Commander of the Marine Corps (Ukraine)

The commander of the marine corps (Ukrainian: Командир Корпусу морської піхоти, romanized: Komandyr Korpusu morskoyi pihoty, lit. 'commander of the naval infantry corps') is the general officer commanding the Ukrainian Marine Corps, the separate branch of the Ukrainian Armed Forces since 2023.

Commander of the Marine Corps
Командир Корпусу морської піхоти
Incumbent Dmytro Delyatytskyi since 11 February 2024
Ukrainian Marine Corps
Abbreviation	Cmdr. MC
Member of	General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Reports to	Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
Appointer	The president
Formation	March 2018 (within Marine Command of the Ukrainian Navy) May 2023 (current form)

History

In March 2018 the Marine Corps Command (Ukrainian: Командування морської піхоти, lit. 'Naval Infantry Command') was established within the Ukrainian Navy.^[1] In May 2023 it became a separate, then the seventh, branch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).^[2]

List of commanders

No.	Picture	Commander	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Sodol, YuriiLieutenant general Yurii Sodol (born 1970)	6 March 2018	11 February 2024	5 years, 342 days	[1]
2		Delyatytskyi, DmytroMajor general Dmytro Delyatytskyi (born 1976)	11 February 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 175 days

See also

• Commander of the Navy (Ukraine)
• Commander of the Ground Forces (Ukraine)
• Commander of the Air Force (Ukraine)
• Commander of the Air Defence Forces (Ukraine)
• Commander of the Air Assault Forces (Ukraine)