?.. — Во славу родины". vsr.mil.by. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  4. "Полвека в строю — Во славу родины". vsr.mil.by. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRWP_OwI2c8
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