Zaluzhniy Valerii Fedorovych

Zaluzhniy's latest rating
6 August 2026
: 21.4%
Date of birth: 08.07.1973
Place of birth: Novohrad-Volynskyi, Zhytomyr oblast
Age: 53 years 1 month 11 days
Political party: Non-party
Education: Odessa institute of Land forces (1997),
National Defense Academy of Ukraine (2007),
National University of Defense of Ukraine named after Ivan Chernyakhovskyi (2014),
National University of Ostroh Academy (2020)
Profession: military

Government positions

from 09.05.2024 Ambassador of Ukraine to the UK
27.07.2021 - 08.02.2024 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU)
04.2018 - 12.2018 Head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration

Zaluzhniy's Rating 2025 - 2026

Former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov: Ukraine needs to find a mechanism to hold elections amid war. All Ukrainians must have the opportunity to vote.
6 hours 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."
172 days back
The head of the Presidential Office, Kirill Budanov, declined to comment on his participation in the presidential elections: "My task now is to establish an effective negotiation process. Talking about elections in the current circumstances is pointless."
173 days back
Verkhovna Rada Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk: The draft law on post-war elections, which the relevant working group is currently working on, will be submitted to parliament soon. Once it is drafted, Ukraine will be able to determine when the elections should take place.
175 days back