This is an individual decree of the President of Ukraine on conferring a military rank to a specific person.
The essence of the decree is to confer the rank of brigadier general to Colonel Valentyn Viktor Ostryzhny, who holds the position of Director of the Personnel Department of the Main Directorate of the National Guard of Ukraine.
The structure of the decree is simple – it consists of one point containing the decision to confer the rank, specifying the serviceman’s position.
It is important to note that the rank of brigadier general is the first general officer rank in the Ukrainian military rank system, which indicates a promotion and recognition of the serviceman’s merits. Conferring such a rank falls within the exclusive competence of the President of Ukraine as the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The decree concerns the military sphere and implements the President’s powers to confer higher military ranks.
