Ivan Bizhan

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Colonel General Ivan Vasylyovych Bizhan (Ukrainian: Іван Васильович Біжан; born 25 December 1941), is a Ukrainian military officer who served as acting Minister of Defense in October 1993. Bizhan has taken one of the most active roles in reestablishing of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the beginning of 1990s. On 7 April 1992, he was member of Ukrainian delegation to Sevastopol led by the First Deputy Chairman of Verkhovna Rada Vasyl Durdynets and left for Sevastopol for official ceremony of presenting a commander of the revived Ukrainian Navy, rear admiral Borys Kozhyn and accept the oath of allegiance of sailors who decided to join Ukrainian Navy. In June 1993, Bizhan also was a member of Ukrainian delegation in negotiations with the Russian Federation over the future 1997 friendship treaty.